[Verse 1]
You say you don't wanna run and hide, a face that no-one knows
And everyone you meet, you're gonna show
You're nobody's slave, nobody's chains are holdin' you
You hold your fist up high and rule the zoo
[Pre-Chorus]
Oh, you just got to be
Up high where the whole world's watchin' me
Cause I, I got the guts to be somebody
To cry out
[Chorus]
I wanna be somebody, be somebody soon
I wanna be somebody, be somebody too
I wanna be somebody, be somebody soon
I wanna be somebody, be somebody too
[Verse 2]
You say you don't wanna starve or take the table crumbs that fall
You don't wanna beg or plead at all
You don't want no nine-to-five, your fingers to the bone
You don't want the rock piles' bloody stones
[Pre-Chorus]
Oh, you just got to be
Up high where the whole world's watchin' me
Cause I, I got the guts to be somebody
To cry out
[Chorus]
I wanna be somebody, be somebody soon
I wanna be somebody, be somebody too
I wanna be somebody, be somebody soon
I wanna be somebody, be somebody too
[Bridge]
I want shiny cars and dirty money, lotsa rock and roll
I will live in fame and die in flames, I'm never gettin' old
[Instrumental Break]
[Guitar Solo]
[Chorus]
I wanna be somebody, be somebody soon
I wanna be somebody, be somebody too
I wanna be somebody, be somebody soon
I wanna be somebody, be somebody too
I wanna be somebody, be somebody soon
I wanna be somebody, be somebody too
[Outro]
I'm gonna be somebody, I'm gonna be somebody
I Wanna Be Somebody was written by Blackie Lawless.
I Wanna Be Somebody was produced by Blackie Lawless & Mike Varney.
W.A.S.P. released I Wanna Be Somebody on Fri Aug 17 1984.