Take Me as I Am

Like a heart left on my sleeve These tattoos cover me Like names carved into a tree All these memories Wake me up and rinse my eyes Baptized today I'm free One thing that I'm gonna Is be all I can be If you can lift your head Than you can rise on up Right now I am Standing here Oh take me as I am Oh take me as I am Won't you take me as I am Like a stranger in a foreign land That's how I feel in Tennessee The good lord made us equal but It don't feel that way to me Everyday reminders that I'm different let me be (my skins mahogany) We can change the world If we stop judging what we see If you can lift your head Than you can rise up Hook I'm on my way To a brighter day Won't you hold my hand It'll be ok