I Am What I Am

"Friends seen an` unseen...to you that are ridin` along

In your automobile...to you that are sitting at you table

I greet you with the holy word `Peace`...

For with my infinite mind I thinks constructively...

And I`m able to draw whatsaever I want into my immediate

Surroundin`...for yo` minds are my mind

And my mind is yo` mind and I`m sendin` out

My mind to you, you, an` you...

You`ve got to remain to bein` yourself...you cannot be

Nobody else, it ain`t no use tryin` bein` no whirlwind

An` uh, jumpin` here an` an` playin` checkers with

Your own life, that ain`t gonna work, baby...

Now repeat these words behind me:

`I am what I am`...now that`s all you are...

You are what you believe you are...stretch out

So many of you all in Radioland, you`re not stretchin` out...

But I want to say one thing to you today...it makes no

Differen` who you are, what you`re doin`, what you`re

Tryin` to do or want to do, repeat these words

`I am what I am and that`s all I am...is what I am`...

That`s all I, look, that, that`s all I am is what I am...and I`m it

Make no differen` whether it`s in the mornin`,

The evenin`, or in the night time...

Hair breakin` out, bald headed...it`s the same thing...

You are what you believe you are

`Cause some of you all are sittin` there right now,

Amen, an` tell if you had a necktie on yo`, on now, right now,

A whirlwind would come along an` choke you to death,

That`s how bad luck some of you all in...

Some of you all in such a bad luck right now

That you couldn`t hit a barn with a baseball bat...

Some of you all in such a bad luck right now, amen,

If you was to sit down by-a-by-men, by a pond, amen,

Somethin` would come up an` stick ya`

You just in that bad a` luck...

I am what I am...now repeat this behind me:

`I am what I am and that is all I am and I am it`...

Yes, I know what you`re sayin`...stretch out...oh, yes...stretch out"