grandmaster dee if you please be yourself im not rocking this jam to insult nobody this one goes out to the carbon copies so take a stand as quick as ya can if ya plan aint working then change that plan if you wanna be a loser thats up to you just dont be a loser round me and my crew before you find yourself picking up ya self with no one to blame beside yourself be yourself you gotta be yourself you must think my head screws off and on but see people like you dont live too long you think youre a ladies man but youre not to tell the truth youre the joke of the block your hairs fried and dyed pressed to the side you think youre billy dee drinking colt 45 mimicking and imitating somebody else if you wanna hang with me you gotta be yourself i said youve got to be yourself when you were young you wanted to be president sometimes i wonder where those dreams went those thoughts that you had were dreams of the past speedballers get a ticket for moving too fast  youre living the wild life and nothing to gain getting busy lover lenny was your neighborhood name you think youre at the top of every girl s roster youre not billy dee but youre more like alfalfa be yourself fake fingernails ponytails down to the floor you said that you bought em so i guess that theyre yours grace jones one minute chaka khan the next selling hair everywhere 20 dollars an inch when i seen you today it was a helluva surprise yesterday i didnt notice that you had green eyes everytime i see you youre face looks strange you re like sybil everyday your personality change be yourself you got ta be yourself hit me hit me again dont hit me no damn mo you say you got yourself together but im calling your bluff when you gonna learn that enough is enough if he jumped off the bridge would you do that too monkey see monkey do why dont you be you you see everybody cant be in front of the line so why ya always wanna tag behind went to school all ya life and got a w b a diploma in school for a wanna be be yourself be yourself you got ta got ta be yourself got dammit be yourself 