Key: C
Introduction:
C#m G#m
If I can't be me
G#m A
Who do you want me to be?
C#m G#m
'Cause if you can't see beyond your gaze
G#m A
You don't faze me, and I don't trust you anyway
C#m G#m
It's running through life, I figured out time
G#m
Don't wait for no one
A C#m G#m
So while I'm alive, I'ma just be me
G#m A
Whoever that ends up bein'
C#m G#m
Don't say I'm too loud when I cry out
G#m A
What I've held inside
C#m G#m
I wanna know why they tried to take me
G#m A
And bury me alive
C#m G#m
'Cause who am I, to think that I have a right
G#m A
Or decide, to know what I need, right
C#m G#m
It's in the way, I talk now, walk away
G#m A
From what you may be
C#m G#m
If I can't be me
G#m A
Who do you want me to be?
C#m G#m
'Cause if you can't see beyond your gaze
G#m A
You don't faze me, and I don't trust you anyway
C#m G#m
It's running through life, I figured out time
G#m
Don't wait for no one
A C#m G#m
So while I'm alive, I'ma just be me
G#m A
Whoever that ends up bein'
C#m G#m
And I know this is all too familiar
G#m A
For the motive behind all that fake love
C#m G#m
I can't take all these unsolicited opinions
G#m A
Gºahead
C#m G#m
Either way, I'll get it done
G#m A
I've been told I'm too much
C#m G#m
Too proud, too cool
G#m A
Too wild, difficult to be around with
C#m G#m
Too much to say
G#m A
Never in the right way
A7+
So, what's the right way?
C#m G#m
If I can't be me
G#m A
Who do you want me to be?
C#m G#m
'Cause if you can't see beyond your gaze
G#m A
You don't faze me, and I don't trust you anyway
C#m G#m
It's running through life, I figured out time
G#m
Don't wait for no one
A C#m G#m
So while I'm alive, I'ma just be me
G#m A
Whoever that ends up bein'
(I'ma just be me, yeah)
A7+
Whoever that ends up bein'(Yeah)
C#m G#m
If I can't be me
G#m A
Who do you want me to be?
C#m G#m
'Cause if you can't see beyond your gaze
G#m A
You don't faze me, and I don't trust you anyway
C#m G#m
It's running through life, I figured out time
G#m
Don't wait for no one
A C#m G#m
So while I'm alive, I'ma just be me
G#m A
Whoever that ends up bein'