SO YOU WANT TO KNOW WHO I AM...YOU GOT IT

SO IF THE APPLE DOESN'T FALL FAR FROM THE TREE, IF MY MOTHER IS STRONG WHY WOULDN'T I BE?

THERE ARE SO MANY WISHING TO SEE ME FALL, I MAY BE 5'4 BUT I'LL ALWAYS STAND TALL.

YES I'M UNIQUE, I'M DIFFERENT...A MILLION OTHERS.

I CAN ONLY BE ME, DESTINED FROM BIRTH JUST FOR STARTERS..

FROM THE WOMB I WAS STRONG, YET I WAS BORN A PREMI..

GREEDY AS AN INFANT, I WAS ALWAYS HUNGRY.

I LOVE IT JUST TO BE COMFORTABLE ON MY OWN TWO FEET,

I'M RIDING THE TAIL OF SUCCESS, NEVER SKIPPING A BEAT.

MY ARMS PRE-MADE JUST FOR THE REACH, MY FINGERS ALREADY PREPARING A THANK-YOU SPEECH.

I LIKE THE HATERS, WHO THINK THEY KNOW WHAT I'LL SAY BEFORE I SPEAK.

THEIR WORDS ARE JUST REDUNDANT, LIKE A PARROT AND ITS BEAK.

SOME THINK I'VE GONE MAD, BUT I JUST HAVE A MAD STREAK.

HUNGRY FOR SUCCESS, WANT TO RIDE OUT TO MY PEAK.

WHEN I DO, I'LL SPRINKLE THE GAINS LIKE A FORMING STREAM FROM A LEAK.

NOT CARING WHAT PEOPLE THINK, NOT ASHAMED LIKE A FREAK.

IMMA SHARE IT, NOT BECAUSE OF FAME BUT I BELIEVE IN GIVING AND UNITY.

I CARE ABOUT PEOPLE, DON'T CARE TO SEE THEM FALL BENEATH.

IT'S NOT ABOUT YOUR TITLE, BUT THE EYES YOU OPEN TO SEE, FROM THE LIES THAT PUT CHAINS ON

YOU AND I, SO THE TRUTH WE SEEK.

I AM, THE PAIN THAT I FEEL FOR OTHERS AND ME...FEEL TOO STRONGLY THAT I COULD PULL OUT

THESE PEARLY WHITE TEETH.

I AM... PASSION, I FEEL TOO STRONGLY FOR THESE MEAN STREETS.

I WON'T START A FIST FIGHT, CAN'T EVEN HURT A FLEA...

BUT I'LL ROCK HARD LIKE A THUG TO THIS SONG AND THIS BEAT.

BUT DON'T GET IT TWISTED, I WILL DEFEND DON'T MESS WITH ME.

I'LL BE A CONTRADICTION, PULL A HEM, NEXT A FOOT ON YOUR NECK HAVE YOU SCREAMING PLEASE.

I AM LOVE, SHOWING MY CARE SO PASSIONATELY,

LOVE TO FALL IN---TOO MANY TIMES SEEMINGLY

I AM MY WORD, IT'S ALL YOU GOT KEEPING IT REAL CAUSE I HAVE HEART

NOT ABOUT SHADY SCHEMES

I LOVE MY CITY, WHERE I GREW UP... N. Y. C...

HEMPSTEAD, WHERE YOU AT?, BROOKLYN, HELLO QUEENS!

FASHION CITY, FASHION SENSE, FASHION A MUST, THIS IS ME.

MORE THAN CLOTHES, BUT A STATEMENT, A LIFESTYLE, JUST CALL ME A FIEND.

I AM EXPRESSION, CREATIVE ART, NEVER RUNNING OUT OF STEAM

RELEASING INHIBITIONS, ALWAYS INVENTING, REJUVENATING..I AM QUEEN.

YOU BECOME WHAT YOU PRACTICE AND YOU SAY WHAT IT IS YOU MEAN.

YET WRITING MIGHT BE BETTER, EXPLAINING MAY BRING SOME DIFFICULTY..

I NEED POSITIVE PEOPLE AROUND ME, I NEED THAT LIFTING VIBE, THAT ENERGY..

THAT DON'T COME EASY, TOO MANY PEOPLE WITH FALSITIES.

I LOVE MY FAMILY, WITHOUT THEM I BELIEVE THERE IS NO ME...

MY CULTURE, SO DIVERSE, JAMAICA STAND UP GT!

BORN TO IMMIGRANTS WHO'VE MIGRATED HERE TO FIND THE AMERICAN DREAM...

SO I CAN'T FAIL, CARRYING THE TORCH MAKING A PATH FOR THE GENERATIONS TO BE.

BORN IN A GHETTO YET RAISED TO BE PRODUCTIVE IN SOCIETY.

HEARD THE JOKES HAD PEOPLE TELL ME WHAT I DREAM ARE IMPOSSIBILITIES.

BORN ALONE, MY SECOND HALF GONE HAD TO LEARN THAT'S HOW IT WAS TO BE.

DIDN'T KNOW I WAS A TWO UNTIL I HIT PUBERTY..

THOUGH IT NEVER FULLY FORMED ALWAYS KNEW A PART WAS MISSING FROM ME.

NEVER A MISTAKE, PRE-WRITTEN, BEFORE I COULD EVEN SPEAK.

SAW DIFFERENT WORLDS, LIVED AND HAD GREAT OPPORTUNITIES.

PARENTS SHIELDED ME FROM TROUBLE YET TROUBLE ALWAYS FOUND ME..

BUT I PERSEVERED, NOT A VICTIM, BUT I SING VICTORY.

I UNDERSTAND NOW, IT'S AS CLEAR AS MY MEMORIES.

'NEVER FORGET WHERE YOU CAME FROM' MY BEGINNINGS, LIKE LEARNING MY ABC'S

ALL MY LIFE EVENTS, MY STRUGGLES, PAINS, CRYING, PRAYING ON MY KNEES..

I MAKE MISTAKES, I'M ONLY HUMAN, SOMETIMES I MAY WALK WITH TWO LEFT FEET.

SOMETIMES I'M RIGHT, AT TIMES I'M WRONG BUT I'LL STICK TO MY BELIEF...

NOT AFRAID TO ADMIT MY FAULT, WHEN TRUTH RISES TO THE TOP FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA.

I THANK GOD BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S JUST TO SEASON ME, FOR WHAT I WILL BECOME

AN EVEN BETTER ME...