You take my words and turn them around Make me confused I lose my ground

You say you're a man Then let me be who I am I do what I say I refuse to fight another day 'Cause baby I gotta be me

You think you're strong Always trying to prove me wrong Make me take it back Convincing me I'm on the wrong track

You say you're a man Then let me be who I am This time, I mean what I say I refuse to stay another day 'Cause baby I gotta be me

Pretended to be sweet Your heart became my retreat Gave you my soul for free You chose her and forgot me

Remember, you left me alone I've changed and grown Everything feels true Living my life without you

You think you're a man Your shallow heart Will always keep us apart Baby, I'm loving me Living happily free

However much we may distrust men's sincerity, we always believe they speak to us more sincerely than to others. - Francois de La Rochefoucauld

These words- "Gotta be me," came to me several years before I published them. Of course, they were born from personal experience, heartbreak and growth. When I found them, I was reminded that denial is part of the processes of life and love. This is a piece of what, I believe, Francois de La Rochefoucauld alludes to in his quote. In life and love, a subtle moment may occur, our eyes open and the illusion begins to dissipate. After the dissipation begins, we then have to accept that we know we've lost the sincerity and honesty of one we once believed so completely and our only option is to decide i

f we can live with this loss.

One issue at least, men and women agree: they both distrust women. -H.L. Mencken

I must include this statement in my repartee, as I've always been "a guys girl" and I never want to give any impression that men are the only one's who deceive. Some women are more talented at betrayal, but I don't believe that all women are distrustful, either. Deceit and betrayal is a human sin. My words can adjust gender as necessary.

Respectfully- Patti Pacifico

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