I Am What I Am (Rerecorded Version)

It takes a lifetime to become the best that we can be

We have not the time or the right to judge each other

It's one life, and there's no return and no deposit

One life, so make sure you like what's in your closet

Mm-hmm, ooh, ooh-ooh, yeah

Mm-hmm, oh-oh, yeah-yeah, ooh, ooh-ooh

I am what I am

I don't want praise, I don't want pity

I bang my own drum

Some think it's noise, I think it's pretty

And so what, if I love each sparkle and each bangle?

Why not try to see things from a different angle?

Your life is a sham, 'til you can shout out, "I am what I am!"

(I am what I am)

Ooh, ooh, mm, hmm

Ooh, ooh, mm, hmm

I am what I am

I don't want praise, I don't want pity

I bang my own drum

Some think it's noise, I think it's pretty

And so what, if I love each sparkle and each bangle?

Why not try to see things from a different angle?

Your life is a sham, 'til you can shout out, "I am what I am!"

(I am what I am)

Ooh, ooh, mm, hmm

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, yeah

Mm-mm, hey-hey

Ooh, ah

I am what I am

And what I am needs no excuses

I deal my own deck

Sometimes the ace, sometimes the deuces

It's my life that I want to have a little pride in

My life and it's not a place I have to hide in

Life's not worth a damn, 'til you can shout out, "I am what I am!"

I am what I am

I am what I am

(I am) I am (what I am), I am, I am, I am, I am

(I am what I am) I am

(I am what I am) I am

(I am) I am (what I am) what I am, I