Everybody wants to rise above
  Without a touch of dignity
  Without a stroke of love
    Take a little time and check yourself
  To live the life you're praying for
  Just be true to yourself
    Everybody wants to be your friend
  If you got a dime to lend
  You never really matter in the end to them
  That's why
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  I'm true to myself ya'll
  I'm true to my family
  And love with a true integrity
  I'm true to myself ya'll
  True to my God above
  And love with a true integrity
    Everybody wants a piece of you and me
  To be the victim of their greed
  Or co-dependency
    It's so very hard to know
  Which way to go
  A lie can be the gospel truth
  If eloquently told
    Everybody wants to make amends
  If they can see another win
  You never really matter in the end to them
  That's why
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    Some people live their whole life
  And they'll never see
  The only way to find true happiness
  Is to thine own self be
    True to yourself y'all
  Got to live your life for you, yeah
  All you gotta do, well
  Is be true to yourself, well
  I'm true to myself, y'all
  I'm true to my little baby girl
  I got to be true, oh yeah
    [Chorus out]