I am what I am

== English == === Phrase === I am what I am I am as I must be; I cannot be changed; I can't help the way I am. ==== Usage notes ==== An alternative phrasing of I Am that I Am, God's explanation to Moses of who he is; also popularized as Popeye's explanation of why he behaves as he does, rendered in dialect as "I yam what I yam an' tha's all I yam", and variations thereof. ==== See also ==== it is what it is === References === === Further reading === Law of identity on Wikipedia.Wikipedia