I am I am the I am I am the I am I am I am the I am I am the I am I am I am the I am I am the I am I am I am the I am I am now I am now where I wanna be No longer under your rule, your thumb, I am now free I am now in touch with me I now walk the walk, I rule, I am now free And now you take a number Now you get in line 'Cause you don't live in your life Now you live in mine CHORUS I am here I am here, I'm the only way If you go, you'll go through me (yea) 'cause I'm here to stay I am here day after day And I'll march through walls and time and you I'm here to stay And here I am the man And here I am the one If I don't choose to do it Then here it don't get done CHORUS I am when the now is then I been here before (yea) and now I'm back again Now here I am, right, and my arm is long In my life I make the rules, so I am never wrong CHORUS