Respect Yourself

If you disrespect everybody that you'd run into How in the world do you think anybody suppose to respect you? If you don't give a heck about the man with a Bible in his hand Just get out of the way and let the gentleman do his thing You're the kind of gentleman want everything your way Take the sheet off your face, boy It's a brand new day And respect yourself, respect yourself If you don't respect yourself Ain't nobody gonna give a good Respect yourself, baby If you're walking around thinking that the world owes you something 'cause you're here You're going out the world backward like you did when you first came here Keep talking about the president won't stop air pollution Put your hand over your mouth when you cough, that'll help the solution You cuss around women, folks don't even know their name Then you're dumb enough to think that'll make you a big ol' man Respect yourself Respect yourself If you don't respect yourself Ain't nobody gonna give a good Respect yourself, baby Respect yourself Respect yourself, baby Respect yourself Respect yourself Respect yourself, baby Respect yourself, you got to respect yourself