Io sono quella che sono....

I am what I am
I am my own special creation.
So come take a look,
Give me the hook or the ovation.
It 's my world that
I want to take a little pride in,
My world,
and it's not a place I have to hide in.
Life's not worth a damn,
'Til you can say,
" I am what I am ".
" I am what I am ",
I don't want praise,
I don't want pity.
I bang my own drum,
Some think it's noise,
I think it's pretty.
And so what,
if I love each feather and each spangle,
Why not try to see things from a diff' rent angle ?
Your life is a sham
'til you can shout out
I am what I am !
I am what I am
And what I am
needs no excuses.
I deal my own deck
Sometimes the ace,
sometimes the deuces.
There' s one life,
and there' s no return and no deposit ;
One life,
so it' s time to open up your closet.
Life's not worth a damn
'til you can shout out,
" I am what I am ! "