Respect Yourself - The Staple Singers: Song Lyrics, Music Videos & Concerts

The Staple Singers

Respect Yourself

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Christian & Gospel

Respect Yourself was released on January 1, 1972 by Craft Recordings as a part of the album Be Altitude: Respect Yourself

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If you disrespect everybody that you run into

How in the world do you think anybody's supposed 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 the kind of gentleman that want everything your way, yeah

Take the sheet 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

Respect yourself, respect yourself

Respect yourself, respect yourself

If you're walking 'round thinkin' that the world owe you something 'cause you here

You goin' out the world backwards like you did when you first come here, yeah

Keep talkin' 'bout 'the president won't stop air pollution'

Put your hand over your mouth when you cough, that'll help the solution

Oh, you cuss around women folk and don't even know their name, no

Then you're dumb enough to think that'll make you a big ol' man, yeah

Respect yourself, respect yourself

Respect yourself, respect yourself

If you don't respect yourself

Ain't nobody gonna give a good cahoot

Respect yourself, respect yourself

Respect yourself, respect yourself

Respect yourself, respect yourself

Respect yourself, respect yourself

Written by: Luther Ingram, Mack Rice

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