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) --- Take Me as I Am - Mary J. Blige