You say you don't want [bad word] and hide
face that no one knows
And everyone you meet
You're gonna show
You're nobody's slave
Nobody's chains are holding you
You hold your fist up high
 [bad word] the zoo
Oh, you've just go to be
Up high where the
Whole world's watching me
Cause I...
I got the guts to be somebody!
To cry out

I wanna be somebody
Be somebody soon
I wanna be somebody
Be somebody too
I wanna to be somebody
Be somebody soon
I wanna be somebody
Be somebody too

You say you don't want to starve
Well, take the table [bad word] and fall
You don't wanna beg or plead at all
You don't want no 9 to 5 job
Your'e fingers to the bone
You don't want the rock piles bloody
stones
Oh, you've just got to be...
Up high where the whole world's
Watching me
Cause I...
I've got the guts to be somebody!
To cry out

I wanna be somebody
Be somebody soon
I wanna be somebody
Be somebody too
I wanna be somebody
Be somebody soon
I wanna be somebody
Be somebody too

I want shiny cars
And dirty money
Lots of rock and roll
I will live in fame
And die in flames
I'm never getting old

I wanna be somebody
Be somebody soon
I wanna be somebody
Be somebody too
I wanna be somebody
Be somebody soon
I wanna be somebody
Be somebody too
I wanna be somebody
Be somebody soon
I wanna be somebody
Be somebody tall
I'm gonna be somebody
I'm gonna be somebody