Antwort auf: 03.11.20: Old New Songs/Aus den Abgründen einer Festplatte/No Problem Saloon

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THE STAPLE SINGERS
7. Respect Yourself (Luther Ingram/Mack Rice)

Staple Singers: Roebuck „Pops“ Staples (g), Mavis Staples, Cleotha Staples & Yvonne Staples (voc); with: Jimmy Johnson (g), Eddie Hinton (g), Barry Beckett (keys), David Hood (b), Roger Hawkins (d)
Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, Muscle Shoals, AL, August 1971
Stax Single, 1971 (Album: Be Altitude: Respect Yourself; CD: Faith & Grace: A Family Journey 1953–1976, Stax/Concord, 4 CD, 2015)

Respect Yourself

If you disrespect anybody that you run in to
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, y’all
Just get out the way, and let the gentleman do his thing
You the kind of gentleman that want everything your way, yeah
Take the sheet off your face, boy, it’s a brand new day
Respect yourself, respect yourself, respect yourself, respect yourself
If you don’t respect yourself
Ain’t nobody gonna give a good cahoot, na na na na
Respect yourself, respect yourself, respect yourself, respect yourself

If you’re walking ‚round think’n that the world owes you something ‚cause you’re here
You goin‘ out the world backwards like you did when you first come here yeah
Keep talkin‘ bout the president, won’t stop air pollution
Put your hand on your mouth when you cough, that’ll help the solution
Oh, you cuss around women and you don’t even know their names, no
Then you’re dumb enough to think that’ll make you a big ol‘ man
Respect yourself, respect yourself, respect yourself, respect yourself
If you don’t respect yourself
Ain’t nobody gonna give a good cahoot, na na na na
Respect yourself, respect yourself, respect yourself, respect yourself
Respect yourself, respect yourself, respect yourself, respect yourself
Respect yourself, yeah yeah respect yourself, respect yourself yeah, respect yourself
You oughta you oughta respect yourself yeah, respect yourself

~ Luther Ingram/Mack Rice

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