you cant accept me for..who i am   i tried so hard to get you to understand   i dont know..if i can take this pain anymore   kuz my hearts been torn   what did i do to be treated this way   you keep beating me down   but i still ask you to stay   and i know   that i wanna be myself   but you want me to be someone else      its just the same thing ( same thing )   how you try to change me ( change me )   so tell me what you want from me   why cant you let me be      i just cant go on takin all this abuse   no matter what i do its never enough for you   and i know   im disgusted by the way that you think of me   you make me do things that i dont want to do   and you dont give a damn    about what you put me through   and i know   you need to face the truth that im not like you      its just the same thing ( same thing )   how you try to change me ( change me )   so tell me what you want from me   why cant you let me be      its just the same thing ( same thing )   how you try to change me ( change me )   so tell me what you want from me   why cant you let me be      im gonna do what i wanna do   not what you tell me to   you say look at other people as this excuse   drop the attitude   kuz the damn abuse   you keep playing with me   youll see what i do   what do you get outta messin with me   kuz im just tryin to do my own thing   you still try to take everything i got   and it just wont stop      so tell me what you wanted from me   or whats the reason that you wont let me be   i keep telling you i wont give in again   no one can change me because of who i am      its just the same thing ( same thing )   how you try to change me ( change me )   so tell me what you want from me   why cant you let me be      its just the same thing ( same thing )   how you try to change me ( change me )   so tell me what you want from me   why cant you let me be      same thing ( same thing )