Got to Be Me

I've gotta be free, I've gotta have roots
Stronger than the trees
Gotta be good, as everyone should
But most of all, yeah
I've just got to be me (I've just gotta be me)
I've just gotta be me (I've just gotta be me)
I've just got to be me (I've just gotta be me)
I've just gotta be me (I've just gotta be me)

I can't be all things to all men, all the time, every night
My feet only fit one size of shoes, so what's the use in squeezing?

Haven't you heard that you only get one of these?
Time rushes and dance to the morning light
Time's all that I've got in this torpid life, so

Each day I strive to be keeping bold
Embrace the warmth and brush off the cold
I'm getting old, or so I've been told
All my mind's on is getting involved
Some left us younger, we're still little kids
Some left us older with wrinkled eyelids
All that I know, there's a life to be lived
Nobody can live it for me

I've gotta be free, I've gotta have roots
Stronger than the trees
Gotta be good, as everyone should
But most of all, yeah
I've just got to be me (I've just gotta be me)
I've just gotta be me (I've just gotta be me)
I've just got to be me (I've just gotta be me)
I've just gotta be me (I've just gotta be me)

All that I want is to see your face, so what do you say?
I've lost some friends on the way, so I'd rather do it today
You know, I've had a couple close encounters on road
In my body there's barely a bad bone
I'm tryna keep that gold
You make me smile from cheek to cheek
Come as you are when you come to me
It is so easy with you to be me
And I know, sometimes I ain't easy to read
But try know I'm easy to reach whenever you need me

I've gotta be free, I've gotta have roots
Stronger than the trees
Gotta be good, as everyone should
But most of all, yeah
I've just got to be me (I've just gotta be me)
I've just gotta be me (I've just gotta be me)
I've just got to be me (I've just gotta be me)
I've just gotta be me (I've just gotta be me)

I've gotta be free, I've gotta have roots
Stronger than the trees
Gotta be good, as everyone should
But most of all, yeah

I've just got to be me
I've gotta be free, I've gotta have roots
Stronger than the trees
Gotta be good, as everyone should
But most of all, yeah
I've just got to be me (I've just gotta be me)
I've just gotta be me (I've just gotta be me)
I've just got to be me (I've just gotta be me)
I've just gotta be me (I've just gotta be me)