Be As You Are

Virginia Woolf and poetry, no one seemed to notice me

Being young was getting so old

Cheap beer and cigarettes, life was like a movie set

And I seemed to be given no role

But in times of trouble, I can turn to my mother

And I know that she gon' understand

So at age eighteen, I cried to my mother

And she told me, "Young man

There are moments when you fall to the ground

But you are stronger than you feel you are now

You don't always have to speak so loud

No, just be as you are

Life is not always a comfortable ride

Everybody's got scars that they hide

And everybody plays the fool sometimes

Yeah, just be as you are"

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

But it 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

There are moments when you fall to the ground

But you are stronger than you feel you are now

You don't always have to speak so loud

No, just be as you are

It doesn't matter if you become some star

Life is better when you open your heart

You don't always have to act so hard

No, just be as you are"

Just be as you are

(Be as you are) Whoa

(Be as, be as you are) Be as you are

(Be as you are) Be as you are

(Be as, be as you are)

If I'm speakin' truthfully, I'm not who I used to be

And I know some people might laugh

'Cause my music doesn't sound the same

And my head's no longer shaved

I'm worried if I'm on the right path

But it times of trouble, I can turn to my mother

And I know that she gon' understand

So at age twenty-six, I spoke to my mother

And she told me, young man

There are moments when you fall to the ground

But you are stronger than you feel you are now

You don't always have to speak so loud

No, just be as you are

It doesn't matter if you become some star

Life is better when you open your heart

You don't always have to act so hard

No, just be as you are

Be as you are

(Be as you are) Be as you are

(Be as, be as you are) Be as you are

(Be as you are) Be as you are

(Be as, be as you are)

Be as you are