I Can Only Be Me (excerpt from 'School Daze - The Coronation')

Butterflies begin from having been another,
as a child is born from being in a mother's womb;
But how many times, have you wished you were some other
someone than who you are?

Who's to say that if all were uncovered, you would like what you see?

You can only be you, as I can only be me.

Flowers can not bloom until it is their season,
as we would not be here unless it was our destiny;
But how many times, have you wished you were in spaces,
time, places, than where you were?

Yet who's to say, with unfamiliar faces, you could any more BE?

**********LOVE THE YOU THAT YOU SEE****************

You can only be you as I can only be me!

Be Good!

~ABT

Mr. Piano Man

Mr. Piano Man please play a song.

Play a song for the colored girls who considered suicide when the rainbow was not enough.

Play a song for those who can’t hold their heads up long enough to see the sun cresting over the horizon.

Play a song for the youth who readily give away their treasures to those that are undeserving.

Play a song for the bag lady who holds on to everything except herself.

Play a song for the boy searching for a man and the man who rejects the boy.

Play a song for the young and restless who tread the burning sands trying to find a higher path.

Play a song for the caterpillars that are in the midst of transforming into butterflies.

Please Mr. Piano Man play a song for me.

~ABT