[originally performed by w.a.s.p. (b. lawless)]

you say you don´t wanna run and hide
a face that no-one knows
and everyone ya meet, you´re gonna show
you´re nobody´s slave, nobody´s chains are holdin´ you
you hold your fist up high,
and rule the zoo

oh, you just got to be
up high where the whole world´s watchin me
cos i, i got the guts to be somebody
to cry out

i wanna be somebody,
be somebody soon
i wanna be somebody
be somebody too

you say you don´t wanna starve
or take the table crumbs that fall
you don´t wanna beg or plead at all
you don´t want no nine to five
your fingers to the bone
you don´t want the rock piles´ bloody stones

oh, you just got to be
up high where the whole world´s watchin me
cos i, i got the guts to be somebody
to cry out

i wanna be somebody,
be somebody soon
i wanna be somebody
be somebody too

i want shiny cars and dirty money
lotsa rock and roll
i will live in fame and die in flames
i´m never gettin´ old

i wanna be somebody,
be somebody soon
i wanna be somebody
be somebody too

i´m gonna be somebody,
i´m gonna be somebody