I Gotta Be Me [Song]

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I GOTTA BE ME
Music and lyrics by Walter Marks
Performed by The Mighty Sparrow
Album: Bang Bang Lulu in New York with Sparrow and the Troubadours.

Whether I'm right or whether I'm wrong
Whether I find a place in this world or never belong
I gotta be me, I 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 gotta be me, I gotta be me
The dream that I see makes me what I am.

That far-away prize, a world of success
Is waiting for me if I heed the call
But I won't settle down, won't settle for less
As long as there's half a chance that I just grab 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 gotta be free, I gotta be free
Daring to try, to do it or die, I gotta be me.

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 gotta be free, I gotta be free
Daring to try, to do it or die, I gotta be me.

Source: The lyrics posted on this blog are often transcribed directly from performances. Although it is my intention to faithfully transcribe I do not get all the words and I have a knack for hearing the wrong thing. Please feel free to correct me or to fill in the words that I miss by dropping me a message via e-mail. I'd be forever grateful. Thanks in advance! ..............................................................................................................................


A Note From The Gull

The Mighty Sparrow is now conscious and responsive. Bondyé...mèsi, mèsi, mèsi!

"Patria est communis omnium parens" - Our native land is the common parent of us all. Keep it beautiful, make it even more so.

Blessed is all of creation
Blessed be my beautiful people
Blessed be the day of our awakening
Blessed is my country
Blessed are her patient hills.

Mweh ka allay!
Guanaguanare