“A battle cry for women who have lost themselves…and found themselves.”
(Oprah – on Mary J. Blige singing 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, NYC
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
You know I’ve been holdin on.
Try to make me weak,
But I still 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.
Just take me as I am,
or have nothing at all.
Now 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.
Try to make me weak,
But I still 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.
Just take me as I am,
or have nothing at all.
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)
So take me as I am,
or have nothing at all.
Just take me as I am,
or have nothing at all.
Take me as I am.
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,
or have nothing at all. (This is me)
Just take me as I am,
or have nothing at all.
Just take me as I am,
or have nothing, nothing at all.
Take me as I am.
I find myself in these lyrics. I have found myself. I know who I am and what I offer. Enough. Not too much. Me.
And you?
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tears tears tears
flowing
free
cuz i’m getting better & better
at being me
thank you ronna! thank you thank you!
mynde´s last [type] ..I’m Pregnant
Mmmmm. Love that you felt the words as strongly as I did. SAME response, Mynde!
Isn’t it wonderful that so many of us are awakening to this belief in ourselves? This is exactly all that I am working through right now, shedding the old beliefs, others voices of who I should be, embracing the real me and shedding those who don’t accept me in that.
Mynde’s blog entry also rang true for me, she (as well as you Ronna) could have been writing my own thoughts down for me – and so much more succinctly.
We sometimes feel alone in this process, I love that I have found so many here to remind me that I am not alone in this process! Rock on!
Deb Kirkeeide´s last [type] ..Peonies on the Porch
I am not alone. I am not alone. I am not alone! Repeat as necessary, Deb! And yes, LOVE that similar awakenings of belief have and are occurring All SO fabulous! And hard. And worth it. And scary. And not alone!!!
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