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I'm Somebody Lyrics
[THE DREAMS]
I'm somebody somebody
And nobody's gonna hold me down
[ANNOUNCER]
Thank you, Chicago! Deena Jones and the Dreams!
[THE DREAMS]
No, nobody nobody nobody's gonna hold me down
I'm somebody
[C.C., spoken]
Hello, Wayne. Is Curtis around?
[WAYNE, spoken]
C.C., you know no one's admitted backstage.
[C.C., spoken]
Look, we've got something to settle. Now go find him.
[MARTY, spoken]
Tell him some old friends are here.
[C.C., spoken]
He knows what it's about. Go find him.
[SECURITY GUARD, spoken]
I can't do that.
[C.C., spoken]
Well, I'll just go find him myself.
[SECURITY GUARD, spoken]
Hey, you can't go back there!
[C.C., MARTY, AND MR. MORGAN]
You can't keep us out!
[CURTIS]
It's okay, Wayne, I can handle this
[MARTY]
Come on, Curtis, let's see you try!
[CURTIS]
Well, Marty, it's been a long time
[MARTY]
And, Curtis, you're still a second-class snake!
[CURTIS]
(spoken)
Heh.
(sung)
Gentlemen, please, give me a break!
[EFFIE]
Why, Curtis, did you give me one?
[C.C.]
I could kill you, Curtis, for what you've done!
[EFFIE]
C.C., I'll handle this!
Curtis, how could you do something so wrong?
You have no right stoppin' my song!
[CURTIS]
Stop it, Effie, you got no claim!
[EFFIE]
After all these years
And you're still the same
You never believed in me
You never believed in me
But I believed in me
I went out and made it on my own
And now I have the best chance I've ever known
And you're not taking it away
This time I know what to do
This is Mr. Morgan, my lawyer
And he wants to talk to you
[CURTIS, spoken]
Gentlemen, can we discuss this somewhere more private?
[MR. MORGAN, spoken]
Miss White, aren't you coming?
[EFFIE]
No
I wanna stay and talk
I wanna talk to the great Miss Jones
I'm somebody somebody
And nobody's gonna hold me down
Thank you, Chicago! Deena Jones and the Dreams!
No, nobody nobody nobody's gonna hold me down
I'm somebody
Hello, Wayne. Is Curtis around?
C.C., you know no one's admitted backstage.
Look, we've got something to settle. Now go find him.
Tell him some old friends are here.
He knows what it's about. Go find him.
I can't do that.
Well, I'll just go find him myself.
Hey, you can't go back there!
You can't keep us out!
It's okay, Wayne, I can handle this
Come on, Curtis, let's see you try!
Well, Marty, it's been a long time
And, Curtis, you're still a second-class snake!
(spoken)
Heh.
(sung)
Gentlemen, please, give me a break!
Why, Curtis, did you give me one?
I could kill you, Curtis, for what you've done!
C.C., I'll handle this!
Curtis, how could you do something so wrong?
You have no right stoppin' my song!
Stop it, Effie, you got no claim!
After all these years
And you're still the same
You never believed in me
You never believed in me
But I believed in me
I went out and made it on my own
And now I have the best chance I've ever known
And you're not taking it away
This time I know what to do
This is Mr. Morgan, my lawyer
And he wants to talk to you
Gentlemen, can we discuss this somewhere more private?
Miss White, aren't you coming?
No
I wanna stay and talk
I wanna talk to the great Miss Jones
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