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 help 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 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 to know me)

So take me as I am
Or have nothing at all
Just take me as I am
Or have nothing 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 no
She answers to G-O-D
And she’s confident this is not the end
Ask me how I know cos she is me

So take me as I am
Or have nothing 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
Said its all or nothing at all
All or nothing at all
Don’t you know I can only be me

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 its all or nothing at all
Said its all or nothing at all

So 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)

Just take me as I am (take me as I am)
Or have nothing, nothing