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I Don't Want to Be

Gavin DeGraw · 2003

I Don't Want to Be by Gavin DeGraw (2003) — selected for the English-through-music catalog. Use the sing-along prompts and exercises to drill pronunciation, vocabulary, and listening comprehension.

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🎤 Sing along

Sing with the chorus

  • I don't want to be anything
  • Other than what I've been tryna be lately
  • All I have to do is think of me
  • And I have peace of mind

Echo the hook

  • Everywhere I turn
  • I'm surrounded by imposters
  • Everywhere I turn
  • I'm surrounded by identity crisis
don'twantanything

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

I don't need to beother

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

I don't have to beother

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

All I have to do isof me

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Or who I'mto be

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

I'm tired of'round rooms

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Theof creation

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I don't need to be anything other

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Part of where I'm going

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I don't want to be anything

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And I have peace of mind

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Wondering what I gotta do

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

I ? need to be anything other

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Than the ? of two souls in one

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

I'm ? of looking 'round rooms

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

I'm surrounded by ? crisis

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

You're ? have to leave

Exercise 17

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 18

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 19

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 20

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 21

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 22

How many times do you hear the word "don't" in the whole song?

"don't"

Exercise 23

How many times do you hear the word "want" in the whole song?

"want"

Exercise 24

Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:

  • I don't need to be anything other
  • I'm surrounded by imposters
  • The crust of creation

Exercise 25

And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:

  • And I have peace of mind
  • Other than what I've been tryna be lately
  • Than a prison guard's son

Exercise 26

Compare "I Don't Want to Be" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?

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Exercise 27

If you could change the ending of the story told in "I Don't Want to Be", what would happen instead?

don'twantanythingother

Exercise 28

Describe the mood of "I Don't Want to Be" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

don'twantanythingother

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • don't→
  • i'm→
  • i've→
  • gotta→
  • can't→
  • who's→

Exercise 30

Which single word from this song do you think carries the most emotional weight, and why?

don'twantanythingother