What do Gloria Gaynor's song I Am What I Am mean? We have the answer.
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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
- HEAR THE PRI ANTHEM “I AM WHAT I AM” LIKE YOU NEVER HAVE BEFORE"I BANG MY OWN DM, SOME THK 'S NOISE, I THK 'S PRETTY..."{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHJULY 3, 2018/3:27 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:768PX;WIDTH:1366PX;}BY CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHJULY 3, 2018 / 3:27 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"HEAR THE PRI ANTHEM “I AM WHAT I AM” LIKE YOU NEVER HAVE BEFORE","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2018-07-03T19:27:08.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2018-07-03T19:27:08.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPH","KEYWORDS":"PRI","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I AM WHAT I AM" IS THE FN OF A GAY PRI POWER ANTHEM. WHETHER YOU KNOW OM THE BROADWAY MIL LA CAGE X FOLL, THE GLORIA GAYNOR VERSN OR DISVERED THROUGH THE QUEER AS FOLK SOUNDTRACK, THE SONG IS 35 YEARS OLD AND THE LYRICS STILL RONATE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVEN IF YOU HAVE HEARD "I AM WHAT I AM" THOANDS OF TIM YOU HAVE NEVER HEARD THIS WAY. LOGO RECENTLY RELEASED LOGO30, A POWERFUL SERI PROFILG ORDARY AND EXTRAORDARY PEOPLE WHO SHOW PRI UNIQUE AND PROVOTIVE WAYS. WHILE FILMG LOGO30 TERVIEWS WH CELEBRI LIKE TRACE LYSETTE AND WILSON CZ, ALONG WH ACTIVISTS CLUDG MOIS SERRANO AND BLAIR IMANI, THEY WERE ASKED TO RECE THE LYRICS TO THE CLASSIC PRI {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WATCH THE VIO BELOW TO HEAR "I AM WHAT I AM" A NEW, SPIRG WAY THAT WILL HAVE YOU FEELG PRIFUL LONG AFTER PRI MONTH IS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
- LISTEN TO ‘I AM WHAT I AM’ OM TED LASSO S3 E9 AS ISAAC IS AT COL’S HOE TALKG ABOUT HIM BEG GAY
- GLORIA GAYNOR: I AM WHAT I AM MEANG
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 What I Am" is the fn of a gay Pri power anthem.
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Whether you know om the Broadway mil La Cage x Foll, the Gloria Gaynor versn or disvered through the Queer as Folk soundtrack, the song is 35 years old and the lyrics still ronate if you have heard "I Am What I Am" thoands of tim you have never heard this way. Gay anthem ‘I Am What I Am’ milly illtrat that Ted Lasso scene between Col and Isaac.
LISTEN TO ‘I AM WHAT I AM’ OM TED LASSO S3 E9 AS ISAAC IS AT COL’S HOE TALKG ABOUT HIM BEG GAY
A song that showed up on Ted Lasso today as Isaac arriv at Col’s hoe to acce him of lyg to him bee Col didn’t tell him he was gay.
Sure, if you know anythg about the gay muny, the track was a clumsy too obv choice for that scene Ted Lasso, Season 3, Episo 9, “La Locker Room Aux Foll“, bee is so obvly a gay song about acceptg yourself.
Donald Pipp and Gee Hearn’s ‘‘I Am What I Am‘ was first heard as part of the soundtrack of the h gay-themed mil La Cage Aux Foll, which is a play about two gay men — Ge, the manager of a drag-foced nightclub and Alb, his lover and club drag star.
GLORIA GAYNOR: I AM WHAT I AM MEANG
It went on to bee a huge h wh the gay muny, and a major ‘gay anthem’ for s after the play’s first Broadway performance 1983. ‘I Am What I Am‘ beme an even bigger h when dis track superstar Gloria Gaynor released the track as a sgle the same year. The song was posed by Jerry Herman, an openly gay man.
Gloria Gaynor versn. The song was released as a sgle by Gloria Gaynor 1983 and went on to bee one of the sger's bt known songs. Producer Joel Diamond regnized the song's dis potential when he saw La Cage Aux Foll on Broadway and arranged for Gaynor - whose 1978..