You say you don't wanna run and hide   A face that no one knows   And everyone ya meet, you're gonna show   You're nobody's slave, nobody's chains are holdin' you   You hold your fist up high   And rule the zoo      Oh, you just got to be   Up high where the whole world's watching me   'Cause I, I got the guts to be somebody   To cry out      I wanna be somebody   Be somebody soon   I wanna be somebody   Be somebody, too      You say you don't wanna starve   Or take the table crumbs that fall   You don't wanna beg or plead at all   You don't want no nine to five   Your fingers to the bone   You don't want the rock piles' bloody stones      Oh, you just got to be   Up high where the whole world's watching me   'Cause I, I got the guts to be somebody   To cry out