"I'm Me"

I'm me...and I always will be.

Same smile, same eyes, same

gap between my teeth.

I'm still the girl who

grew up in the hood.

I'm still the girl, who thought she neve could,

do all the things that everyone said.

Nor, did I believe I could be so far ahead.

Yup, that's me..the young one who's mother was on drugs.

Forever will I be the youngster who went, to different boys

and girls....looking for love.

Lil Mama who had to go and get her mom out the crack-house?

Yea that's me.

Lil Mama who was forever looking for a way out?

Yea that's me.

That girl who went from Compton to Westwood?

The one who still has memories of the hood...

Memories of going to get a book & almost gettin' shot,

Memories of a boy gettin' killed on my block,

Memories of seeing my brothers get arrested,

Memories of the cops when my house got raided.

Knowing that, what doesn't kill you will only

make you stronger,

Trusting in God, I know I'll have a better tomorrow,

Thinking of where I am, where I came from,

and where I'll be,

I know that I'm me...& I always will be....and there's no

other person that I'd rather be.