I've Gotta Be Me

Song I've Gotta Be Me
Artist Sammy Davis, Jr.
Album Revolutions in Sound: Warner Bros. Records - The First 50 Years

Lyrics

[00:07.490] Whether I'm right or whether I'm wrong
[00:14.490] Whether I find a place in this world or never belong
[00:21.490] I gotta be me, I've gotta be me
[00:29.490] What else can I be but what I am
[00:37.490] I want to live, not merely survive
[00:44.490] And I won't give up this dream
[00:47.490] Of life that keeps me alive
[00:51.490] I gotta be me, I gotta be me
[01:00.490] The dream that I see makes me what I am
[01:06.490] That far away prize, a world of success
[01:14.490] Is waiting for me if I heed the call
[01:21.490] I won't settle down, won't settle for less
[01:28.490] As long as there's a chance that I can have it all
[01:36.490] I'll go it alone, that's how it must be
[01:45.490] I can't be right for somebody else
[01:49.490] If I'm not right for me
[01:52.490] I gotta be free, I've gotta be free
[02:00.490] Daring to try, to do it or die
[02:04.490] I've gotta be me
[02:07.490] I'll go it alone, that's how it must be
[02:15.490] I can't be right for somebody else
[02:18.490] If I'm not right for me
[02:23.490] I gotta be free, I just gotta be free
[02:30.490] Daring to try, to do it or die
[02:38.490] I gotta be me