Respect Yourself

If you disrespect anybody That you run in to Then how in the world do you think Anybody's s'posed to respect you If you don't give a heck 'bout 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 always wanted everything his way Take the sheet off your face, boy It's a brand new day, come on, come on You got to respect yourself Come on respect yourself No, respect yourself Oh, respect yourself If you don't respect yourself Ain't nobody gonna give a good cahoot, no Respect yourself, hey, hey, respect yourself Respect yourself, respect yourself If you walk 'round thinkin' that the world Owes you something 'cause you're here, well You're goin' out the world backwards Like you did when you first come here Keep talkin' 'bout the president Won't stop evolution, oh no Put your hand over your mouth When you cough, that'll help the solution Yeah, you cuss around women And you don't even know their names And you dumb enough to think That'll make you a big ol' man, hey Respect yourself, yeah Respect yourself You got to respect yourself Hey respect yourself If you don't respect yourself Ain't nobody gonna give a good cahoot, no, no Respect yourself, yeah, oh, respect yourself You're gonna respect yourself, hey respect yourself Respect yourself, respect yourself Hey respect yourself Respect yourself, respect yourself You're gonna respect yourself Nobody's gonna do it for you You gotta respect yourself You gotta respect yourself --- Respect Yourself - Marc Broussard