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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Steve Arrington
Lead Vocals
Charles Carter
Saxophone
Sam Carter
Keyboards
Bruce Victor Godsey
Keyboards
Buddy Hankerson
Background Vocals
Gary Jackson
Percussion
Roger Parker
Drums
Kevin Eubanks
Bass Guitar
Arthur Rhaimes
Guitar
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Steve Arrington
Songwriter
Charles Carter
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Steve Arrington
Producer
Bill Underwood
Executive Producer
Steve Arrington's Hall of Fame
Executive Producer
Charles Carter
Producer
Dan Nash
Assistant Engineer
Jim Spalding
Assistant Engineer
S. Benben
Assistant Engineer
Bill Inglot
Mastering Engineer
Dan Hersch
Mastering Engineer
Dennis King
Mastering Engineer
Jimmy Douglass
Mixing Engineer
Jeffrey Kawalick
Recording Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Nobody can be you but you
Nobody can be you but you
Nobody can be you but you
Nobody can be you
[Verse 2]
Don't get too wrapped up in someone else's style
It'll change in a while
You gotta find what you're all about
And know just who you are without a doubt
Everyone's a star and your gift you must find
In time, to take you far
Yeah yeah yeah
[Verse 3]
The whole world's a stage
And no one else can play your part
Whoo, that's why I say
Yeah yeah yeah
[Verse 4]
Nobody can be you but you
Nobody can be you but you
Nobody can be you but you
Nobody can be you
[Verse 5]
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 ain't got the move to make the groove
[Verse 6]
You better look out
They'll make you feel like you ain't for real
You don't know the deal
You better look out
They'll try to change your mind, say that you ain't mine, baby
And that ain't for real
[Verse 7]
Come on baby
Nobody can be you but you
Nobody, no, no
Nobody can be you but you
Nobody can be you but you
Nobody can be you
You've got move your behind
If you're gonna catch up, you've got to use your mind
[Verse 8]
If you wanna go to the top baby
You gotta do what you do best, I don't mean maybe
Take your piece of the rug
Make yourself stand up for what you want
Straight ahead, don't let yourself stand in your way
That's what I said, yeah, yeah
[Verse 9]
Nobody can be you but you (It's true)
Nobody can be you but you (Do you hear me?)
Nobody can be you but you
Nobody can be you
You better look out
They'll try to stop your hold on your pot of gold
You better look out
They'll try to make you feel like you're way out
You ain't got no clout
You better look out
They'll tell you anything to make you feel pretty lame
But you know all about that game
You better look out
No T.V. own me, I got my own mind
To bring my mean thing, look it
[Verse 10]
You know it
You know it
I said it's time somebody told the truth
Let the truth, come on let it loose
We got to do what we got to do
Ain't gon' let nobody stop me from doing what I wanna do
Gonna groove (Nobody can be you but you)
Gonna make my move, ain't gon' let you shoot me down (Nobody can be you but you)
[Verse 11]
I'm gonna rise to the top (Nobody can be you but you)
Ain't gonna let nobody make me stop
I said go for what you know
And let everybody know that you're serious, for sure
You got to go forward, move ahead
And do what you got to do, that's what I say
You wanna make your mark on the world
You wanna let every boy and girl know who you are
Written by: Charles Carter, Steve Arrington