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
That's 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 you're 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 don't think you are
Sit down no no sit down
Now don't say nothing you see
Wait a minute
That is your problem
That is your problem
You're always saying the wrong
Thing at the right time
You see I don't
I don't 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 didn't 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 Dick and Bobby and what they ain't got
And they live down in the lower development homes
And you won't even help
You won't even buy 'em a drink
Is that any way to meet them
If you're gonna boast boast around somebody
That has what you have
Don't make your own brothers and sisters feel bad
You see listen
I know you know what I'm 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 don't nobody wanna be my friend
You told me a long time ago you said
Papa what am I doing
I didn't wanna tell you that
I thought you had sense enough to realize
What you're doing but I see you don't
Sit down and listen to me no sit down
You see people are too sensitive today
They don't wanna hear all that jive you
Talking back
You see they don't wanna hear about what you got
'Cause they're trying to get it too
Heh tell the truth
I can't 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 ain't this or she ain't 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 you're
With me or not
Be for real
Just be for real yeah
Be for real girl
Be be be for real yeah
Be for real
You shouldn't have to worry
About how you've been living good
No if you're smartly dressed
Hey baby hey baby
What you should be doing is
Getting down on your knees every night
And thanking the man above for
Being blessed right now
Oh
If you want your friends to
Think you're starting with a smile
Be for real girl
Just be be for real
Be be for real
I can't 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 don't pay hey yeah
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
Hey lady
Yeah baby yeah baby
Be for real honey
Just be be for real
I don't want your money
I don't need your money
Just be for real
Just be for real mama
Don't do it for me
Do it for yourself
Be for real honey
Yeah yeah
Tell me about it honey
Be for real mama
Hey yeah