What You Is

You might have been a villain
 With a capital "V"
 You might have had a plane to catch
 And left your family
 It doesn't matter what you was
 It's what you is
 And what you is
 Is what you are
 You might have been a midwife
 Trying to help somebody in
 You might have been a Cardinal
 With an A to Zed of skin
 Open up your window.
 ...Honey let me in
 You might have been Columbia
 Releasing orange 45s
 ("How does it feeeel")
 You might have been the empress bee
 In her furry little hive
 ("Buzz Buzz")
 All the other bees:
 "It doesn't matter what you was
 It's what you is
 And what you is
 Is what you are."
 Well you've got to come from somewhere
 But you don't have to go back there.
 ...Anymore
 Hey!
 You might have been the police
 Knock knock knocking at the door
 You might have been a nice young man
 On a nice young floor
 It doesn't matter what you was
 It's what you is
 And what you is
 Is what you are
 One more, yeah
 It doesn't matter what you was
 Or what you is
 And what you is
 Is what you are
 You might be looking innocent
 Mmmm... deep inside you're not
 You might be feeling guilty
 Just a little not a lot
 It doesn't matter what you was
 It's what you is
 And what you is
 Is what you are
 Yeah!
 Hey... hey, hey
 Hey... hey, hey
 Hey... hey, hey
 Hey, hey