[00:02.67]Mary J. Blige - Take Me as I Am
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[00:24.93]She's been down and out
[00:27.25]She's been wrote about
[00:28.60]She's been talked about, constantly
[00:31.61]She's been up and down
[00:33.07]She's been pushed around
[00:34.51]But they held her down, NYC
[00:37.15]She has no regrets
[00:38.82]She accepts the past
[00:41.24]All these things they helped  to make she
[00:42.91]She's been lost and found
[00:44.64]And she's still around
[00:46.19]There's a reason for everything
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[00:49.33]You know I've been holdin on.
[00:52.46]Try to make me weak,
[00:54.10]But I still stay strong.
[00:55.90]Put my life all up in these songs
[00:58.27]Jus so you can feel me.
[00:59.61]So you can get the real me
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[01:01.11]So take me as I am,
[01:06.37]Or have nothing at all.
[01:12.25]Just take me as I am,
[01:17.89]Or have nothing at all.
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[01:24.04]Now she's older now
[01:25.35]Yes, she's wiser now
[01:26.90]Can't disguise her now she don't need
[01:30.00]No one tellin her
[01:31.31]What to do and say
[01:32.84]No one tellin her
[01:34.21]Who to be
[01:35.58]She's on solid ground
[01:37.14]She's been lost and found
[01:38.57]Now, she answers to G-O-D
[01:41.34]And she's confident
[01:42.86]This is not the end
[01:44.40]Ask me how I know
[01:46.08]Cause she is me.
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[01:47.95]You know I've been holdin on.
[01:50.73]Try to make me weak,
[01:52.32]But I still stay strong.
[01:54.50]Put my life all up in these songs
[01:56.63]Jus so you can feel me.
[01:58.26]So you can get the real me
[01:59.41]
[01:59.68]So take me as I am,
[02:04.57]Or have nothing at all.
[02:10.53]Just take me as I am,
[02:16.69]Or have nothing at all.
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[02:22.86]So it's all or nothing at all,
[02:25.07]All or nothing at all
[02:27.23]Don't you know I can only be me.
[02:29.63](I can only be me, yeah)
[02:34.65]So it's all or nothing at all,
[02:37.00]All or nothing at all
[02:39.15]Don't you know I can only be me.
[02:42.28](I can only be me, yeah)
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[02:46.05]So take me as I am,
[02:51.29]Or have nothing at all.
[02:57.23]Just take me as I am,
[03:03.06]Or have nothing at all.
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[03:10.04]Take me as I am.
[03:13.45]Take me as I am.
[03:16.31]Said it's all or nothing at all
[03:18.34]Said it's all or nothing at all
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[03:21.40]Just take me as I am,
[03:26.50]Or have nothing at all. (This is me)
[03:33.18]Just take me as I am, (take me as i am)
[03:38.49]Or have nothing at all.
[03:44.58]Just take me as I am, (take me as i am)
[03:50.16]Or have nothing, nothing at all.
[03:55.22]Take me as I am.
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[03:56.73]Mary J. Blige - Take Me as I Am
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