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"Everything that I Am" is a song from Tarzan. Briefly, it has part of the song "I Need to Know" (when Tarzan imagines himself as a child singing that song when he's left alone). In this song, an adult Tarzan finds out who he really is: a human.

This is the last non-reprise musical number in the show; every other song following this is a reprise (and finale).

Later, Phil Collins would sing his own version of the song.

Lyrics (Character Version)[]

NOTE: The part in brackets was derived from "I Need to Know" and would not be in Phil's version.

[Young Tarzan: Will someone tell me where I belong,
Where I should go?
Can someone tell me where I'm going wrong?
I need to know.]

Adult Tarzan: Is this my past here before me?
Is this my story unfolding?
It's all here to discover
Everything that I am.

Can this be what I've been seeking?
All my life, I've been waiting for this.
And now these memories,
Will they make me see more?

Ooh, I wanna know where I belong.
I wanna know where I came from.
I wanna know the reason why I'm here,
The way I am
Feeling the things I feel.

Is this my family?
Can it really be them that I see?
My father and mother
And in her arms, can it really be me?
All these emotions
I can barely control.
'Cause the family I had
Is not the family I know.

Ooh, and I gotta know where I belong.
I gotta know where I came from.
I gotta know the reason why I'm here,
The way I am
Feeling the things I feel.

These spirits calling me
Familiar voices haunting.
Disappearing, taunting me
This is the choice I must make.

'Cause I know where I belong.
I know where I, I came from
I know the reason why I must decide and leave here, the man I am inside.

The future is clear for me to see
To be the man I'm meant to be
Like my father with my head held high
Standing tall
And proud of all
That I am.

I'm a man.

Lyrics (Phil Version)[]

Is this my past here before me?
Is this my story unfolding?
It's all here to discover
Everything that I am.

Can this be what I've been seeking?
All my life, I've been waiting for this.
And now these memories, will they make me see more?

Ooh, I wanna know where I belong.
I wanna know where I came from.
I wanna know the reason why I'm here,
The way I am
Feeling the things I feel.
I wanna know the reason why
It will be hard, but I must try.
I've got to understand
Who I am
Why I'm here
Feeling the things I feel.

Is this my family?
Can it really be them that I see?
My father and mother,
And in her arms, can it really be me?
All these emotions
I can barely control,
'Cause the family I had
Is not the family I know.

Ooh, and I gotta know where I belong,
I gotta know where I came from.
I've gotta know the reasons why I'm here,
The way I am
Feeling the things I feel.

These spirits calling me
Familiar voices haunting
Disappearing taunting me
This is the choice I must make

'Cause I know where I belong.
I know where I, I came from.
I know the reason why I must decide, and leave here
The man I am inside.

The future is clear for me to see,
To be the man I'm meant to be.
Like my father with my head held high,
Standing tall
And proud of all
That I am.
I'm a man.

Trivia[]

  • In the English Version the part derived from I Need to Know only includes the first verse, but in the German (Wer ich wirklich bin) and Dutch (Verloren verleden) Versions the second and third verses are also included.
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Media
Films: Tarzan (soundtrack/video) • Tarzan & JaneTarzan II (video) • The Legend of Tarzan

Television: The Legend of TarzanHouse of Mouse
Video Games: Disney's TarzanTarzan: UntamedReturn to the JungleKingdom HeartsDisney's Extreme Skate Adventure

Disney Parks
Disney Animation BuildingTarzan's Treehouse

Entertainment: Disney Adventure Friends CavalcadeFantasmic!Festival of Family & FriendsHakuna Matata Time Dance PartyOne Man's Dream II: The Magic Lives On!Rivers of Light: We Are OneTarzan Rocks!Tarzan: The EncounterThe Forest of Enchantment: A Disney Musical AdventureThe Golden Mickeys
Shops: Professor Porter's Trading Post
Parades: Parade of the StarsFlights of Fantasy ParadeMickey's Soundsational Parade
Fireworks: Believe... There's Magic in the StarsCelebrate the MagicHappily Ever AfterMomentousRemember... Dreams Come TrueTree of Life AwakensIlluminate! A Nighttime CelebrationWondrous Journeys
Christmas: A Christmas Fantasy Parade

Characters
Original: TarzanTerkTantorKalaKerchakKerchak and Kala's BabyFlynt and MungoSaborTarzan's ParentsManuJane PorterArchimedes Q. PorterClayton and his menBaboonsThe Captain

Midquel: ZugorMama GundaKago and Uto
TV Series: Robert CanlerNigel TaylorTublatHistaZuthoGozan and HungoIan McTeagueThaddeus HuntJake & SamMabayaGobuFungiCount Nikolas RokoffLady WalthamQueen LaLeopard MenMuviroKajDr. DoyleEleanorGreenlyHazelIanLieutenant Colonel StaquaitRenard DumontJohannes NielsSamuel T. PhilanderTheodore RooseveltHugo and HooftNura and SheetaEdgar Rice BurroughsManganiJabariDaniaGerman PoacherBasuliNaohChief KeewaziFemale Tyrannosaurus RexVelociraptorsTriceratopsWaziri TribeStanley ObrowskiAbby Markham

Episodes
Season One: "Race Against Time" • "Trading Post" • "Lost Cub" • "Lost City of Opar" • "Fugitives" • "Rogue Elephant" • "Poisoned River" • "Enemy Within" • "Fountain" • "Hidden World" • "Rift" • "Giant Beetles" • "Jungle Madness" • "Protege" • "Leopard Men Rebellion" • "Rough Rider" • "Seeds of Destruction" • "Silver Ape" • "Challenger" • "Outbreak" • "Silver Screen" • "Beast from Below" • "All-Seeing Elephant" • "New Wave" • "Lost Treasure" • "Return of La" • "One Punch Mulligan" • "Missing Link" • "Prison Break" • "Eagle's Feather" • "Face from the Past" • "Caged Fury" • "Gauntlet of Vengeance" • "Mysterious Visitor" • "Tublat's Revenge"

Season Two: "British Invasion" • "Volcanic Diamond Mine" • "Flying Ace"

Songs
Film: Two WorldsYou'll Be in My HeartSon of ManTrashin' the CampStrangers Like MeSinging to the Song of LifeWho Am I?

Musical: Who Better than MeNo Other WayI Need to KnowSure as Sun Turns to MoonWaiting for this MomentDifferentLike No Man I've Ever SeenFor the First TimeEverything that I Am

Locations
AfricaJunglePellucidarDark MountainSkull Cave
See Also
The Disney AfternoonDisney RenaissanceMusical/SoundtrackQueen La's Staff
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