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“The Way I Am" is the sixth single released from Charlie’s sophomore album VoiceNotes. The song was confirmed as the next single in an Instagram post dated July 6th, 2018.
On March 17, 2018, Puth announced the song title in an interview on Beats 1. On April 23, 2018, Charlie Puth teased the song on...
[Verse 1]
Yeah, maybe I'ma get a little anxious
Maybe I'ma get a little shy
'Cause everybody's tryna be famous
And I'm just tryna find a place to hide (Oh)
All I wanna do is just hold somebody
But no one ever wants to get to know somebody
I don't even know how to explain this
I don't even think I'm gonna try
[Pre-Chorus]
And that's okay
I promise myself one day
(Hey!)
[Chorus]
I'ma tell 'em all
I'ma tell 'em all that you could either hate me or love me
But that's just the way I am
I'ma tell 'em all
I'ma tell 'em all that you could either hate me or love me
But that's just the way I am
[Post-Chorus]
That's just the way I am
That's just the way I am
That's just the way I am
That's just the way I am
[Verse 2]
Maybe I'ma get a little nervous
Maybe I don't go out anymore (Oh)
Feelin' like I really don't deserve this (-Serve this)
Life ain't nothing like it was before (It was nothing like before)
'Cause all I wanna do is just hold somebody
But no one ever wants to get to know somebody
If you go and look under the surface (Surface)
Baby, I'm a little insecure
[Pre-Chorus]
And that's okay (Baby, now, that's okay)
I promise myself one day
(Hey!)
[Chorus]
I'ma tell 'em all
I'ma tell 'em all that you could either hate me or love me
But that's just the way I am
I'ma tell 'em all (All)
I'ma tell 'em all that you could either hate me or love me (Hate me, love me)
But that's just the way I am
[Post-Chorus]
That's just the way I am (I am)
That's just the way I am (I am)
That's just the way I am
(Baby, now) That's just the way I am
[Refrain]
I'ma tell 'em all (That's just the way I am)
I'ma tell 'em all that you could either hate me or love me
(That's just the way I am, that's just the way I am)
(Hate me, love me)
But that's just the way I am
[Bridge]
Am, am
Yeah, this is what you wanted
Oh, this is what you wanted
I am, am, am (Oh)
Yeah, this is what you wanted
Oh, this is what you wanted all along
(Hey!)
(Oh)
[Breakdown]
Everybody's tryna be famous
And I'm just tryna find a place to hide
[Chorus]
I'ma tell 'em all ('Em all)
I'ma tell 'em all that you could either hate me or love me (Hate me or love me)
But that's just the way I am
I'ma tell 'em all ('Em all)
I'ma tell 'em all that you could either hate me or love me (Hate me, love me)
But that's just the way I am
[Post-Chorus]
That's just the way I am
That's just the way I am
(Maybe I'ma get a little anxious, maybe I'ma get a little scared)
That's just the way I am
(Baby, now) That's just the way I am
('Cause everybody's tryna be famous)
[Refrain]
I'ma tell 'em all
(That's just the way I am)
I'ma tell 'em all that you could either hate me or love me
(That's just the way I am)
But that's just the way I am
The Way I Am was written by Charlie Puth & Jacob Kasher.
The Way I Am was produced by Charlie Puth.
Charlie Puth released The Way I Am on Thu May 03 2018.
I feel like nowadays people don’t sing along to instruments anymore. So I have a lot of conversations with myself in my head. I know that’s a very weird thing to do, but it’s the only way I can write songs, is if I can have a back-and-forth conversation with myself in my head. I was walking on the b...
I feel like people really had the wrong idea about me when I first came on this music scene. I was singing on “See You Again.” It was a really big record, but it didn’t really have anything to do with my artist project of what I wanted to do for myself, and then we had a bunch of other records that...
On July 24, 2023, “The Way I Am” was certified platinum by the RIAA.