Throughout 2007, Spears's behavior received heightened media attention, including attacking a paparazzi vehicle with an umbrella. Spears left the rehabilitation center on March 20 according to her manager, who said she was released after "successfully completing their program." As the legal battle over the custody of their children continued, many members of her entourage have been summoned to testify about her parenting skills. In March 2007, Leonard Pitts, Jr. wrote that in the aftermath of Spears's personal struggles that have become widely publicized, Spears had been reduced to an abstract idea as opposed to being regarded as a real person. "The abstraction is not surprising: Whatever media touch, they objectify... What must it be like to have your marriage and divorce, your relationship with your parents and kids... dissected by millions of strangers who think they know you?" Pitts further commented that fame and fortune do not qualify the media scrutiny Spears has faced, but observed that fact has been overlooked by "our rush to a day of 'reality' television" and "tabloid journalism".[Though "[t]here is no reverence, no privacy, [and] nothing held back as sacred", Pitts argues "Britney Jean Spears is not an idea."
Let Me Be Lyrics Britney Spears
You try to read me
You try to figure out
You try to breathe me
But you can't lure me out
You try to feel me
But I'm so out of touch
I won't be calling
You won't have to pick me up
Sorry if I sound confused
I dont feel the way you do
But I won't turn around
But I won't turn around
You think that I might back down
But I won't
You think that I might have doubts
But I don't
Your insecurities
Won't you just let me, let me be
Think that you know me now
But you don't
Think that I, I can't stand on my own
Ain't my philosophy
Won't you just let me, let me be
Trustin' my instincts
Trust that I know whats right
These are the reasons
That keep you up at night
Tell me go slow
This is my flow
Cuz you dont know
Know what I know
Let me tell you how it feels
Baby it's time that you see me for real
Sorry if I sound confused
I dont feel the way you do
But I won't turn around
But I won't turn around
You think that I might back down
But I won't
You think that I might have love
But I don't
Your insecurities
Won't you just let me, let me be
Think that you know me now
But you don't
Think that I, I can't stand on my own
Ain't my philosophy
Won't you just let me, let me be
Trust that I know
This is my show
letting you know
I gotta go the way I go
Trust that I know
This is my show
letting you know
I gotta go the way I go
You think that I might back down
But I won't
You think that I might have doubts
But I don't
Your insecurities
Won't you just let me, let me be
Think that you know me now
But you don't
Think that I, I can't stand on my own
Ain't my philosophy
Won't you just let me, let me be
(repeat)