{"id":326,"date":"2014-12-10T13:01:17","date_gmt":"2014-12-10T21:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/?p=326"},"modified":"2014-12-10T13:01:17","modified_gmt":"2014-12-10T21:01:17","slug":"if-i-cant-be-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/?p=326","title":{"rendered":"If I Can&#8217;t Be Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 If I Can\u2019t Be Me<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Should I come to the front door?<\/p>\n<p>Or, you want me to go around back?<\/p>\n<p>You say you want me over more.<\/p>\n<p>I think it\u2019s only to get me in the sack.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If I can\u2019t be me.<\/p>\n<p>Then how can I be with you?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The relationship started out wrong.<\/p>\n<p>You took me for who I am not.<\/p>\n<p>I know how to be strong.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m not changing for what you\u2019ve got.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If I can\u2019t be me.<\/p>\n<p>Then how can I be with you?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If this relationship is going to last.<\/p>\n<p>One of us is changing.<\/p>\n<p>I have no intention of lowering my class.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s time for you to stop blaming.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If I can\u2019t be me.<\/p>\n<p>Then how can I be with you?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The macho stuff has to go.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not the kind of thing I respond to.<\/p>\n<p>I know it\u2019s the only show you know.<\/p>\n<p>Time to dig deep &amp; learn some new moves.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If I can\u2019t be me.<\/p>\n<p>Then how can I be with you?&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;R. W. Johnson&#8212;&#8211;(2014)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 If I Can\u2019t Be Me Should I come to the front door? Or, you want me to go around back? You say you want me over more. I think it\u2019s only to get me in the sack. &nbsp; If I can\u2019t be me. Then how can I be with you? &nbsp; The relationship started &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/?p=326\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">If I Can&#8217;t Be Me<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life-lessons","category-romance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=326"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":327,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326\/revisions\/327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}