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Broadway
I Am What I Am (La Cage Aux Folles)
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,
Hey world, 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 loud
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 say,
Hey world, I am what I am!
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