I Am Who I Am
Who are you to judge me?
Or to tell me how to be
You are just like me
So let me be

Who are you to say that I am not normal?
Or to place me as an outcast
You and I are just the same mammal
So why don't we forget the prejudice of the past

Who are you to take away my rights?
Or to shut out my light
You and I are just as bright
So let share the light

Negative and positive usually attract
But not everybody has to follow this contract
For everybody has his or her own track
For no one has to follow a pack

Essentially we are all the same
So stop playing this prejudice and discrimination game
But rather, let us gather our differences
In order to lengthen our happiness
For this is the true business
For you and me in this small world
By Ngoc-Dung Hoang, CA
2003 KarMel Scholarship Entry