If I can't be me

If I can't be me
Who can I be?
From myself I cannot flee
Why won't you let me be free

I don't want to be you
What would that do?
I could never do anything new
Why in the world should there be two

I don't want to be quiet
I'm not on a word diet
Nah, don't ask me, I won't try it
I don't think anyone would even buy it

I'm not changin my hair
So don't go there
I won't taste that meat
That's not what I eat

That's who YOU worship
I'm off that slave ship
My culture is my pride
So don't ask me to hide

If I love that man
You don't have to be a fan
My clothes have no name
And I have no shame

If I can't be me
Then I can't be free
And from that concept I will surely flee
This is who I am, so let me be