Well I am what I am what I am could be who you are

Is your pain when you smile cos you've built a wall around your heart

Do the thoughts in you in your head keep you up cos you feel alone

And are you strong enough to be yourself

Papa used to say "You're just a loser and you're never gonna have what it takes"

Mama used to say "All that loud music you play ain't gonna get you nowhere"

Ah you gotta be yourself

Ah you gotta be yourself

If you cried would you hide

Would you want all the world to know

And if you believed in love would you let it show

Are you in Are you hip Are you cool

Do you try too hard

Or are you strong enough to be yourself

Papa used to say "You're just a loser and you're never gonna have what it takes"

Mama used to say "All that loud music you play ain't gonna get you nowhere"

Papa used to say "You're just a loser and you're never gonna have what it takes"

Mama used to say "All that loud music you play ain't gonna get you nowhere"

Ah you gonna be yourself

Ah you gonna be yourself

If you can't can't be yourself what are you living for

If you can't can't be yourself you gonna lose it all

If you can't can'r be yourself what are you living for

You're gotta find someday you gonna run away

You gotta run run run run away

Papa used to say "You're just a loser and you're never gonna have what it takes"

Mama used to say "All that loud music you play ain't gonna get you nowhere"

Ah you gotta be yourself

Ah you gotta be yourself

Ah you gotta be yourself

Ah you gotta be yourself