I am what I am
I can´t help myself
And if you don´t like it
Get with somebody else
I´ll never change my ways
It´s not a phase
This is how it is and this is how it´s gonna stay
Because
I am what I am I know what I´m not
I´m not the type of guy
That doesn´t know how good he´s got it
And I won´t back down
Won´t come around
Saying that I changed cause
That´s not how it´s going down

´Cause I know (I know, I know)
Wherever I go (I go, I go)
I know where I stand
I am what I am
Hey! Hey!
I am what I am
Hey! Hey!

I am what I am
What can I say?
I´m gonna be this way
Right up until my dying day
Because that´s how it goes head to my toes
And if it doesn´t show well I just had to let you know
Because

I am what I am
And nobody else
And if you´ve got a problem
Better take it somewhere else
Because I can´t turn back
I´m right on track
And if you think you know
Well then you better check your facts
Because

I know (I know, I know)
Wherever I go (I go, I go)
I know where I stand
I am what I am
Hey! Hey!
I am what I am
Hey! Hey!

Oh can´t you see
I´m just being me
I can´t be you
And I don´t want to be
Don´t try to get
Inside my head
´Cause what you see is what you get

I am what I am
I can´t help myself
And if you don´t like it
Get with somebody else
I´ll never change my ways
It´s not a phase
This is how it is right up until my dying day

´Cause I know (I know, I know)
Wherever I go (I go, I go)
I know where I stand
I am what I am
Hey! Hey!
I am what I am
Hey! Hey!
I am what I am
Hey! Hey!
I am what I am
Hey! Hey!