I've Gotta Be Me/Once In A Lifetime - Live/1970
Thank you very much
As you all know, all I'm tryna do
Is get myself together
(Have you got yourself together?)
(You ready to go back to work?)
Here goes Jean again, bothering me again
All I'm tryna do is do my own thing
All right?
Whether I'm right
Whether I'm wrong
Whether I find a place in this world or never belong
I've got to 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've got to be me
I've got to be me
This dream that I see
Makes me what I am
That far away prize
A world of success
Oh, is waiting for me
If I heed the call
I won't settle down
I won't settle for less
As long as I know that there's a chance
I can have it all
I'll go it alone
It's how it must be
I can't be right for somebody else
When I'm not right for me
I've got to be free in me
I've gotta be free, oh
Daring to try
To do it or die
I've gotta be me
Clap your hands and say
Da, da, da-da, da, da
Say
Da, da, da-da, da, da
Da, da, da-da, da, da
Da, da
For once in a lifetime
I feel like a child
I soar like an eagle
As if I had wings
Gotta be free
I've got to be free
Oh, daring to try
To do it or die
I've got to be me
I've got to be me
I've gotta be me
Stevie, everybody sing
Da, da, da-da, da, da
(Stevie Wonder, everybody)
Sing it louder
What we're gonna do now
Is we're gonna get a little thing going
And what I want you to do is pay very close attention
Because you're just gonna accent one beat with your hand
All right
Dig it
Boy, oh, boy, you got it
Hit that, hit that one beat harder than the rest of 'em
Now I want y'all to sing that part that I told you to sing before
Sing it
(Da, da, da-da, da, da)
(Da, da, da-da, da, da)
Louder
(Da, da, da-da, da, da)
Sing it so the Lord can hear ya
(Da, da, da-da, da, da)
Everybody sing
Da, da, da-da, da, da
Louder
Here we go
As you all know, all I'm tryna do
Is get myself together
(Have you got yourself together?)
(You ready to go back to work?)
Here goes Jean again, bothering me again
All I'm tryna do is do my own thing
All right?
Whether I'm right
Whether I'm wrong
Whether I find a place in this world or never belong
I've got to 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've got to be me
I've got to be me
This dream that I see
Makes me what I am
That far away prize
A world of success
Oh, is waiting for me
If I heed the call
I won't settle down
I won't settle for less
As long as I know that there's a chance
I can have it all
I'll go it alone
It's how it must be
I can't be right for somebody else
When I'm not right for me
I've got to be free in me
I've gotta be free, oh
Daring to try
To do it or die
I've gotta be me
Clap your hands and say
Da, da, da-da, da, da
Say
Da, da, da-da, da, da
Da, da, da-da, da, da
Da, da
For once in a lifetime
I feel like a child
I soar like an eagle
As if I had wings
Gotta be free
I've got to be free
Oh, daring to try
To do it or die
I've got to be me
I've got to be me
I've gotta be me
Stevie, everybody sing
Da, da, da-da, da, da
(Stevie Wonder, everybody)
Sing it louder
What we're gonna do now
Is we're gonna get a little thing going
And what I want you to do is pay very close attention
Because you're just gonna accent one beat with your hand
All right
Dig it
Boy, oh, boy, you got it
Hit that, hit that one beat harder than the rest of 'em
Now I want y'all to sing that part that I told you to sing before
Sing it
(Da, da, da-da, da, da)
(Da, da, da-da, da, da)
Louder
(Da, da, da-da, da, da)
Sing it so the Lord can hear ya
(Da, da, da-da, da, da)
Everybody sing
Da, da, da-da, da, da
Louder
Here we go
Credits
Writer(s): Walter Marks
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