Be As You Are Lyrics - Mike Posner

1 Virginia Woolf and poetry

2 No one seemed to notice me

3 Being young was getting so old

4 Cheap beer and cigarettes

5 Life was like a movie set

6 And I seemed to be given no role

7 But in times of trouble

8 I can turn to my mother

9 And I know that she gon’ understand

10 So at age 18

11 I cried to my mother

12 And she told me, “young man”

13 “There are moments when you fall to the ground

14 But you are stronger than you feel you are now

15 You don’t always have to speak so loud, no

16 Just be as you are

17 Life is not always a comfortable ride

18 Everybody’s got scars that they hide

19 And everybody plays the fool sometimes, yeah

20 Just be as you are”

21 They played me on the radio

22 And everything was changing, so

23 I thought I was all the way grown

24 But I can still remember in that cold November

25 When I realized I’m all alone

26 But in times of trouble

27 I can turn to my mother

28 And I know that she gon’ understand

29 So at age 22

30 I cried to my mother

31 And she told me, “young man”

32 “There are moments when you fall to the ground

33 But you are stronger than you feel you are now

34 You don’t always have to speak so loud, no

35 Just be as you are

36 It doesn’t matter if you become some star

37 Life is better when you open your heart

38 You don’t always have to act so hard, no

39 Just be as you are”

40 If I’m speaking truthfully

41 I’m not who I used to be

42 And I know some people might laugh

43 ‘Cause my music doesn’t sound the same

44 And my head’s no longer shaved

45 I’m worried if I’m on the right path

46 But in times of trouble

47 I can turn to my mother

48 And I know that she gon’ understand

49 So at age 26

50 I spoke to my mother

51 And she told me, “young man”

52 “There are moments when you fall to the ground

53 But you are stronger than you feel you are now

54 You don’t always have to speak so loud, no

55 Just be as you are

56 It doesn’t matter if you become some star

57 Life is better when you open your heart

58 You don’t always have to act so hard, no

59 Just be as you are”

60 Be as you are