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 'cuz 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!