I Gotta Be Me

Whether I'm right, whether I'm wrong

Whether I find a place in this world or never belong

I've gotta be me, I've gotta be me

What else can I be but what I am?



I want to live, not merely survive

And I won't give up this dream of life

That keeps me alive

I've gotta be me, I've gotta be me

The dream that I see makes me what I am



That faraway prize, a world of success

Is waiting for me if I heed the call

I won't settle down or settle for less

As long as there's half a chance that I can have it all



I'll go it alone, that's how it must be

I can't be right for somebody else if I'm not right for me

I've gotta be me, I've gotta be me

Daring to try to do it or die, I've gotta be me



I can't be right for somebody else if I'm not right for me

I've gotta be me, I've gotta be me

Daring to try to do it or die,

I've gotta be me