Self Respect chords by Leon Haywood

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Verse 1
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Oh, it's all about doing unto others
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as you'd have them to
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do unto you.
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Don't do to someone
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what you wouldn't want done to you.
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Now, every other word
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throughout your conversation
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You use profanity,
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the lowest form of communication
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If you want respect,
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you must respect yourself
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It's all about self -respect,
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all about self -respect
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Now can you pat me on my back,
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callin' me your brother
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When you steal from me,
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causing me to pain and  suffer
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You mesmerize and terrorize
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your own neighborhood
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But in plain and simple language,
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it's time that you understood
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If you want respect,
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you must respect yourself
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It's all about self -respect,
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tryin' on self -respect
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It's all about self -respect,
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tryin' on self -respect
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Oh, you have a moral obligation
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to people other than your mother.
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Why can't we live together
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and learn to love each other?
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You fantasize, you're telling lies,
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and Billy, there's no need to
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Somewhere down the line,
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there's someone you will answer to
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Now if you want respect,
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you first must respect yourself.
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It's all about self -respect now.
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Try a little self -respect.
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It's all about self -respect now.
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Try a little self -respect.
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We need it in the White House.
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little self -respect.
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All right now.
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Try a little self -respect.
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Doctors and the lawyers
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are all that's needed now.
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Try a little self -respect, do -do -do.
Even in your schoolhouse,
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all right now.
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Try a little self -respect, do -do -do.
Teachers and the preachers
are all that's needed now.