This is why I am the way that I am  This is why I am the way that I am  This is why I am the way that I am  This is why I am the way that I am    You know I'm carrying with me  Over twenty years of pity  My whole personality  Was formed by others, not me  When I look back on my life  One that's always filled with strife  I rode down a bad course  Nobody's fault but yours    My step always threw me right do the stairs  So forgive me when I do the same thing to you  I know it must seem like you're daddy never cares  But if you knew what I've been through  You'd do the same thing too    Well I can't make a move  Without draggin' all my baggage  My father always cussed  So forgive me fo my language  Please excuse me for yelling  Pardon me for telling you to stop  Selling to me your God in Heaven    This is why I am the way that I am  This is why I am the way that I am  If I can keep this up for the rest of my days  I may never have to take responsibility  For my ways