Britney Spears' new single, "Piece Of Me" appears to be Britney biting back at the harsh media scrutiny she has recieved the past 2 years. Here's the lyrics - What do you all think of 'em? Opinions?

I'm Miss American Dream since I was 17.
Don't matter if I step on the scene
Or sneak away to the Phillipines.
They still gon' put pictures of my derriere in the magazine.
You want a piece of me?

I'm Miss Bad-Media-Karma.
Another day, Another drama.
Guess I can't see no harm in workin'
And bein' a Mama.
And with a kid on my arm,
I'm still an exceptional earner.
You want a piece of me?

I'm Mrs. Lifestyles of the rich and famous.
You want a piece of me?
I'm Mrs. 'Oh My God, That Britney's Shameless!'
You want a piece of me?
I'm Mrs. 'Extra! Extra! This just in!'
You want a piece of me?
I'm Mrs. 'She's too big, now she's too thin'
You want a piece of me?

I'm Mrs. You want a piece of me?
Trying and pissing me off
Well, Get in line with the papparazi
Who's flippin' me off
Hopin' I'll resort to some havoc
End up settling in court
Now are you sure you want a piece of me?

I'm Mrs. 'Most likely to get on the T.V. for slippin' on the streets when getting the groceries'.
No, for real. Are you kiddin' me?
No wonder there's panic in the industry.
I mean please.
Do you want a piece of me?

I'm Mrs. Lifestyles of the rich and famous.
You want a piece of me?
I'm Mrs. 'Oh My God, That Britney's Shameless!'
You want a piece of me?
I'm Mrs. 'Extra! Extra! This just in!'
You want a piece of me?
I'm Mrs. 'She's too big, now she's too thin'
You want a piece of me?

I'm Miss American Dream since I was 17.
Don't matter if I step on the scene
Or sneak away to the Phillipines.
They still gon' put pictures of my derriere in the magazine.
You want a piece of me?

I'm Mrs. Lifestyles of the rich and famous.
You want a piece of me?
I'm Mrs. 'Oh My God, That Britney's Shameless!'
You want a piece of me?
I'm Mrs. 'Extra! Extra! This just in!'
You want a piece of me?
I'm Mrs. 'She's too big, now she's too thin'
You want a piece of me?

I love the song. The lyrics are great. Spot on

Agree, spot-on. Did she write the song? Or co-write it?

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Originally posted by PhoneLinesYerErasin:
Agree, spot-on. Did she write the song? Or co-write it?

She didn't write it at all. The writing credits don't credit her. What I think happened was she discussed what she wanted to say with a writer and they form her thoughts into a song. Sometimes pop stars do that when they don't actually write a song. Tell a writer this is what I want. It is kind of disappointing that she didn't write it herself but it's clearly a song she had input on because no one can write down your feelings without you actually saying them. And sinking in Some of those lyrics are wrong.

No they're not, I promise, lol. What is it you think is wrong about them?

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Originally posted by sinking in:
No they're not, I promise, lol. What is it you think is wrong about them?

Stripping instead of slipping. and exceptional earner is wrong. It's I am still an exception. I've read the lyrics many times. and I've heard them too.

The 'Slippin/Strippin' thing is debatable, but idk how you could think it's "i'm still an exception" and just that. The word exception is 3 syllables, not 6, lol, it's "exceptional earner".

lol, i like how Lisa does her version of 'Dirty Laundry' which is pretty much about the same thing, but in a much wider context
..wheareas Britney makes it all about Britney.

Well if I was Britney and had been going through such harsh scrutiny for over 2 years I'd make it all about me as well. But you have a point though, We all know how Lisa has been scrutinized by the media and instead of firing back, she just says "**** YOU!" and doesn't need to prove herself.

Britney's just too way gone, lol.

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Originally posted by sinking in:
The 'Slippin/Strippin' thing is debatable, but idk how you could think it's "i'm still an exception" and just that. The word exception is 3 syllables, not 6, lol, it's "exceptional earner".

There is no way it's exceptional learner. I listend to the song several times. It's not that. Maybe it's more than I am still an exception but it's not exceptional earner. That makes no freaking sense. Also I it IS stripping.

okay fine. I heard exceptional earner now. That line is so stupid. Makes no sense. oh look at me. I got a kid and still make a ton of money. shut up. however I still stand by stripping. Not slipping.

Yeah I don't like that line either, it's too "braggish" lol.

The reason I think it's slipping though is because the whole point of the song is how Britney is constantly covered in the media over the smallest things, and she's saying that even if she's out buying groceries and accidentaly slips on the streets (which could happen to anybody), that it would be the top story on the news even though it's not that big of a deal.

yes true about the slipping part. I can see it but on every lyrics site I've been to it has stripping. I know a lot of them are wrong sometimes but it's pretty much almost all the sites I checked say stripping. Most of them anyyways and I swear in the song I hear stripping. Like it's a sarcastic remark towards people thinking she flashes everyone everywhere she goes.

Yeah I see your point. I WISH HER ALBUM HAD COME WITH LYRICS IN THE BOOKLET! lol