one day i m gonna be somebody one day i m gonna be rich i m gonna say my prayers and work real hard so that i never have to dig a ditch the only way i d work at a car wash is if i owned the whole damn place but if gettin to the top means washin a car i d be scrubbin with a smile on my face one day i m gonna be somebody gonna stand out in a crowd one day i m gonna be somebody gonna make somebody proud one day i m gonna be somebody gonna stand out in a crowd one day i m gonna be somebody gonna make somebody proud one day i m gonna be a star i m gonna do whatever it takes why should i starve when i could be elsewhere makin what the rich man makes if i should die before i m rich i pray the lord my soul to keep but if i m rich before i die i wanna work cause nothin comes cheap one day i m gonna be somebody gonna stand out in a crowd one day i m gonna be somebody gonna make somebody proud one day i m gonna be somebody gonna stand out in a crowd one day i m gonna be somebody gonna make somebody proud somebody bring me a mirror so i can look at my cash somebody bring me a mirror so i can look at my cash we don t like new wave