if my life story were told
you'd know how old
i be
you'd see
me
for who i am
damn

if my life story were told
you'd take hold
of what i bought & what i sold
my life would unfold
before your eyes
and we'd both have our cries
and our questions "why?"

if my life story were told
i might seem so bold
with he story my life told
but...

ta' tell ya' true
ta' be honest with you
my life's story
if told
is i'm just old

tried & true
yes i been blue
but whata' a fool do?
'cept keep on livin'
keep on given'
his best
forget the rest
i been blessed

with love
a time or two
yeah love will do
seems it's over due
that's true
but blue
is a color i like
and red or yellow
a small spike
in the reverberation
of this regurgitation

if my life story were told
hope it'd take hold
of some old rainbow
every color you see
then you'd know
you'd see me
for who i be

if my life story was told
you'd know i was old
but a rainbow i'd be
then you'd see me
for who i am
damn

i be who i be
that's just who i be
me
every color you see
be me

if my life story was told
hell, i'd take hold
of what i bought
and what i sold
what i sought
bein' old