Be As You Are

(Verse) 
Virginia Woolf and poetry 
No one seemed to notice me 
Bein' young was gettin' so old 
Cheap beer and cigarettes 
Life was like a movie set 
And I seemed to be given no role 

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But in times of trouble 
I can turn to my mother 
And I know that she gon understand 
So at age twenty two 
I cried to my mother 
And she told me, 'young man', 

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'There are moments when u fall to the ground 
But u are stronger than u feel u are now 
U don't always have to speak so loud, no 
Just be as u are 
Life is not always [bad word] ride 
Everybody's got scars that they hide 
And everybody plays the fool sometimes, yeah 
Just be as u are!' 

(Verse 2) 
They played me on the radio 
And everythin' was changin', so 
I thought I was all the way grown 
But I can still remember in that cold November 
When I realized I'm all alone 

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'There are moments when u fall to the ground 
But u are stronger than u feel u are now 
U don't always have to speak so loud, no 
Just be as u are 
It doesn't matter if u [bad word] some star 
Life is betta when u open ur heart 
U don't always have to act so hard, no 
Just be as u are!' 

(Bridge) 
If I'm speakin' [bad word] 
I'm not who I used to be 
And I know some people might laugh 
Cos' my music doesn't sound the same 
And my head's no longer shaved 
I'm worried if I'm on the right path 

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