Take Me As I Am

She's been down 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 NYC.

She has no regrets,
she accepts the past,
all these things they helped to make she.
She's been lost and found
and she's still around,
there's a reason for everything.

You know I've been holding on,
tried to make me weak,
but I still stay strong.
put my life all up in these songs
just so you can feel 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 telling her
what to do and say,
no one telling her
who to be.

She's on solid ground
she's been lost and found
but 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 holding on,
tried to make me weak,
but I still stay strong.
put my life all up in these songs
just so you can get the real me.
So take me as I am,
or have nothing at all,
at all.
Just take me as I am
or have nothing at all

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 (x2)

So it's all or nothing at all
all or nothing at all
don't you know
I can only be me (x2)

I said take me as I am
or have nothing at all
I can only be me (x2)
So take me as I am
I can only be me
So take me as I am
or have a nothing at all

Take me as I am (x2)
said it's all or nothing at all (x2)
Just take me as I am
or have nothing at all

This is me,
this is me,
Just take me as I am
take me as I am
or have nothing at all

Just take me as I am
take me as I am
or have nothing, nothing at all
take me as I am.

As written and sang by the inimitable, incomparable Queen of RnB Hip Hop Soul, Mary J Blige, for the critcially acclaimed masterpiece that is The Breakthrough.