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 folk, 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