I (Belew/Omega)
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"Friends seen an' unseen...to you that are ridin' along
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in your automobile...to you that are sitting at you table
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I greet you with the holy word 'Peace'...
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for with my infinite mind I thinks constructively...
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and I'm able to draw whatsaever I want into my immediate
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surroundin'...for yo' minds are my mind
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and my mind is yo' mind and I'm sendin' out
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my mind to you, you, an' you...
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You've got to remain to bein' yourself...you cannot be
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nobody else, it ain't no use tryin' bein' no whirlwind
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an' uh, jumpin' here an' an' playin' checkers with
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your own life, that ain't gonna work, baby...
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Now repeat these words behind me:
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'I am what I am'...now that's all you are...
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you are what you believe you are...stretch out
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So many of you all in Radioland, you're not stretchin' out...
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but I want to say one thing to you today...it makes no
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differen' who you are, what you're doin', what you're
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tryin' to do or want to do, repeat these words
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'I am what I am and that's all I am...is what I am'...
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that's all I, look, that, that's all I am is what I am...and I'm it
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Make no differen' whether it's in the mornin',
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the evenin', or in the night time...
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hair breakin' out, bald headed...it's the same thing...
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you are what you believe you are
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'Cause some of you all are sittin' there right now,
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amen, an' tell if you had a necktie on yo', on now, right now,
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a whirlwind would come along an' choke you to death,
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that's how bad luck some of you all in...
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some of you all in such a bad luck right now
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that you couldn't hit a barn with a baseball bat...
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some of you all in such a bad luck right now, amen,
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if you was to sit down by-a-by-men, by a pond, amen,
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somethin' would come up an' stick ya'
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you just in that bad a' luck...
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I am what I am...now repeat this behind me:
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'I am what I am and that is all I am and I am it'...
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Yes, I know what you're sayin'...stretch out...oh, yes...stretch out"
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I Am What I Am
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| Adrian Belew |
