Song: I Am What I Am (From La Cage Aux Folles) ~~ 1983 ~~ 5:56
Artist: Gloria Gaynor
LP/CD: I Am Gloria Gaynor ~~ Polydor ~~ 1984
Writer: J. Herman


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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 bauble and each bangle
Why not try to see things from a different angle
Your life is a sham till you can shout out
I am what I am

I am what I am
And what I am needs no excuses
I deal my own deck
Some times the ace, some times the deuces

It’s one life and there’s no return and no deposit
One life, so it’s time to open up your closet
Life’s not worth a damn till you can shout out
I am what I am

I am what I am
And what I am needs no excuses
I deal my own deck
Some times the ace, some times the deuces

It’s one life and there’s no return and no deposit
One life, so it’s time to open up your closet
Life’s not worth a damn till you can shout out
I am what I am

I am, I am useful
I am, I am proof
I am, I am somebody
I am as good as you, uh-huh

Ah...ah...
Doo doo doo doo
Yes, I am
Uh-uh-uh-uh, yeah
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo doo I am