Got To Be Real

Album: Cheryl Lynn (1978)
Charted: 70 12
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  • What to find now - What to feel now
    What to know now - To be real

    What to find now (I think I love you baby)
    What to feel now (I think I need you baby)
    What to know now-ow-ow-ow - To be real

    Ooh... your love's for rea-ea-eal now
    You know-ow that your love is my love
    My love is your love
    Our love is here-ere to stay-ay-ay-ay

    What to find now (I think I love you baby)
    What to feel now (I think I need you baby)
    What to know now-ow-ow-ow-ow - To be real

    Ooh... your love's for-or rea-ea-eal now
    You know-ow that your love is my love
    And my love is your love
    Our love is here to stay, yeah-yeah-yeah-hooh

    What to find now (I think I love you baby)
    What to feel now - I feel I need you
    What to know now-ow-ow-ow - To be real

    What to find now - I think I love you
    What to feel now - I feel I need you
    What to know now
    To be real - It's got to be real
    To be real - It's got to be rea-ea-ea-eal
    To be rea-ea-ea-ea-ea-ea-ea-eal

    What to find now - What to feel now
    What to know now - To be real

    What to find now - oh-hoh-oh-oh-oh
    What to feel now -oh-hoh-oh-oh-oh
    What to know now - tell you what
    To be real - oh-yeah-eah-yeah-eah
    To be real - got to be real, it's got to be real
    To be real - it's got to be real, it's got to be real
    To be real - it's got to be real, it's got to be real
    To be real - it's got to be real, it's got to be real
    To be real (ah real, real, real)
    To be real (real, real, real, real, real) Writer/s: Cheryl Lynn, David Foster, David Paich
    Publisher: Peermusic Publishing, Spirit Music Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

  • Tito Lopez from Puerto Aventuras, MexicoThe intro of the song was used for the intro of "El Tiburón" ("The Shark"), a huge 1995 Latin hit for Dominican-American Merengue/Hip-hop group Proyecto Uno.
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn March 16, 1979, Cheryl Lynn performed "Got To Be Real" on the NBC-TV late-night musical variety program, 'The Midnight Special'...
    At the time the song was at #25 on Billboard's Top 100 chart, four weeks earlier it had peaked at #12 {for 3 weeks} and it spent eighteen weeks on the Top 100...
    And December 31st, 1978 it reached #1 {for 1 week} on Billboard's Hot R&B Singles chart...
    On the same 'Midnight Special' she also performed "Star Love", four weeks later it entered the Top 100 at #85,
    then five weeks later it would peak at #62 {for 1 week} and it stayed on the chart for ten weeks...
    Besides the above two records, the Los Angeles native had one other Top 100 record, "Shake It Up Tonight", it reached #70 and remained on the chart for seven weeks...
    Lynda Cheryl Smith celebrated her 61st birthday earlier this month on March 11th {2018}.
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