BE WHAT YOU WANNA BE ©-2006-Don Martin [verse 1] they said I'd amount to nothing proclaimed it like it was fact they said that I couldn't add that I could not subtract if they all could see me now they'd have to take it back cause where it says "the manager" is where I hang my hat [chorus] you can be what you wanna be 'cause doubt is just a crutch you can be what you wanna be the sky's not hard to touch I worked up from the bottom without a college degree you can be what you wanna be as a manager trainee [instrumental] [verse 2] started in sanitation worked hard to show them all then maitre d' of excellence with proof hung on the wall and when at station finance I broke bills of every size but sales is where I took the lead as the king of supersize [chorus] you can be what you wanna be 'cause doubt is just a crutch you can be what you wanna be the sky's not hard to touch I worked up from the bottom without a college degree you can be what you wanna be as a manager trainee [instrumental] [verse 3] I still drive my pickup it's good enough for me an executive with limits on a modest salary I've learned how to get by and to face reality and I thank my lack of credit for keeping me debt free [chorus] you can be what you wanna be 'cause doubt is just a crutch you can be what you wanna be the sky's not hard to touch worked up from the bottom without a college degree be what you wanna be yeah take a look at me