Take Me As I Am Lyrics

[Verse 1]
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 do
Is be all I can be

[Pre-Chorus]
If you can lift your head
Then you can rise on up

[Chorus]
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?

[Verse 2]
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
My skin's mahogany
We can change the world
If we stop judging what we see [Pre-Chorus]
If you can lift your head
Then you can rise on up

[Chorus]
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?
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?

[Bridge]
I'm on my way to a brighter day
Won't you hold my hand?
It'll be okay

[Chorus]
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?
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?

[Outro]
Oh-oh, oh-oh
Won't you take me as I am?

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