| I am what I am, I can’t help myself
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| And if you don’t like it, get with somebody else
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| I’ll never change my ways, it’s not a phase
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| This is how it is and this is how it’s gonna stay
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| Because
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| I am what I am, I know what I’m not
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| I’m not the type of guy that doesn’t know what he’s got
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| And I won’t back down, won’t come around
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| Saying that I changed 'cause that’s not how it’s going down
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| 'Cause I know (I know, I know)
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| Wherever I go (I go, I go)
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| I know where I stand
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| I am what I am
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| Hey! | 
| hey!
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| I am what I am
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| Hey! | 
| hey!
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| I am what I am, what can I say?
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| I’m gonna be this way right up until my dying day
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| Because that’s how it goes, head to my toes
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| And if it doesn’t show, well, I just had to let you know
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| Because
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| I am what I am
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| And nobody else
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| And if you’ve got a problem, better take it somewhere else
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| Because I can’t turn back, I’m right on track
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| And if you think you know, well, then you better check your facts
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| Because
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| 'Cause I know (I know, I know)
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| Wherever I go (I go, I go)
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| I know where I stand
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| I am what I am
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| Hey! | 
| hey!
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| I am what I am
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| Hey! | 
| hey!
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| Oh, can’t you see? | 
| I’m just being me
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| I can’t be you and I don’t wanna be
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| Don’t try to get inside my head
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| 'Cause what you see is what you get
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| I am what I am, I can’t help myself
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| And if you don’t like it, get with somebody else
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| I’ll never change my ways, it’s not a phase
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| This is how it is right up until my dying day
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| And I know (I know, I know)
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| Wherever I go (I go, I go)
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| I know where I stand
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| I am what I am
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| Hey! | 
| hey!
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| I am what I am
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| Hey! | 
| hey!
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| I am what I am
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| Hey! | 
| hey!
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| I am what I am
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| Hey! | 
| hey!
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| I am what I am |