[ti:To Make Me Who I Am] [ar:Aaron Neville] [al:To Make Me Who I Am] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]To Make Me Who I Am - Aaron Neville [00:15.64]I've walked through this world sometime without a friend [00:22.70]My life has been up and down been close to an end [00:29.61]I've been through the mill and I've paid my dues [00:36.57]Walked so many miles in different peoples shoes [00:43.09]But I've been through the fire and I've walked in the rain [00:50.72]I've felt the joy and endured the pain [00:57.66]Once I was a schemer but I always was a dreamer [01:10.60]But it took me who I was and where I've been [01:18.73]To make me who I am [01:26.87]I've met a lot of lost souls in the bowels of hell [01:33.93]Traveled some crooked roads and got some stories yet to tell [01:41.05]I've shot up with the junkie in piss stench halls [01:48.24]Broken bread with the devil fallen on my knees to God [01:54.52]Some days I was blessed some nights I was damned [02:01.61]But I always tried to lend a helping hand [02:09.20]Once I was a deceiver now I am a believer [02:22.21]But it took me who I was and where I've been [02:30.23]To make me who I am [02:38.10]Oh I've seen the little children all strung out on ** [02:45.34]No one to care about them living without hope [02:52.34]But I've been lucky that I always had a song [02:59.18]I'll sing it with compassion to try to right the wrong [03:06.85]Once my life was wretched but why should I regret it [03:19.34]'Cause it took me who I was and where I've been [03:27.29]To make me who I am [03:35.74]This is dedicated to my friends in jail [03:38.68]For my brother Jake who had to ride the rail [03:41.85]For my friend Roonie and Melvin who were so dear [03:45.51]They were so misunderstood but I wish they were still here [03:49.40]To hear this song I sing from my heart [03:52.87]They're forever in my soul even though we had to part [04:03.94]Once I was a deceiver now I am a believer [04:16.66]But it took me who I was and where I've been [04:24.52]To make me who I am [04:32.48]God said I forgive you wipe away the scars [04:45.12]'Cause I know it took who you were [04:49.63]And where you came from to make you who you are [04:59.44]'Cause I know it took who you were [05:03.99]And where you came from to make you what you are