Respect Yourself
Herbie Mann
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If you disrespect anybody That you run in to How in the world do you think Anybody's s'posed to respect you If you don't give a heck 'bout the man With the Bible in his hand Just get out the way And let the gentle man do his thing You the kind of gentleman That want everything your way Take the sheet off your face, boy It's a brand new day Respect yourself, respect yourself If you don't respect yourself Ain't nobody gonna give a good cahoot, na na na na Respect yourself, respect yourself If you're walking 'round Think'n that the world Owes you something 'Cause you're here You goin' out The world backwards Like you did When you first come here Keep talkin' 'bout the president Won't stop air pollution Put your hand on your mouth When you cough, that'll help the solution Oh, you curse around women folk And you don't even know their names And you dumb enough to think That'll make you a big ol man Respect yourself, respect yourself If you don't respect yourself Ain't nobody gonna give a good cahoot, na na na na Respect yourself, respect yourself Respect yourself, respect yourself
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Written by: Luther Thomas Ingram, Mack Rice
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