Lyrics I've Got To Be Me (Live From "The Temptations Show"/1968) - The Temptations

Whether I′m right or whether I'm wrong
Whether I find a place in this world I would never belong
I′ve gotta be me, I've gotta be me
What else can I be? But what I am
I wanna live, not merely survive
And I won't give up this dream of life
That keeps me alive
I′ve gotta be me, I′ve gotta be me
My dream that I see
Makes me what I am
That far away prize, a world of success
It's waiting for me, if I heed the call
I won′t settle down or settle for less
As long as there is half a chance that I can have it all
I'll go alone, that′s how it must be
I can't be right for somebody else
I′m not right for me
I've gotta be free, I've gotta be free
Daring to try to do it all
I′ve gotta be, gotta be
Me!