You don't wanna beg or plead at all
'Cause I, I got the guts to be somebody
I wanna be somebody, be somebody soon
You don't want no nine to five, your fingers to the bone
Oh, you just got to be
I wanna be somebody, be somebody soon
I want shiny cars and dirty money
You say you don't wanna starve or take the table crumbs that fall
Oh, you just got to be
Up high where the whole world's watchin' me
To cry out
I wanna be somebody, be somebody too
You don't want the rock piles bloody stones
I wanna be somebody, be somebody soon
To cry out
I wanna be somebody, be somebody soon
I wanna be somebody, be somebody soon
I wanna be somebody, be somebody too
'Cause I, I got the guts to be somebody
I'm never gettin' old
I wanna be somebody, be somebody too
You hold your fist up high and rule the zoo
I wanna be somebody, be somebody too
I wanna be somebody, be somebody too
You're nobody's slave, nobody's chains are holdin' you
Up high where the whole world's watchin' me
I wanna be somebody, be somebody too
I wanna be somebody, be somebody soon
I wanna be somebody, be somebody soon
Lots of rock n' roll
I wanna be somebody, be somebody too
I will live in fame and die in flames