"Respect Yourself" lyrics
Randy Crawford & Joe Sample Lyrics
If you disrespect everybody that you run into
How in the world do you think anybody's s'posed to respect you?
If you don't give a heck about the man with the Bible in his hand
Just get out the way and let the gentleman do his thing
You're the kind of gentleman who wants everything his way
Well, take the smirk off your face, boy, it's a brand new day
Respect yourself, respect yourself
Respect yourself, respect yourself
If you don't respect yourself
Ain't nobody gonna give a good cahoot, now, now, now, oh
Respect yourself, respect yourself
Respect yourself, respect yourself, ah
If you're walkin' 'round thinkin' that the
World owe you somethin' 'cause you're here
Well, you're goin' out the world backward
Like you did when you first come here
Well, keep talkin' 'bout the President oughta stop the air pollution
Put your hand over your mouth when
You cough, that'll help the solution
Well, you cuss around women folk, you don't even know their name
Then act dumb enough to think that maybe you're a bigger man
Oh, respect yourself, respect yourself
Respect yourself, respect yourself, oh
If you don't respect yourself
Ain't nobody gonna give a good cahoot, now, now, now, oh
Respect yourself, respect yourself
Respect yourself, respect yourself, ooh
How in the world do you think anybody's s'posed to respect you?
If you don't give a heck about the man with the Bible in his hand
Just get out the way and let the gentleman do his thing
You're the kind of gentleman who wants everything his way
Well, take the smirk off your face, boy, it's a brand new day
Respect yourself, respect yourself
Respect yourself, respect yourself
If you don't respect yourself
Ain't nobody gonna give a good cahoot, now, now, now, oh
Respect yourself, respect yourself
Respect yourself, respect yourself, ah
If you're walkin' 'round thinkin' that the
World owe you somethin' 'cause you're here
Well, you're goin' out the world backward
Like you did when you first come here
Well, keep talkin' 'bout the President oughta stop the air pollution
Put your hand over your mouth when
You cough, that'll help the solution
Well, you cuss around women folk, you don't even know their name
Then act dumb enough to think that maybe you're a bigger man
Oh, respect yourself, respect yourself
Respect yourself, respect yourself, oh
If you don't respect yourself
Ain't nobody gonna give a good cahoot, now, now, now, oh
Respect yourself, respect yourself
Respect yourself, respect yourself, ooh
