Sammy Davis Jr - I Gotta Be Me

Sammy Davis Jr.
I Gotta Be Me

[pjfaenangel]

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

[franciscorommel]

THE GREAT SAMMY DAVIS JR. ...PLAYED IT LIKE HE SANG IT....HE WAS FREE TO BE COME WHAT MAY!!!! THIS IS A MAJOR IF ONE WANTS TO SQUEEZE A LITTLE HAPPINESS OUT OF THIS VEIL OF TEARS CALLED LIFE!!....SAMMY DAVIS JR. MADE OTHERS HAPPY WITH HIS TALENT AND GENEROSITY AS WELL ANOTHER MAJOR POINT IF ONE WANTS THE WORLD DIMMED WITH HIS PASSING!!!

[stephenboulton]

Greatest song and lyrics ever by the greatest voice

[matthew]

Asks the dude to put out the cigar. Continues to hold a cig.