I am what I am
I can't help myself

And if you don't like it
Get with somebody else
I'll never change my ways

It's not a phase
This is how it is and this is how it's gonna stay
Because

I am what I am I know what I'm not
I'm not the type of guy
That doesn't know how good he's got it

And I won't back down
Won't come around
Saying that I changed cause

That's not how it's going down

And I know (I know, I know)

Wherever I go (I go, I go)
I know where I stand
I am what I am

Hey! Hey!
I am what I am
Hey! Hey!


I am what I am
What can I say?

I'm gonna be this way
Right up until my dying day
Because that's how it goes head to my toes

And if it doesn't show well I just had to let you know
Because


I am what I am
And nobody else
And if you've got a problem

Better take it somewhere else
Because I can't turn back
I'm right on track

And if you think you know
Well then you better check your facts
Because


I know (I know, I know)
Wherever I go (I go, I go)

I know where I stand
I am what I am
Hey! Hey!

I am what I am
Hey! Hey!


Oh can't you see
I'm just being me
I can't be you

And I don't want to be
Don't try to get
Inside my head

Cause what you see is what you get

I am what I am

I can't help myself
And if you don't like it
Get with somebody else

I'll never change my ways
It's not a phase
This is how it is right up until my dying day


And I know (I know, I know)
Wherever I go (I go, I go)

I know where I stand
I am what I am
Hey! Hey!

I am what I am
Hey! Hey!
I am what I am

Hey! Hey!
I am what I am
Hey! Hey!