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	Current version of Grandmaster Flash Lyrics I Am Somebody (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/g/grandmaster-flash/i/) Current version of the lyrics						Version 1 of Grandmaster Flash Lyrics I Am Somebody (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/g/grandmaster-flash/i/v1.html) Version 1 of the lyrics
1	Hey people, we got a little something						Music and Words: L.Dukes,	1
2	That we wanna tell you all, so listen						N.Glover, J.Saddler - 1987	2
3	Understand, "Yo God made one no better than the other						From                                        the Album	3
4	Every girl becomes a woman, every boy a man"						"Ba-Dop-Boom-Bang"	4
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5	While you're livin' in your mansion driving big cars						Hey people,we got a little something	5
6	There's another on the street cold sleepin' on the ground						That we wanna tell you all,so listen	6
7	So when you walk by, "Yo, don't act cold-blooded						Undestand,"Yo God made	7
8	'Cause it just ain't fair to kick a man when he's down"						one no better than	8
9							The other,every girl becomes	9
10	'Cause, he is somebody						A woman every boy a man"	10
1							While you're livin' in your mansion	1
2							Driving big cars,there's another	2
3							On the street cold sleepin'	3
4							On the ground	4
5							So when you walk by,"Yo,don't act	5
6							Cold-blooded,'cause it just ain't	6
7							Fair to kick a man when he's down"	7
8							'Cause,He is somebody	8
	Like I am somebody						Like I am somebody
	You are somebody						You are somebody
	Like I am someone						Like I am someone
	Whether you're here or you're gone						Whether you're here or you're gone
11	Right or you're wrong, you were meant						Right or you're wrong,you      were meant	11
	To be somebody from the second you're born						To be somebody from the second you're born
	Don't criticize and knock one another						Don't criticize and knock one another
12							It ain't really that hard to just be	12
13	It ain't really that hard to just be a brother						A brother,so                               be good speak up	13
14	So be good speak up don't wait for it to happen						Don't                             wait for it to happen,life is	14
15	Life is passing you by and homeboy						Passing              you by and homeboy	15
	You're cold knappin'						You're cold knappin'
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	Don't get hung up on what you're not						Don't get hung up on what you're not
16	Be proud of what you are and whatever you got						Be proud of what you are and whatever	16
9							You got!	9
	'Cause it's a cold cruel world causing						'Cause it's a cold cruel world causing
17	Kids to cry, if you're hangin'						Kids to cry,if     you're hangin'	17
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	Your head,cold kiss it goodbye						Your head,cold kiss it goodbye
18	Stand up for your heritage, rejoice						Stand up for your heritage,rejoice	18
19	In the fact whether you're red, white, tan						In the fact	19
20	Yellow, brown or black						Whether you're red,white,tan	20
10							Yellow,brown or black	10
21	'Cause he is somebody						'Cause,He     is somebody	21
	Like I am somebody						Like I am somebody
	He is somebody						He is somebody
	Like I am someone						Like I am someone
22	There are fireman, bankers, messengers, preachers						There are	22
23	Brokers, policeman, executives, teachers, journalists						fireman,bankers,messengers,	23
24	Janitors, architects, doctors, restaurant workers						preachers	24
25	Nurses, chief rockers						Brokers,policeman,executives,	25
26							teachers,journalists	26
11							Janitors,architects,doctors	11
12							,restaurant workers	12
13							Nurses,chief rockers	13
	If you feel you're somebody						If you feel you're somebody
27	Be proud and show it						Be proud and show it!'Cause everybody's	27
28	'Cause everybody's somebody						Somebody,(Ugh) and ya know it	28
29	(Uh)						It doesn't matter if you're	29
30	And ya know it						black,white or Chinese	30
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5	It doesn't matter if you're black, white or Chinese							5
	Livin' in the States or reside overseas						Livin' in the States or reside overseas
31	'Cause you and I are special, same as everyone else						'Cause you and I are	31
32	And if you don't believe me you're only cheating yourself						special,same as everyone else	32
33							And if you don't believe me	33
34	'Cause we all got a purpose in life to achieve						You're only cheating yourself	34
35	(That's               a fact)						'Cause we all got a purpose	35
36	And here's another						in life to achieve	36
14							(That's a fact)And here's another	14
	That you better believe						That you better believe
	That I am somebody						That I am somebody
	Like you are somebody						Like you are somebody
	He is somebody						He is somebody
	Like I am someone						Like I am someone
37	You got wealth, good health and you're stuck on yourself						You got wealth,good       health and you're stuck	37
38	Let me tell you that you're better than no body else						On yourself	38
39	'Cause           you got no self-esteem, so I'm richer						Let me tell you that you're	39
40	And when you leave this earth you can't take money wit' cha						better than no body else	40
41							'Cause you got no self-esteem,so I'm richer	41
42	So play your dumb game, call me out						And when you leave this earth you can't	42
43	My name but there's nothing						Take money witcha	43
15							So play your dumb game,call me out	15
16							My name,but there's nothing	16
	You can do that could make me feel shame						You can do that could make me feel shame
44	We're all created equal we live and we die						We're all created equal we live and we	44
45							Die,so when you try to bring	45
46	So when you try to bring me down I keep my head up high						Me                                down I keep my head up high	46
47	Don't judge a book by its cover 'cause it's never what it seems						Don't judge a book by its cover 'cause	47
17							It's never what it seems	17
	Now I know what I'm sayin' and I feel						Now I know what I'm sayin' and I feel
	I gotta scream						I gotta scream
	That I am somebody						That I am somebody
	Like you are somebody						Like you are somebody
	He is somebody						He is somebody
	Like I am someone						Like I am someone
48	So be yourself, uh						So be yourself, HUH!!!	48

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