[Intro]
Is that your own thought you're thinkin'?
That's what I'm talkin' 'bout, baby
Is that your own life you're livin'?
Mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm
Lord have mercy
Do my thing one time

[Verse 1]
All my life I've tried to please
Disregarding my own needs
Now it's time for me to be free

[Pre-Chorus]
And if you don't like it
You can do what you wanna do
And if you don't invite it
It ain't got to have nothin' to do with you
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, oh yeah

[Chorus]
Let me be what I want to
Can I be me?
I need to be what I want to be, yeah
'Cause I'm an individual, I'm into individuality
I'm an individual, I'm into individuality
Can't nobody be me, can't nobody be you
God made everybody just the way that He wanted to
[Verse 2]
Say, I'm not trying to separate
I just want to celebrate
The ending of the sublimation of my soul

[Pre-Chorus]
And if you don't like it
You can do what you wanna do
And if you don't invite it, ooh ooh yeah
It ain't got to have nothin' to do with you
Hey, oh, oh, oh oh oh yeah

[Chorus]
Let me be what I want to
Can I be me, y'all?
I need to be what I want to be, yeah
'Cause I'm an individual, I'm into individuality
(Say it again now)
I'm an individual (Say what?), I'm into individuality
Can't nobody be me, can't nobody be you
God made everybody just the way that She wanted to

[Outro]
Individu—, individual
Individu—, individuality
Yeah, hmm, one more time, say it
Individu—, individual (Oh yeah)
Individu—, individuality
(Hey, ooh, can I be me, can I be?)
In—, in—, indi—, individual
(Can I be, can I, can I be me, y'all, one time?)