For you I tried to be some other person besides ME 
 Now I realized that MYSELF is the best person I could possibly be. 
 But at the time I didn't think you would like me for who I AM, 
 so, I changed myself and I became this unfamiliar stranger than 
 risk having you know the REAL ME. 

 First, I tried to be hip and cool; like that girl from MTV. 
 I wanted to impress you from the start and make you see 
 that I wasn't this small island girl who didn't know how to have fun, 
 but someone who partied all night long until up came the sun. 
 Then partied some more the next day and the day after that. 

 Next, I tried to seem more intelligent than I actually was. 
 I wanted to be like Albert Eintein because he was a genius.  
 I wanted to invent a thing-a-ma-bob I could call mine 
 or discover never-seen-before fossils from Paleolithic time. 
 I just didn't want you to think I was dumb. 

 Then, I tried to be as witty as a stand-up comedienne. 
 I wanted to be able to make you laugh so hard, and then 
 continue to make you smile throughout your night and day; 
 just by simple wit and humor, words I say. 
 I just wanted to brighten up your life. 

 Unbelievably, I tried to be this rich kid to impress you. 
 I fabricated this idea in my mind that money grew 
 on trees.  I made it seem like money was no object for me, 
 spending and splurging on whatever that was surely the key, 
 to lure you into thinking I was all that. 

 Finally, I tried to be this beautiful model you have pictured in your head. 
 The one with the slim waist, long slender legs, and a gorgeous face;  
 instead of the model that I wasn't.   
 I forced myself to gain some height and lose some weight. 
 Cursed the Lord for giving me my eyes, nose, and lips; but most especially I learned to hate the way I looked from head to toe. 

 I tried to be the SOMEONE I thought you would love. 
 I tried to change a master-piece created by the Lord above. 
 But I figured it out before it was way too late; 
 that the love I was seeking lies at Heaven's Gate. 
 That true beauty lies deep within; not seen with your eyes, 
 but only with your HEART!