The Way I Am

I been cheated, been mistreated Ain't ashamed of whatever I've been Seen the good times, lived the bad times Now I'm looking at the shape I'm in Ain't got no money, ain't got no degree But I got me somebody, she's taking care of me And she told me that she wants me Again and again and again and again and a- She understands the way I am I can see it in her eyes She never tried to make me cry She wants me for the way I am I used to be so that I did not know Take the chances when they came my way Now I live like there's no tomorrow And what is gone belongs to yesterday Don't got no big car, ain't got no jet plane But I got me that one thing they can never take away 'Cos she told me that she loves me Over and over and over and over and She understands the way I am I can see it in her eyes She never tried to make me cry She wants me for the way I am Well I ain't got everything money can buy But I've got everything that I need to get by 'Cos she told me that she loves me Forever and ever and ever and ever and She understands the way I am I can see it in her eyes She never tried to make me cry She loves the way I am She understands the way I am I can see it in her eyes She never tried to make me cry She wants me for the way I am