Key: C major•
Verse 1
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Remember,
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by the sweat of your brow,
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we shall all eat bread,
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don't be misled, ok.
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It's nice to be important
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and important to be nice,
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everybody want to live alright.
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With money in the bank and
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house and land,
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everybody want a foundation, right.
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and important to be nice
Everybody want to live alright
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With money in the bank
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Everybody want a foundation
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Everybody couldn't ever be a lawyer
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No, everybody couldn't
ever be a doctor
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No, everybody couldn't
ever be a nurse
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Oh God bless me say no man curse
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And not everybody could
preach in a church
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Talent an d gift
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Can't be adopted nor
returned and rehearsed
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You have to get it from the man
who build the heaven and earth
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An d thank the Lord
that you're not the worst
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If you fall to the ground
just brush off the dirt
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Because the Lord shall surely be the first
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and the butter to be nice
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Everybody want to live alright
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With money in the bank
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and have a house and land
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Yes, it's nice to be in bottom
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Everybody want to live alright
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With money in the bank
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and a house and land
Now, some want fortune
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and some want fame
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Cannot satisfy so them always complain
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Them get the sun and askin' for rain
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Man haffi suffer and woman feel the pain
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and you will always gain
while some go down the drain
Life is not a bed of roses
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It's nice to be important
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Everybody want to live alright
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With money in the bank,
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Everybody want a foundation, yes
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It's nice to be important
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Everybody want to live alright
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With money in the bank,
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have a house and land
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Some man have profession,
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some man have talent
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Some man have a picture,
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some man don't earn a cent
and that is my argument
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Money and greed is a bad arrangement
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It is up to temptation, it cause vi olence
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right down to the end
but an' an important to be nice
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Win money inna the bank
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and house and land
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Everybody want a foundation
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Still, it's nice to be in
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but an' an important to be nice
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Win money inna the bank
and have a house and land
Everybody want a foundation
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Still, everybody couldn't be a doctor,
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no
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no
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Oh, God bless me, say no one curse
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you have to get that from birth
cannot rehearse
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You have to get it from the man
who built the heaven and earth
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And thank the Lord
that you're not the worst
just brush off the dirt
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Because the law shall surely be the first
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Yes, it's nice to be important
and important to be nice
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Everybody want to live alright
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With money in the bank
and have a house and land
See, it's nice to be...
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsC F G Dm
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