You Gotta Be

Album: I Ain't Movin' (1994)
Charted: 14 5
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  • Listen as your day unfolds
    Challenge what the future holds
    Try and keep your head up to the sky
    Lovers, they may cause you tears
    Go ahead, release your fears
    Stand up and be counted
    Don't be ashamed to cry

    You gotta be
    You gotta be bad, you gotta be bold, you gotta be wiser
    You gotta be hard, you gotta be tough, you gotta be stronger
    You gotta be cool, you gotta be calm, you gotta stay together
    All I know, all I know, love will save the day

    Herald what your mother said
    Read the books your father read
    Try to solve the puzzles in your own sweet time
    Some may have more cash than you
    Others take a different view
    My oh my, eh, eh, eh

    You gotta be bad, you gotta be bold, you gotta be wiser
    You gotta be hard, you gotta be tough, you gotta be stronger
    You gotta be cool, you gotta be calm, you gotta stay together
    All I know, all I know, love will save the day

    Time asks no questions, it goes on without you
    Leaving you behind if you can't stand the pace
    The world keeps on spinning
    Can't stop it if you tried to
    The best part is danger staring you in the face, oh

    Remember, listen as your day unfolds
    Challenge what the future holds
    Try and keep your head up to the sky
    Lovers, they may cause you tears
    Go ahead release your fears
    My oh my, eh, eh, eh

    You gotta be bad, you gotta be bold, you gotta be wiser
    You gotta be hard, you gotta be tough, you gotta be stronger
    You gotta be cool, you gotta be calm, you gotta stay together
    All I know, all I know, love will save the day
    Yeah, yeah, yeah

    You gotta be bad, you gotta be bold, you gotta be wiser
    You gotta be hard, you gotta be tough, you gotta be stronger
    You gotta be cool, you gotta be calm, you gotta stay together
    All I know, all I know, love will save the day
    Yeah-yeah

    Got to be bold
    Got to be bad
    Got to be wise
    Do what others say
    Got to be hard
    Not too too hard
    All I know is love will save the day

    You gotta be bad, you gotta be bold, you gotta be wiser
    You gotta be hard, you gotta be tough, you gotta be stronger
    You gotta be cool, you gotta be calm, you gotta stay together Writer/s: Ashley Ingram, Des'ree Weekes
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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  • Chelsea from Phoenix , AzLove love this song!!
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