What I Used To Be

With these words I vow That no man or beast Will ever bring me down My temper yields Misconceptions of my true self But now they will know I've been cut down Beaten and bruised, left bleeding I stand idle Addressing their remarks, abrasive Still I attempt to change their views I've let my anger Loose on any man Whose offended me once Now it's not so easy To bleed the violence out of me They still see what I used to be Insanely masked Is their curiosity I can tell it They see something different in me Yet they sstill ignore what I finally am And focus on what I used to be