Who I Am

[Intro]
From very young I was forced to ask myself
"Who are you?"
And for the longest, I didn't--
I didn’t have an answer
I was always the one singled out
The one always counted out
And honestly, it shaped me into the man I am today
But you know....
It still hurts

[Verse 1:]
Yeah
Never been special
Yet, I've always been singled out
If it wasn't my jacked up hands
Somebody brought attention to my wandering eye
Was always the one full of love, but
Cruel world, when you different they will label you
As the one who stepped outside the box of normalcy
AKA, not cool
Not gonna lie, got it stuck to me
I found a huddle quite suddenly
We were the ones they all counted out
The bond we established was brotherly
Man shout out to Truffle and Corey
Man y’all really did a lot for me
And y'all never guessed it
But y'all were co-writers when I thought to finish my story
But nobody'd ever know that
Just know that it happened that way
When I was acting out for show-and-tell
They counted me out and it made me to who I am

(Chorus)
Who I am
Yeah, it added to who I am
They counted me out and it added to who I am

[Verse 2:]
Self-esteem took a huge shot, but I kept it pushing baby
If I can be honest, man I haven't been myself
Haven't been myself lately
Man I been so angry and bitter
Why you still care, you not with her
And why you get mad when they bring her up?
I really wanted to be her mister, yeah
Look, life is moving on and so am I
It's been some time since I've sat and cried
A lot of wounds have left me dead inside
And trusting again feels like suicide
Yeah, I used to be a nice guy
But that was back when I was young and dumb
People take advantage of ya kindness
Try and understand where I am coming from
And how it made me who I am

(Chorus)
Who I am
Who I am, hoo
Try and understand why I’m coming from
And how it made me who I am

[Outro]
A lot of the things I say in my music aren’t just metaphorical
Like when I say I'm blind
I’m like, I'm literally blind, man
And...I can also be spiritually blind at times
But you know
Through all the mistakes I've made
Everything that people have deemed wrong of me
I'm perfectly content with, you know
It made me who I am
So, shout out to y’all
Shout out to my oppressors

Ha, thank you