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• I AM WHAT I AMGLORIA GAYNORTRACK 1 ON I AM GLORIA GAYNOR PRODUCED BYJOEL DIAMOND19831 VIEWER47K VIEWS11 CONTRIBUTORSI AM WHAT I AM LYRICSI AM WHAT I AMI AM MY OWN SPECIAL CREATNSO E TAKE A LOOKGIVE ME THE HOOK OR THE OVATNIT'S MY WORLD THAT I WANT TO HAVE A LTLE PRI MY WORLD, AND 'S NOT A PLACE I HAVE TO HI LIFE'S NOT WORTH A DAMN TILL YOU N SAY"I AM WHAT I AM"I AM WHAT I AMI DON'T WANT PRAISE, I DON'T WANT PYI BANG MY OWN DMSOME THK 'S NOISE, I THK 'S PRETTYAND SO WHAT IF I LOVE EACH SPARKLE AND EACH BANGLE?WHY NOT TRY TO SEE THGS OM A DIFFERENT ANGLE?YOUR LIFE IS A SHAM TILL YOU N SHOUT OUT"I AM WHAT I AM"I AM WHAT I AMAND WHAT I AM NEEDS NO EXCI AL MY OWN CKSOMETIM THE ACE, SOMETIM THE UCIT'S ONE LIFE AND THERE'S NO RETURN AND NO POSONE LIFE SO 'S TIME TO OPEN UP YOUR CLOSETLIFE'S NOT WORTH A DAMN TILL YOU N SHOUT OUT"I AM WHAT I AM"YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKEI AM WHAT I AMAND WHAT I AM NEEDS NO EXCI AL MY OWN CKSOMETIM THE ACE, SOMETIM THE UCIT'S ONE LIFE AND THERE'S NO RETURN AND NO POSONE LIFE SO 'S TIME TO OPEN UP YOUR CLOSETLIFE'S NOT WORTH A DAMN TILL YOU N SHOUT OUT"I AM WHAT I AM"I AM, I AM, I AM EFULI AM, I AM, I AM TEI AM, I AM SOMEBODYI AM AS GOOD AS YOU, AH HA, AH HAOOH OOH OOH OOH, Y I AMAH AH AH AH, AH I AM...EMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUT
• I AM GLORIA GAYNOR
• GLORIA GAYNOR: 'I WILL SURVIVE' IS 'THE CORE OF MY PURPOSE'
• GLORIA GAYNOR PERFORMS "I WILL SURVIVE"

I AM WHAT I AMGLORIA GAYNORTRACK 1 ON I AM GLORIA GAYNOR PRODUCED BYJOEL DIAMOND19831 VIEWER47K VIEWS11 CONTRIBUTORSI AM WHAT I AM LYRICSI AM WHAT I AMI AM MY OWN SPECIAL CREATNSO E TAKE A LOOKGIVE ME THE HOOK OR THE OVATNIT'S MY WORLD THAT I WANT TO HAVE A LTLE PRI MY WORLD, AND 'S NOT A PLACE I HAVE TO HI LIFE'S NOT WORTH A DAMN TILL YOU N SAY"I AM WHAT I AM"I AM WHAT I AMI DON'T WANT PRAISE, I DON'T WANT PYI BANG MY OWN DMSOME THK 'S NOISE, I THK 'S PRETTYAND SO WHAT IF I LOVE EACH SPARKLE AND EACH BANGLE?WHY NOT TRY TO SEE THGS OM A DIFFERENT ANGLE?YOUR LIFE IS A SHAM TILL YOU N SHOUT OUT"I AM WHAT I AM"I AM WHAT I AMAND WHAT I AM NEEDS NO EXCI AL MY OWN CKSOMETIM THE ACE, SOMETIM THE UCIT'S ONE LIFE AND THERE'S NO RETURN AND NO POSONE LIFE SO 'S TIME TO OPEN UP YOUR CLOSETLIFE'S NOT WORTH A DAMN TILL YOU N SHOUT OUT"I AM WHAT I AM"YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKEI AM WHAT I AMAND WHAT I AM NEEDS NO EXCI AL MY OWN CKSOMETIM THE ACE, SOMETIM THE UCIT'S ONE LIFE AND THERE'S NO RETURN AND NO POSONE LIFE SO 'S TIME TO OPEN UP YOUR CLOSETLIFE'S NOT WORTH A DAMN TILL YOU N SHOUT OUT"I AM WHAT I AM"I AM, I AM, I AM EFULI AM, I AM, I AM TEI AM, I AM SOMEBODYI AM AS GOOD AS YOU, AH HA, AH HAOOH OOH OOH OOH, Y I AMAH AH AH AH, AH I AM...EMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUT

Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive: The Anthology.

I AM GLORIA GAYNOR

NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks wh sger Gloria Gaynor about her Grammy-nomated album, Ttimony.

SARAH MCCAMMON, HOST: And fally today, Gloria Gaynor, a voice that fed the dis era. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE")GLORIA GAYNOR: (Sgg) Hey, I never n say goodbye, boy.

MCCAMMON: In the 1970s, Gloria Gaynor released a strg of dis hs that have gone on to bee classics, cludg this one, "Never Can Say Goodbye, " and, of urse, "I Will Survive. " Earlier this year, Gloria Gaynor released her 18th stud album.

GLORIA GAYNOR: 'I WILL SURVIVE' IS 'THE CORE OF MY PURPOSE'

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "TALKIN' 'BOUT JESUS")GAYNOR: (Sgg) I'm talk' 'bout love, talk' 'bout eedom, talk' 'bout the one you n pend on when you need him.

J., is Gloria Gaynor so much for beg wh Oh, 's my pleasure.

GLORIA GAYNOR PERFORMS "I WILL SURVIVE"

GAYNOR: Feels awome.

GAYNOR: Oh, I've been listeng to gospel mic sce I was a baby. GAYNOR: Y, I did - five.

GAYNOR: No. (LAUGHTER)GAYNOR: No, bee I was a girl.

GAYNOR: Well, I mean, I - my hoe, my home was always full of mic. "(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "AMAZING GRACE")GAYNOR: (Sgg) There was a time when I was broken.

GAYNOR: Well, I wanted to make more tobgraphil. GAYNOR: It starts out sayg, there was a time when I was broken, which is te. GAYNOR: Well (lghter), 's all about him.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "AMAZING GRACE")GAYNOR: (Sgg) That's when I dropped to my kne, and I prayed, amazg grace, amazg grace, how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me... GAYNOR: I mean exactly what I said.

GAYNOR: Yeah. GAYNOR: Lerally I felt a hand grab me on my llar.