I am what I am

I am my own special creation

So come take a look

Give me the hook or the ovation

It's my world

That I want to have a little pride in 

My world

And it's not a place I have to hide in

Life's not worth a damn

Till you can say

I am what I am 



I am what I am

I don't want praise, I don't want pity

I bang my own drum

Some think it's noise, I think it's pretty

And so what if I love each sparkle and each bangle

Why not try to see things from a different angle

Your life is a sham

Till you can shout out

I am what I am



I am what I am

And what I am needs no excuses

I deal my own deck

Sometimes the aces sometimes the deuces

It's one life and there's no return and no deposit

One life so it's time to open up your closet

Life's not worth a damn till you can shout out

I am what I am 



(This stanza ist not in the 3:52 Version)

I am what I am

And what I am needs no excuses

I deal my own deck sometimes the aces sometimes the deuces

It's one life and there's no return and no deposit

One life so it's time to open up your closet

Life's not worth a damn till you can shout out

I am what I am



I am, I am, I am useful

I am, I am, I am true

I am, I am somebody

I am as good as you, ah ha

Ah ha

Ooh ooh ooh ooh, yes I am

Ah ah ah ah, ah I am 

Doo doo doo doo... I am

I am, I am