Gloria Gaynor: 'I Will Survive' Is 'The Core Of My Purpose' : NPR

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• I AM WHAT I AMGLORIA GAYNORTRACK 1 ON I AM GLORIA GAYNOR PRODUCED BYJOEL DIAMOND19831 VIEWER46.5K 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 AM WHAT I AM” LYRICS MEANG
• GLORIA GAYNOR: I AM WHAT I AM MEANG
• GLORIA GAYNOR: 'I WILL SURVIVE' IS 'THE CORE OF MY PURPOSE'

I AM WHAT I AMGLORIA GAYNORTRACK 1 ON I AM GLORIA GAYNOR PRODUCED BYJOEL DIAMOND19831 VIEWER46.5K 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’s song “I Am What I Am” do all of the and more.

In the openg verse, Gaynor sets the stage for her msage of self-acceptance.

Gaynor clar her inty, unterred by external opn or expectatns. Gaynor challeng societal expectatns, suggtg we should appreciate everyone’s differenc and unique “sparkl”.

GLORIA GAYNOR “I AM WHAT I AM” LYRICS MEANG

In the fal verse, Gaynor reasserts her pennce, rejectg the need for exc for beg who she is.

GLORIA GAYNOR: I AM WHAT I AM MEANG

In the song’s ncln, Gaynor affirms her self-worth, punctuatg the song wh a simple yet powerful msage: “I am good. Gloria Gaynor’s “I Am What I Am” origally me om the Broadway mil “La Cage x Foll” where ’s the big fale number for the first act. The song beme even more famo when Gloria Gaynor, yep, the same one who gave “I Will Survive, ” released as a sgle back 1983.

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

” He arranged for Gaynor to rerd , and boy did work out. When Gaynor sgs, “I al my own ck, sometim the ace sometim the uc, ” she’s tellg that life’s a mix of good and bad, and that’s okay. Thanks to a remix by Shep Pettibone and s empowerg lyrics, ’s gaed massive populary globally and bee a beloved gay anthem.

Gloria Gaynor. I Am Gloria Gaynor. As someone who reached adulthood at the same time that song was released - I was alg wh realizg I was gay back when was absolutely NOT OK, this song saved my life...

Prumed to be a gay anthem really. More Gloria Gaynor song meangs ».

by Gloria Gaynor.

I am what I am by Gloria Gaynor. The song was Gloria Gaynor's I am what I am. Clearly not wrten by Gloria Gaynor but certaly milly owned and popularized by her.

/lyrics/g/gloria_gaynor/. " Village People sger Randy Jon scrib the song as "a gay liberatn statement, aimed directly at gays and lbians who were standg up whout apology for their liftyle" and as the group's "first gay liberatn song. " He says that the theme of the song is the virtue of beg yourself, and not jt if you're gay or transgenr but even jt if you want to drs an unual manner, as long as you don't hurt anyone else.

" DeAngelis not that this theme had particular ronance at the time, when the gay muny was the procs of "g out" and a general cultural obssn was fdg healthy ways to feel good about onelf. Author Frédéric Martel intifi "I Am What I Am" as one of five Village People songs that were touchston to the gay movement France when they me out ("San Francis (You've Got Me), " "Macho Man, " "Y. " But Billboard scribed as "provotive, " scribg as a "gay pri anthem wh s activist lyrics and basic theme.

"The song's tle was later rsed by Jerry Herman for a 1983 h song performed by Gloria Gaynor, which also had gay pri as a theme. Gloria Gaynor (born September 7, 1943) is an Amerin sger, bt known for the dis era hs; "I Will Survive" (Hot 100 number 1, 1979), "Never Can Say Goodbye" (Hot 100 number 9, 1974), "Let Me Know (I Have a Right)" (Hot 100 number 42, 1980) and "I Am What I Am" (R&B number 82, 1983). Gloria Gaynor Lyrics.

album: "I Am Gloria Gaynor" (1983). Gay Happeng. Glad to Be Gay.