If you're just a little tadpole
Listen to me now, yeah
Don't try to be the frog
Oh no no no

If you're just a little tail
Cover your own ground, yeah
Don't try to wag the dog. mmm hmm no

If you're just a tiny pebble
Listen to me now, yeah
Don't try to be the beach (there's a reason why) yeah

[Chorus]
Just be what you is
Don't ya be what you're not
Cuz in the end I said the truth is a-gonna show

If you're just a little branch, a sucklin' yeah
Don't try to be the tree. Or you'll wind up like a dried limb
If you're just a little river, mmm hmm yeah, come on, yeah
Don't try to be the sea. mmm hmm yeah

[Chorus]
Just be what you is
Don't ya be what you're not
Cuz in the end I said the truth is a-gonna show
(yeah yeah)

[guitar solo]

Be what you Is
Yeah yeah hey hey yeah

Be What You Is
(A Mother can't be [?])

Be What You Is
(Son can't be the daughter)
Yeah Yeah Hey Hey

Be What You Is
(A man can't bear a child, indeed)
Yeah Yeah Hey Hey

Be What You Is (yeah)
[?]
[ I've ] gotta be what you is
(Gotta be, gotta be)
Yeah yeah yeah