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've 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.
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 if I'm not right for me.
I gotta be free, I've gotta be free
Daring to try to do it or die, I've 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 just gotta be free
Daring to try to do it or die - I gotta be me!