Some of you may appreciate this Motown classic by the Rev. Carl Bean:
mp3
Lyrics:
I WAS BORN THIS WAY
(by B. Jones - C. Spierer)
(Exact transcription of the lyrics as sung on the original Motown version,
including Carl Bean's ad libs + the intro from the Better Days Mix.)
Oh, Oh, at last I can be free, yeah
Listen, I mean, I really can be me
I'm walking through life in nature's disguise - yeah
You laugh at me and you criticize - yeah
'Cause I'm happy, carefree and gay
Yes, I'm gay
Ain't no fault - it's a fact
I was born this way - yeah
Now I won't judge you - don't you judge me
We're all the way nature meant us to be
I'm happy, I'm carefree and I'm gay
I was born this way
I'm happy, I'm carefree and I'm gay
I was born this way
I'm happy, I'm carefree and I'm gay
I was born this way
I'm happy, I'm carefree and I'm gay
You call me strange 'cause you don't understand - no
God's role for me in life's overall plan - yeah
I've learned to hold my head up high
Not in scorn nor disgrace
Doin' my thing individually
Entwined with this human race
Now I won't judge you, don't you judge me
We're all the way nature made us to be
I'm happy, I'm carefree and I'm gay
I was born this way
I'm happy, I'm carefree and I'm gay
I was born this way
I'm happy, I'm carefree and I'm gay
I was born this way
I'm happy, I'm carefree and I'm gay
I was born this way
I gotta tell the world about it - yeah
I was born this way
I feel good... I feel good - yeah, yeah
I, I, I from a little bitty bitty boy
Knew something about me had changed - changed!
I was born this way
You... you... you may not understand
I was born this way
I want the world to know
I'm just ordinary folk
Yeah - yeah - yeah - yeah - yeah - yeah
I was born this way
Yes - tell the world
I was born this way
Run and shout it
Run and shout it
Help me Lord tell the world that I was born this way
You laugh at me and you got the nerve to criticize - yeah
If I were you, I'd sit down
And consider what you're doin'
Love me like I love you
And together ain't no tellin' what we'll do
Yeah - born I said
Yeah - I was born this way
From a little bitty bitty boy
From a little bitty bitty boy
I was born this way
I love you
I love you
And even you - born this way - yeah
I'm tellin' y'all one more time
I was born this way
Proud to tell it
Proud to tell it
Yeah, I was born this way
Proud to tell it
Proud to tell it
I was born this way
Run and shout it
Tell the world about it
Hey! Gay! Gay!
I was born this way
mp3
Lyrics:
I WAS BORN THIS WAY
(by B. Jones - C. Spierer)
(Exact transcription of the lyrics as sung on the original Motown version,
including Carl Bean's ad libs + the intro from the Better Days Mix.)
Oh, Oh, at last I can be free, yeah
Listen, I mean, I really can be me
I'm walking through life in nature's disguise - yeah
You laugh at me and you criticize - yeah
'Cause I'm happy, carefree and gay
Yes, I'm gay
Ain't no fault - it's a fact
I was born this way - yeah
Now I won't judge you - don't you judge me
We're all the way nature meant us to be
I'm happy, I'm carefree and I'm gay
I was born this way
I'm happy, I'm carefree and I'm gay
I was born this way
I'm happy, I'm carefree and I'm gay
I was born this way
I'm happy, I'm carefree and I'm gay
You call me strange 'cause you don't understand - no
God's role for me in life's overall plan - yeah
I've learned to hold my head up high
Not in scorn nor disgrace
Doin' my thing individually
Entwined with this human race
Now I won't judge you, don't you judge me
We're all the way nature made us to be
I'm happy, I'm carefree and I'm gay
I was born this way
I'm happy, I'm carefree and I'm gay
I was born this way
I'm happy, I'm carefree and I'm gay
I was born this way
I'm happy, I'm carefree and I'm gay
I was born this way
I gotta tell the world about it - yeah
I was born this way
I feel good... I feel good - yeah, yeah
I, I, I from a little bitty bitty boy
Knew something about me had changed - changed!
I was born this way
You... you... you may not understand
I was born this way
I want the world to know
I'm just ordinary folk
Yeah - yeah - yeah - yeah - yeah - yeah
I was born this way
Yes - tell the world
I was born this way
Run and shout it
Run and shout it
Help me Lord tell the world that I was born this way
You laugh at me and you got the nerve to criticize - yeah
If I were you, I'd sit down
And consider what you're doin'
Love me like I love you
And together ain't no tellin' what we'll do
Yeah - born I said
Yeah - I was born this way
From a little bitty bitty boy
From a little bitty bitty boy
I was born this way
I love you
I love you
And even you - born this way - yeah
I'm tellin' y'all one more time
I was born this way
Proud to tell it
Proud to tell it
Yeah, I was born this way
Proud to tell it
Proud to tell it
I was born this way
Run and shout it
Tell the world about it
Hey! Gay! Gay!
I was born this way