...To Make Me Who I Am

I've walked through this world sometime without a friend
My life has been up and down, been close to an end
I've been through the mill and
I've paid my dues
Walked so many miles in different peoples shoes
But I've been through the fire and
I've walked in the rain
I've felt the joy and endured the pain
Once I was a schemer but
I always was a dreamer
But it took me who
I was and where
I've beenTo make me who
I amI've met a lot of lost souls in the bowels of hell
Traveled some crooked roads and got some stories yet to tell
I've shot up with the junkie in piss stench halls
Broken bread with the devil, fallen on my knees to
GodSome days
I was blessed, some nights
I was damned
But I always tried to lend a helping hand
Once I was a deceiver, now
I am a believer
But it took me, who
I was and where
I've beenTo make me who
I amOh, I've seen the little children all strung out on ****
No one to care about them, living without hope
But I've been lucky that
I always had a song
I'll sing it with compassion, to try to right the wrong
Once my life was wretched but why should
I regret it'
Cause, it took me, who
I was and where
I've beenTo make me who
I amThis is dedicated to my friends in jail
For my brother
Jake who had to ride the rail
For my friend
Roonie and
Melvin who were so dear
They were so misunderstood but
I wish they were still here
To hear this song
I sing from my heart
They're forever in my soul even though we had to part
Once I was a deceiver, now
I am a believer
But it took me who
I was and where
I've beenTo make me who
I amGod said, 'I forgive you, wipe away the scars'Cause I know it took who you wereAnd where you came from to make you who you are'Cause I know it took who you wereAnd where you came from to make you what you are'