Cover art for I Was Born This Way by Carl Bean

I Was Born This Way

I Was Born This Way Lyrics

Carl Bean - I Was Born This Way (Gomi's Radio Edit)

[Verse 1]
I'm walking through life
In nature's disguise, yeah
You laugh at me
And you criticize, yeah
'Cause I'm happy
Carefree and gay
Yes, I'm gay
It ain't a fault it's a fact
I was born this way, yeah
Now I won't judge you
Don't you judge me
We're all the way
Nature meant us to be

[Chorus]
I'm happy
I'm carefree
I'm gay
I was born this way
I'm happy
I'm carefree
I'm gay
I was born this way
I'm happy
I'm carefree
I'm gay
I was born this way
I'm happy
I'm carefree
I'm gay
[Verse 2]
You're calling me strange
'Cause you don't understand
God's role for me
In life's overall plan
I've learned to hold
My head up high
Not in scorn nor disgrace
Doin' my thing so individually
Entwined with this
Human race
Now I won't judge you
Don't you judge me
We're all the way
Nature meant us to be

[Chorus]
I'm happy
I'm carefree
I'm gay
I was born this way
I'm happy
I'm carefree
I'm gay
I was born this way
I'm happy
I'm carefree
I'm gay
I was born this way
I'm happy
I'm carefree
And I'm gay
[Verse 3]
Hey!
Yeah
I really can be me
I feel good
I feel good, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
I-I-I-I'm I'm a little bitty boy
You, stop saying things about me
Yeah, yeah
Hey hey
I was born this way

[Verse 4]
You, you
You may not understand
But I was born this way
I want the world to know
I'm just ordinary folk, yeah
Yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah
I was born this way
I was born this way
I was born this way
[Verse 5]
Yeah
I'm gonna carry on
One more time
I was born this way
I was born this way
Run and shout it
Tell the world about it
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
Born, born, born born, born
Born this way
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
I was born this way

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