Respect Yourself [Demo] Songtext
von The Staple Singers

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