Danny Gokey - Be Somebody lyrics

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Joker Johnny was a lie teller<br />

'Cause he thought somebody might like him better<br />

So he built it up, built it up till it all fell down<br />

But he never thought the bitter truth was gonna find him out<br />

He did it all to impress someone else<br />

But all he had to do was stop and be himself<br />

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Now everybody wants to be somebody<br />

Yes, it's true<br />

No tellin' what some people will do, oh<br />

Nobody wants to be a nobody<br />

'Cause it's a far more bitter fate<br />

To go through this life<br />

Carrying the weight<br />

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When they shoot somebody<br />

For the clothes they wear<br />

And they'll advertise it like it's ordinary<br />

They got territories so they stand their ground<br />

What they really know is what comes around<br />

It comes right back around<br />

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What they really wanted<br />

Is to be accepted<br />

And find out in the end<br />

That the streets are self-correcting<br />

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Everybody wants to be somebody<br />

Yes, it's true<br />

No tellin' what some people will do, oh<br />

Nobody wants to be a nobody<br />

'Cause it's a far more bitter fate<br />

To go through this life<br />

Carrying the weight<br />

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Far more worse than dying<br />

Is living with a soul<br />

That's laden with the consequence<br />

Of all the happiness you stole<br />

Sometimes a guilty conscience and carrying the weight<br />

Is harder than a bullet to the brain<br />

Yeah, yeah, yeah<br />

C'mon oh, oh, oh, oh<br />

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Everybody wants to be somebody<br />

Yes it's true<br />

No tellin' what some people will do, oh<br />

Nobody wants to be a nobody<br />

'Cause it's a far more bitter fate<br />

Yes, it is, yes, it is<br />

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Everybody wants to be somebody<br />

Yes it's true<br />

No tellin' what some people will do<br />

Nobody wants to be a nobody<br />

'Cause it's a far more bitter fate<br />

To go through this life carrying<br />

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Never carrying the weight<br />

Never carrying the weight<br />

You gotta let it down, let it go<br />

Listen to me as I say<br />

Never carrying that weight<br />

Never carrying that weight<br />

You gotta let it go<br />

Let it down

Thanks to Sarah for these lyrics