Song Description

Retro funk/pop/rock with uplifting message for the girls

Lyrics

WHO I AM
Words and music by Phil Maynes and Jesselynn Desmond (323) 662-9715
Email: philmaynes@hotmail.com

Intro: Na na na 1 2 3
To be WHO I AM

Verse: Don’t call in sick to this game called your life
Don’t know the challenges there’ll be let’s see
There are no excuses, for you to run and hide
This is your life and your acting like you died

Prechorus: Wanting and needing more of yourself
It’s easier to walk right through the door

Verse: You don’t know how many times I’ve tried
To be the woman that I am down inside
You try to tell me your life is so grand
When are you lying up there on the stand

Prechorus: Wanting and needing more, for yourself
Life has always been, just a chore

Chorus: I want to be free, to be myself
So please take my hand, I am so scared and I am afraid
To be who I am

Verse: Living through other you sell yourself short
You oughta be killing traditions of the self denial sport
You bought your feelings from a yard sale
Living in a mental prison, you gotta post bail

Chorus: I want to be free, to be myself
So please take my hand, I am so scared and I am afraid
To be who I am

Bridge: I don’t know what I’m doing here, I reach inside myself
Took a look between these ears and found someone else
Miss mediocre isn’t here, cuz she don’t pay the rent
Ain’t gonna waste another year, cuz my time is better spent

Prechorus: Don’t call in sick to this game called your life
You cannot stop me from doing what I like

Chorus: I’m gonna be free, to be myself
So please take my hand
I’ll show you the way
Cuz I’m not afraid, to live my life today

Outro: Na na na 1 2 3
To be WHO I AM