Take Me As I Am

She's been down and out

She's been wrote about

She's been talked about constantly

She's been up and down

She's been pushed around

But they held her down, N-Y-C

She has no regrets

She accepts the past

All these things they helped make to make she

She's been lost and found

And she's still around

There's a reason for everything, yeah

You know I've been holdin' on

Try to make me weak

But I still stay strong (yeah)

Put my life all up in these songs

Just so you can feel me

So you can get the real me

So take me as I am (take me as I am)

Or have nothing at all (nothing at all)

Just take me as I am

Or have nothing at all (at all)

Yes, she's older now

Yes, she's wiser now

Can't disguise her now

She don't need

No one tellin' her

What to do and say

No one tellin' her

Who to be

She's on solid ground

She's been lost and found

Now she answers to G-O-D

And she's confident

This is not the end

Ask me how I know

'Cause she is me

You know I've been holdin' on (I've been holdin' on)

Tried to make me weak

But I still stay strong (stay strong)

Put my life all up in these songs

Just so you can feel me

So you can get the real me

So take me as I am

Or have nothing at all (nothing at all, at all)

Just take me as I am (as I am)

Or have nothing at all (or nothing, baby)

This is me, this is me

So it's all or nothing at all

All or nothing at all

Don't you know I can only be me

I can only be me (yeah)

I can only be me

So it's all or nothing at all (ooh)

All or nothing at all

Don't you know I can only be me

(I can only be me, yeah)

So take me as I am (take me)

Or have nothing at all

(I can only be, yeah)

Just take me as I am

(I can only be, yeah, so take me)

Or have nothing at all (at all)

(Take me as I am or have nothing at all)

Take me as I am (take me)

Take me as I am

Said it's all or nothing at all

Said it's all or nothing at all

Just take me as I am (oh, yeah)

Or have nothing at all

(Or nothing, baby, this is me, this is me)

Just take me as I am (take me as I am)

Or have nothing, nothing at all (take me as I am)

Just take me as I am (take me as I am)

Or have nothing, nothing at all (take me as I am)