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Let Me Be Lyrics
Please don't mistake me or try to make me
The shadow of anybody else
I ain't the him or her you think I am
I'm just trying hard to be myself
Though society's goal is to be part of the whole
That may sound good to you, not to me
Let me be, let me be
To think like I want to
Let me be, let me be
That's all I ask of you
I am what I am and that's all I ever can be
Don't try to plan me or understand me
I can't stand to be understood
I could never give in to or ever live up to
Being like you think I should
I've got some inner need that I'm tryin' to heed
I can't take hand-me-down destiny
Don't try to change me or rearrange me
To satisfy the selfishness in you
I'm not a piece of clay to mold to your moves each day
And I'm not a pawn to be told how to move
I'm sorry I ain't the fool you thought would play by your rules
A to-each-is-own philosophy
I said that's all I ever can be
The shadow of anybody else
I ain't the him or her you think I am
I'm just trying hard to be myself
Though society's goal is to be part of the whole
That may sound good to you, not to me
To think like I want to
Let me be, let me be
That's all I ask of you
I am what I am and that's all I ever can be
I can't stand to be understood
I could never give in to or ever live up to
Being like you think I should
I've got some inner need that I'm tryin' to heed
I can't take hand-me-down destiny
To satisfy the selfishness in you
I'm not a piece of clay to mold to your moves each day
And I'm not a pawn to be told how to move
I'm sorry I ain't the fool you thought would play by your rules
A to-each-is-own philosophy
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wow the turtles are so underrated! the theme of this song is very popular in todays music of freedom of expression, but the turtles were doing it 40 years before!
this is a great song. another one of my favorites. The Turtles really are underrated. It's really too bad because they were truly amazing. Today's music just isn't the same. I only wish I had lived during those times.
Simple and amazing song. It's about boldly denying the pressure that other people put on you, and realizing that the only way to stay sane when living in a culture you don't agree with is to go on being yourself.