Name: Who I Am
Duration: P00H04M00S
Description: Part of a full-length album of original songs conceived, written, and performed by a group of ten selected LGBTQIA+ young people from across the United States. And the craziest part... they recorded the whole thing from the comfort of their own homes.

Daniel Cruz - Who I Am

from The Future Perfect Project: Not What You Pictured by Various Artists

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Part of a full-length album of original songs conceived, written, and performed by a group of ten selected LGBTQIA+ young people from across the United States. And the craziest part... they recorded the whole thing from the comfort of their own homes.

lyrics

You have put me down for far too long
Come morning sun and I’ll be gone
You can take your words and tie them around my neck so I won’t forget how
You did me wrong

You think that you can read me
Think you’ve got the best of me, no
You tore me
You hurt me but I

I know who I am
And it’s not what they had planned but they
Still don’t understand

Seems to me the judgement just gets worse
They cover their eyes, block out the words
And everyone around me expects me to
Be like them but what they forget is
Their words cause hurt

But don’t you let them scare you
They can’t say what you think of you
Come through, let them see your light

I know who I am
And it’s not what they had planned but they
Still don’t understand no
My blood is falling from their hands
And it’s not what they had planned but they
Still don’t understand

Is this for better or for worse?
Loving him isn’t a curse, loving him isn’t a curse no
I will write and scream the words
Loving him isn’t a curse, loving him isn’t a curse

I know who I am
And it’s not what they had planned but they
Still don’t understand
My blood is falling from their hands
And it’s not what they had planned but they
Still don’t understand
Whoah
Ohhhh
I know who I am

credits

from The Future Perfect Project: Not What You Pictured, released January 21, 2022
Written by Daniel Cruz
Produced by Evan Linsey (@linsey.me)
Mixed by Evan Linsey (@linsey.me)
Mastered by Piper Payne (@lacqueristhebestmedicine) at @infrasonicsound

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