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