Adrian Belew - I Am What I Am Lyrics
I (belew/omega)Friends seen an unseen...to you that are ridin alongIn your automobile...to you that are sitting at you tableI greet you with the holy word peace...For with my infinite mind I thinks constructively...And Im able to draw whatsaever I want into my immediateSurroundin...for yo minds are my mindAnd my mind is yo mind and Im sendin outMy mind to you, you, an you...Youve got to remain to bein yourself...you cannot beNobody else, it aint no use tryin bein no whirlwindAn uh, jumpin here an an playin checkers withYour own life, that aint gonna work, baby...Now repeat these words behind me:i am what I am...now thats all you are...You are what you believe you are...stretch outSo many of you all in radioland, youre not stretchin out...But I want to say one thing to you today...it makes noDifferen who you are, what youre doin, what youreTryin to do or want to do, repeat these wordsi am what I am and thats all I am...is what I am...Thats all i, look, that, thats all I am is what I am...and Im itMake no differen whether its in the mornin,The evenin, or in the night time...Hair breakin out, bald headed...its the same thing...You are what you believe you arecause some of you all are sittin there right now,Amen, an tell if you had a necktie on yo, on now, right now,A whirlwind would come along an choke you to death,Thats how bad luck some of you all in...Some of you all in such a bad luck right nowThat you couldnt hit a barn with a baseball bat...Some of you all in such a bad luck right now, amen,If you was to sit down by-a-by-men, by a pond, amen,Somethin would come up an stick yaYou just in that bad a luck...I am what I am...now repeat this behind me:i am what I am and that is all I am and I am it...Yes, I know what youre sayin...stretch out...oh, yes...stretch out
