This song should be "redux" I LIVE by it.

[BuffaloBass]

I couldnt find the lyrics on teh web, nor the original author.

NOBODY CAN BE YOU BUT YOU

Nobody can be you but you
Nobody can be you but you
Nobody can be you but you
Nobody can be you.

Don’t get too {bogged} in someone else’s style,
It’ll change in a while.
You have to find what you’re all about,
And know who you are without a doubt.

Everyone’s a star,
And if you get you a spine,
In time, to take you far.
The whole world’s a stage
And no one else can play your part.

Nobody can be you but you
Nobody can be you but you
Nobody can be you but you
Nobody can be you.

(breakdown)
You better LOOK OUT!
They try to hold you down,
And make your ideas seem less than profound.

You better LOOK OUT!
They try to make it seem
you aint got the move to make the groove.
Make it mean. YOU KNOW IT!
You better LOOK OUT!
They make you feel like, you aint for real,
you dont know the deal.
You better LOOK OUT!
They try to change your mind
Take it, you aint mine baby.
And that aint for real. HA!

Com’on baby, Look here…
Nobody can be you but you
( nobody , no no)
Nobody can be you but you
(all this negative got to GO!)
Nobody can be you but you
Nobody can be you.


You’ve got to MOVE your behind
If you’re going to catch up,
You got to use your mind!

If you want to go to the top, baby,
You’ve got to do what you do BEST.
I don’t mean maybe.

Take your off,
Make yourself standup for what you are.
Straight ahead, don’t let yourself get in your way.
Yeah, that’s what I said.



Nobody can be you but you
Nobody can be you but you
Nobody can be you but you
Nobody can be you.

<breakdown>
You better LOOK OUT!
Theys try to stop your goal
Of your pot of gold.
You better LOOK OUT!
They try to make you feel like
You’re on the way out – aint got no clout.
You better LOOK OUT!
They tell you anything
To make you feel pretty lame.
But you know all about that game.
You better LOOK OUT!
TV Only, I got my own mind.
To bring my mean thing.
LOOKIT!

YOU KNOW IT!
YOU KNOW IT!

I said,
It’s time somebody told the truth,
Let the truth come out, let it loose.

We got to do what we got to do
Aint going to let nobody stop me
From doing what I want to do.

Going to groove, and ride it down the corner
Make my move, make my mark
I’m going to rise to the top for sure.
And aint no one nobody name mister…


I said,
Go for what you know,
and let everybody know that you’re serious for sure.
We’ve got to go forward,
Move ahead
And do what you got to do.

That’s what I said.
you gonna make your mark.


SLAVE
SteveArrington
Circa 1977