I Got To Be Myself

Carl Smith (Songwriter), Marshall “Rock” Jones

[Chorus]
I got to be myself
I can't be nobody else
I got to be myself
I can’t be nobody else
[?]
I got to be myself
I can't be nobody else
Listen, [?]

[Verse 1]
I can't change, huh
And I can’t change my skin
[?] is trying
[?]

[Chorus]
I got to be myself
I can't be nobody else
I got to be myself
I can't be nobody else
[?]
Hey, hey, hey
Oh, yeah, hey

[Verse 2]
Grandma, [?] your [?]
Grandpa, you [?]
But you're [?] gonna make me [?]
Let me do what I feel is right, hey

[Chorus]
I got to be myself
I can't be nobody else
I got to be myself
I can't be nobody else, yeah

[Instrumental Break]

[Chorus]
I got to be myself
I can't be nobody else
I got to be myself
I can't be nobody else

[Verse 3]
Listen to me, now
Everybody got to be themself
Don’t you try to be nobody else
Everybody got to be themself
Don’t you try to be nobody else
Oh, no, no

[Chorus]
I got to be myself
I can't be nobody else
I got to be myself
I can’t be nobody else

[Verse 4]
Don't be like nobody
Don't be like nobody
Don't be like nobody
Don’t be like nobody
Be yourself, be yourself
Be yourself, be yourself

[Chorus]
I got to be myself
I can't be nobody else
I got to be myself
I can't be nobody else

[Verse 5]
I can't be like nobody
I can't be like nobody
I can't be like nobody
'Cause I got to be myself
Listen to me

[Chorus]
I got to be myself
I can't be nobody else
I got to be myself
I can't be nobody else

Trivia about the song I Got To Be Myself by Rufus Thomas

When was the song “I Got To Be Myself” released by Rufus Thomas?
The song I Got To Be Myself was released in 1978, on the album “I Ain’t Gettin’ Older, I’m Gettin’ Better”.
Who composed the song “I Got To Be Myself” by Rufus Thomas?
The song “I Got To Be Myself” by Rufus Thomas was composed by Carl Smith (Songwriter), Marshall “Rock” Jones.

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