Hi, Folks -

Not exactly the same idea as the song Jedi has posted but related, here's "I Don't Want to Be" by Gavin DeGraw. Recorded in 2003, it became a hit when a portion of it was used as the theme for TV series "One Tree Hill". Lyrics courtesy of azlyrics.com are below the clip.

Thanks to YouTuber Gavin DeGraw.

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https://youtu.be/8gFCW3PHBws

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I don't need to be anything other
Than a prison guard's son
I don't need to be anything other

Than a specialist's son

I don't have to be anyone other
Than the birth of two souls in one
Part of where I'm going
Is knowing where I'm coming from

I don't wanna be anything other
Than what I've been tryna be lately
All I have to do is think of me
And have peace of mind
I'm tired of looking 'round rooms
Wondering what I've got to do
Or who I'm supposed to be
I don't wanna be anything other than me

I'm surrounded by liars everywhere I turn
I'm surrounded by impostors everywhere I turn
I'm surrounded by identity crisis everywhere I turn
Am I the only one who noticed?
I can't be the only one who's learned!

I don't wanna be anything other
Than what I've been tryna be lately
All I have to do is think of me
And have peace of mind
I'm tired of looking 'round rooms
Wondering what I've got to do
Or who I'm supposed to be
I don't wanna be anything other than me

Can I have everyone's attention please?
If you're not like this and that, you're gonna have to leave
I came from the mountain
The crust of creation
My whole situation
Made from clay to stone
And now I'm telling everybody

I don't wanna be anything other
Than what I've been tryna be lately
All I have to do is think of me
And I have peace of mind
I'm tired of looking 'round rooms
Wondering what I've got to do
Or who I'm supposed to be
I don't wanna be anything other than me

I don't wanna be
I don't wanna be
I don't wanna be
I don't wanna be anything, anything other than me

I don't wanna be
I don't wanna be
I don't wanna be
I don't wanna be

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--hobie