Respect Yourself
If you disrespect anybody 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, yo
Just get out the way
And let the gentleman do his thing
You the kind of gentleman
That want everything your way, yeah
Take the shit 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, whoa, oh)
Respect yourself
Respect yourself
If you're walking 'round
Thinking that the world owes you something
'Cause you're here
You goin' out the world backwards
Like you did when you first come here, yeah
Keep talkin' 'bout the president
Won't stop evolution
Put your hand on your mouth
When you cough, that'll help the solution
Oh, you cuss around women
And you don't even know their name, no
And you dumb enough to think
That'll make you a big ol' man, yeah
Respect yourself, yeah
Respect yourself
If you don't respect yourself
Ain't nobody gonna give a good cahoot (na-na-na-na, brother)
Respect yourself
Respect yourself
Respect yourself
Respect yourself
Respect yourself
Honey, respect yourself
Respect yourself
You oughta, you oughta respect yourself
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, yo
Just get out the way
And let the gentleman do his thing
You the kind of gentleman
That want everything your way, yeah
Take the shit 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, whoa, oh)
Respect yourself
Respect yourself
If you're walking 'round
Thinking that the world owes you something
'Cause you're here
You goin' out the world backwards
Like you did when you first come here, yeah
Keep talkin' 'bout the president
Won't stop evolution
Put your hand on your mouth
When you cough, that'll help the solution
Oh, you cuss around women
And you don't even know their name, no
And you dumb enough to think
That'll make you a big ol' man, yeah
Respect yourself, yeah
Respect yourself
If you don't respect yourself
Ain't nobody gonna give a good cahoot (na-na-na-na, brother)
Respect yourself
Respect yourself
Respect yourself
Respect yourself
Respect yourself
Honey, respect yourself
Respect yourself
You oughta, you oughta respect yourself
Credits
Writer(s): Mack Rice, Luther Thomas Ingram
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Other Album Tracks
- Whatcha See If Whatcha Get
- Oh la de Da
- Lift Every Voice and Sing
- Lying On the Truth
- Peace Be Still
- Respect Yourself
- Son of Shaft / Feel It
- I'll Play the Blues for You
- Walking the Back Streets and Crying
- Jody's Got Your Girl and Gone
All Album Tracks: Wattstax: Highlights from the Soundtrack >
Altri album
- Africa '80 (Live)
- Respect Yourself (Live)
- Brand New Day (Live Chicago '93)
- Legacy Gospel
- Come Go with Me: The Stax Collection
- Let's Do It Again
- Stax Classics
- Freedom Highway: Recorded Live at Chicago's New Nazareth Church
- Faith and Grace: A Family Journey 1953-1976
- Freedom Highway Complete - Recorded Live at Chicago's New Nazareth Church
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