Be For Real (Album Version)

Hey, lady, can I say something to you for a minute?
Please? No. Now before you take your coat off. Thats it.
I got something to tell you.
See, what I have to say is so very important to our relationship.
Why is it that every time we go out on the town, we get around our friends?
Man, youre always talking about what you got, huh,
Went out and bought for you,
How much money I make,
And what school our children go to,
And all the fancy clothes and big pretty cars,
The big diamond rings, and them fantastic mink coats.
Is you for real? No, I dont think you are.
Sit down. No, no, sit down.
Now dont say nothing. You see...
Wait a minute, wait a minute, that is your problem.
That is your problem. Youre always saying the wrong tthing at the right time.
You see...I dont--I dont know how to explain this to you.
The best I can tell you is what my mother told me as I was coming up.
She used to say, 'Son, chances go round.'
She said, 'The same people that you meet going up,
They make the same old faces coming down.'
Heh, tell the truth.
You see, people today, they come out there to party.
They come out to party, man.
They didnt come out to hear all that jive mess you talking about.
You standing up in the corner with a bottle of champagne taking about Harry, Joe, and **** and Bobby and what they aint got,
And they live down in the lower development homes, and you wont even help.
You wont even buy em a drink.
Is that any way to meet them?
If youre gonna boast, boast around somebody that has what you have.
Dont make your own brothers and sisters feel bad.
You see...Listen.
I know you know what Im talking about, because from time to time, I can remember you coming to me putting your head on my shoulder and crying, 'Oh, papa, why? Why? Why dont nobody wanna be my friend?'
You told me a long time ago. You said, 'Papa, what am I doing?'
I didnt wanna tell you that.
I thought you had sense enough to realize what youre doing, but I see you dont.
Sit down and listen to me. No, sit down!
You see, people are too sensitive today.
They dont wanna hear all that jive you talking back.
You see, they dont wanna hear about what you got, cause theyre trying to get it, too.
Heh, tell the truth.
I cant very much blame her.
As much as it hurts me, it hurts to see people going around behind our backs saying that 'this woman this, this woman that,' or 'she aint this' or 'she aint that.'
I wanna be proud of you, mama.
I wanna be proud of you.
Listen, as long as you live.
As long as you live whether youre with me or not,
Be for real, girl.
Just be for real, yeah. (Be for real. )
Be for real, girl.
Be, be, be for real, yeah. (Be for re-e-e-eal.)
Be for real.
You shouldnt have to worry about how youve been living good,
No, if youre smartly dressed. Hey, baby. Hey, baby.
What you should be doing is getting down on your knees every night,
Andthanking the man above for being blessed right now.
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
If you want your friends to think youre starting with a smile,
Be for real, girl.
Just be, be for real. (Be for real.)
Be, be for real.
I cant let you go on chasing my friends away,
Because of the silly and stupid things you say.
Yeah, baby. Yeah, baby. Hey, baby.
You better dig yourself there, woman.
Putting people down is less best to you.
It just dont pay. Hey, yeah.
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
I want people today by starting with a smile,
Be for real, girl.
I know, I know I want you to do is just be for real.
(Be for real.) Hey, lady. Yeah, baby. Yeah, baby.
(Be for real, girl.) Be for real, honey.
Just be, be for real. (Be for real.)
I dont want your money. I dont need your money.
(Be for real, girl.) Just be for real. Just be for real, mama.
Dont do it for me, do it for yourself.
(Be for real.) Be for real, honey.
Yeah, yeah. Tell em bout it, honey.
(Be for real , girl.) Be for real, mama. Hey, yeah.
Just be, be, be for real. (Be for real.)