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Artist: Ella Fitzgerald
Canonical path: /ella-fitzgerald/i-ve-gotta-be-me
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I've Gotta Be Me
Read I've Gotta Be Me lyrics by Ella Fitzgerald on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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I've Gotta Be Me
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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
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Ella Fitzgerald performs "I've Gotta Be Me", and this lyric page sits inside the Ella Fitzgerald catalog on LyroVerse.
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