That's Who I Am

I grew up in L.A. and I like to play baseball
I'm five years old and I don't have hardly anything at all
Except this little blue hat that goes with the bat
My mama gave me the very last time I saw her

I live with a family and they don't even know I'm there
I can go for a walk ten city blocks and they don't even care
I have imaginary friends who are just pretend
We play baseball 'til the very end of the day
Oh, but that's okay

'Cause that's who I am
That's all I have
That's where I stay
That's where I'm at
That's all I have
That's who I am

I moved in with a new family that had an older son
He became my big brother, we were best friends with each other
We played ball 'til the setting sun

Then he had to go to war and I didn't know what for
I asked him not to go as he walked out the door
He said to me, "Oh, I have to leave"

'Cause that's who I am
That's all I have
That's where I stay
And that's where I'm at
That's all I have
That's who I am

A year went by and I tried not to think of him at all
On Christmas Eve I started to believe
There was a knock at my bedroom door
He said, "I'm not going back to Iraq
And I want you to know exactly where I'm at"
'Cause there's no other like a big brother

'Cause that's who I am
And that's all I have
And that's where I stay
And that's where I'm at
And that's all I have
That's who I am
And that's all I have
And that's who I am