I Know Who I Am

They say you never see it coming
All the tiny little breaks
But somewhere out beyond all reason
You keep on giving what it takes

I never thought of running
I was busy carrying the load
Had the strength enough to take it
But not enough to let it go
It’s a long time coming down a broken road

And finally I can feel without fearing
Cry without the pain
Stand up and love me without any shame
It might have been a rough way to learn it
And a hard place to land
But the one thing I’m sure of now
Is I know who I am, yeah, oh

Now if somebody would have told me
There was a better place to be
In my quiet desperation
It was too hard to believe

I guess you gotta go the distance
To know just when enough’s enough
Won’t let nobody take it from me
Cos I know what I’m made of
And there’s nothing I can’t rise above

Oh, finally I can feel without fearing
Cry without the pain
Stand up and love me without any shame
It might have been a rough way to learn it
And a hard place to land
But the one thing I’m sure of now
Is I know who I am

I am a woman who’s worthy
I am a woman deserving
Whatever it is I can take it
Whatever it takes I’m gonna make it, oh

Finally I can feel without fearing
Cry without the pain
Oh, stand up and love me without any shame
It might have been a rough way to learn it
And a hard place to land
But the one thing I’m sure of now
Oh and I absolutely know who I am
I know, I know, I know
I know who, I know who I am