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Gotta Be Me
February 10, 2024
"I Gotta Be Me" from the great
Sammy Davis, Jr.
From the video description:
On this day in 1968, Sammy recorded his hit song
"I've Gotta Be Me" for Reprise Records. Here he is
singing it on "Playboy After Dark" in 1969.
Official Sammy Davis Jr. Channel
sanctioned by the Sammy Davis Jr. Estate
I Gotta Be Me
Writer(s): Walter Marks
Lyrics via:
azlyrics
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
Sammy Davis, Jr.
From the video description:
On this day in 1968, Sammy recorded his hit song
"I've Gotta Be Me" for Reprise Records. Here he is
singing it on "Playboy After Dark" in 1969.
Official Sammy Davis Jr. Channel
sanctioned by the Sammy Davis Jr. Estate
I Gotta Be Me
Writer(s): Walter Marks
Lyrics via: azlyrics
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