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.
~* Take Me As I Am *~
~*~ Mary J Blige ~*~
~*Some things are not meant to last, they just take a place in your heart and make you smarter the next time*~
~*A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous*~
~*And I will open up, if you promise to give in, on this perfect night, let the two of us be one*~
~*You're writing the story of your life one moment at a time*~
~*Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.*~
~*It takes a lot of courage to release the familiar and seemingly secure, to embrace the new. But there is no real security in what is no longer meaningful. There is more security in the adventurous and exciting, for in movement there is life, and in change there is power.*~
~*What we do in life Echoes in eternity*~
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~*Every moment in time gives us the chance to love, to learn, to dream and to become more than we ever imagined*~