I’m Somebody

Lyrics

[THE DREAMS] I'm somebody somebody And nobody's gonna hold me down [ANNOUNCER] Thank you, Chicago! Deena Jones and the Dreams! [THE DREAMS] No, nobody nobody nobody's gonna hold me down I'm somebody [C.C., spoken] Hello, Wayne. Is Curtis around? [WAYNE, spoken] C.C., you know no one's admitted backstage. [C.C., spoken] Look, we've got something to settle. Now go find him. [MARTY, spoken] Tell him some old friends are here. [C.C., spoken] He knows what it's about. Go find him. [SECURITY GUARD, spoken] I can't do that. [C.C., spoken] Well, I'll just go find him myself. [SECURITY GUARD, spoken] Hey, you can't go back there! [C.C., MARTY, AND MR. MORGAN] You can't keep us out! [CURTIS] It's okay, Wayne, I can handle this [MARTY] Come on, Curtis, let's see you try! [CURTIS] Well, Marty, it's been a long time [MARTY] And, Curtis, you're still a second-class snake! [CURTIS] (spoken) Heh. (sung) Gentlemen, please, give me a break! [EFFIE] Why, Curtis, did you give me one? [C.C.] I could kill you, Curtis, for what you've done! [EFFIE] C.C., I'll handle this! Curtis, how could you do something so wrong? You have no right stoppin' my song! [CURTIS] Stop it, Effie, you got no claim! [EFFIE] After all these years And you're still the same You never believed in me You never believed in me But I believed in me I went out and made it on my own And now I have the best chance I've ever known And you're not taking it away This time I know what to do This is Mr. Morgan, my lawyer And he wants to talk to you [CURTIS, spoken] Gentlemen, can we discuss this somewhere more private? [MR. MORGAN, spoken] Miss White, aren't you coming? [EFFIE] No I wanna stay and talk I wanna talk to the great Miss Jones