[00:02.67]Mary J. Blige - Take Me as I Am[00:04.94][00:24.93]She's been down and out[00:27.25]She's been wrote about[00:28.60]She's been talked about, constantly[00:31.61]She's been up and down[00:33.07]She's been pushed around[00:34.51]But they held her down, NYC[00:37.15]She has no regrets[00:38.82]She accepts the past[00:41.24]All these things they helped to make she[00:42.91]She's been lost and found[00:44.64]And she's still around[00:46.19]There's a reason for everything[00:48.79][00:49.33]You know I've been holdin on.[00:52.46]Try to make me weak,[00:54.10]But I still stay strong.[00:55.90]Put my life all up in these songs[00:58.27]Jus so you can feel me.[00:59.61]So you can get the real me[01:00.80][01:01.11]So take me as I am,[01:06.37]Or have nothing at all.[01:12.25]Just take me as I am,[01:17.89]Or have nothing at all.[01:23.60][01:24.04]Now she's older now[01:25.35]Yes, she's wiser now[01:26.90]Can't disguise her now she don't need[01:30.00]No one tellin her[01:31.31]What to do and say[01:32.84]No one tellin her[01:34.21]Who to be[01:35.58]She's on solid ground[01:37.14]She's been lost and found[01:38.57]Now, she answers to G-O-D[01:41.34]And she's confident[01:42.86]This is not the end[01:44.40]Ask me how I know[01:46.08]Cause she is me.[01:47.35][01:47.95]You know I've been holdin on.[01:50.73]Try to make me weak,[01:52.32]But I still stay strong.[01:54.50]Put my life all up in these songs[01:56.63]Jus so you can feel me.[01:58.26]So you can get the real me[01:59.41][01:59.68]So take me as I am,[02:04.57]Or have nothing at all.[02:10.53]Just take me as I am,[02:16.69]Or have nothing at all.[02:22.21][02:22.86]So it's all or nothing at all,[02:25.07]All or nothing at all[02:27.23]Don't you know I can only be me.[02:29.63](I can only be me, yeah)[02:34.65]So it's all or nothing at all,[02:37.00]All or nothing at all[02:39.15]Don't you know I can only be me.[02:42.28](I can only be me, yeah)[02:45.75][02:46.05]So take me as I am,[02:51.29]Or have nothing at all.[02:57.23]Just take me as I am,[03:03.06]Or have nothing at all.[03:08.35][03:10.04]Take me as I am.[03:13.45]Take me as I am.[03:16.31]Said it's all or nothing at all[03:18.34]Said it's all or nothing at all[03:21.13][03:21.40]Just take me as I am,[03:26.50]Or have nothing at all. (This is me)[03:33.18]Just take me as I am, (take me as i am)[03:38.49]Or have nothing at all.[03:44.58]Just take me as I am, (take me as i am)[03:50.16]Or have nothing, nothing at all.[03:55.22]Take me as I am.[03:55.91][03:56.73]Mary J. Blige - Take Me as I Am[03:57.13]