I've Gotta Be Me
Sammy Davis Jr.  

(Walter Marks) 
From the 1968 Broadway production ´Golden Rainbow ´ 
Peaked at # 11 in 1969 

Whether I´m right or whether I´m wrong 
Whether I find a place in this world or never belong 
I gotta be me, I´ve gotta be me 
What else can I be but what I am ? 

I want to live, not merely survive 
And I won´t give up this dream of life that keeps me alive 
I gotta be me, I gotta be me 
The dream that I see makes me what I am 

That far-away prize, a world of success 
Is waiting for me if I heed the call 
I won´t settle down, won´t settle for less 
As long as there´s a chance that I can have it all 

I´ll go it alone, that´s how it must be 
I can´t be right for somebody else if I´m not right for me 
I gotta be free, I´ve gotta be free 
Daring to try, to do it or die 
I´ve gotta be me 

I´ll go it alone, that´s how it must be 
I can´t be right for somebody else if I´m not right for me 
I´ve gotta be free, I just gotta be free 
Daring to try, to do it or die 
I´ve gotta be me 


Transcribed by Ron Hontz 
Ronhontz@att.net 

From material submitted by 
Lynncw@aol.com