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Respect Yourself (Live) by Mavis Staples album cover

Respect Yourself (Live)

by Mavis Staples

Lyrics
One, two, one, two, three
If you disrespect anybody that you run into, yeah
Well
How the world do you think anybody's supposed to respect you?
Oh, yeah
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
Yeah
You're the kind of gentleman that bump everything your way
Oh
Take the sheet off your face, boy, it's a brand new day
Da, da, da, da, da, da, da
Hey, hey, hey
Respect yourself
Ain't nobody gonna give a good
No, no
Now, now, now, brother, oh
Da, da, da, da, da, da, da
Hey, hey, hey
Da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da
Da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da
Hey
Well
Well
Well
If you're walkin' around thinkin' the
World owe you something 'cause you're here
Yeah
You goin' out the world backwards like
You did when you first come here
Yeah
Yeah
Keep talkin' about the president won't stop the air pollution
Yeah
Put your hand over your mouth when
You cough, that'll help the solution
Yes, it will
Oh, you cuss around women, you don't even know their name
Oh, no
Then you're dumb enough to think that'll make you a bigger man
Yeah
Respect yourself
Respect yourself
Respect yourself
Da, da, da, da, da, da, da
Respect yourself
Respect yourself
Yeah
Respect your- Respect yourself
You oughta, you oughta respect yourself
Yeah
Yeah
Respect yourself
Hey, hey
We're bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, dum, dum, dum, dum
Ooh
Thank you, man
Thank you
Thank you
Thank you
Woo!
Thank you