Whether I'm right, or whether I'm wrong Whether I find a place in this world I'll never belong I gotta be me, I've got to 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 gotta be me, I've got to be me The dream that I see makes me what I am That far away place, a world of success Is waiting for me If I hear the call I won't settle down, won't settle for less As long as there's 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 It's not right for me I've got to be me, I've got to be me I'm not daring to try to do it or die I've got to be me I'll go it alone, that's how it must be I can't be right for somebody else It's not right for me I've got to be me, I've got to be me I'm not daring to try to do it or die I can't be right for somebody else I've got to be me, got to be free, got to be me