Verse 1:
Aiyo
Don't worry bout bein like somebody else
Cuz that crap's bad for your health
It just means you lack spiritual wealth
You should love who you are
You gotta love yourself
You'll never go far
If you keep modelin after stars
Cuz yo all stars eventually burn out
So tell me how would you turn out
To be happy
You don't need to be rich
Even though it seems it'll be a hitch
You just gotta love your self
Put God first
Then you'll crawl out of the ditch
You are special
So be natural
Don't be artificial
And phony
Cut the baloney
Be a leader of your self
Yo don't be a croney.
Hook:
You got to be true to you
You got to love who you are
You'll never be happy
If you're too busy gazin at stars
Yo you'll never go far (2x)
Verse 2:
Aiyo
We're all unique
We'd be mad freaks
On the streets
If we were like each other
Like every brother
It's cool to be together
But no need to be clones
Drones
This is somethin I can't condone
You'll never get the bone
If you're just copy pastes
For goodness sakes
Why must y'all be a bunch of fakes
And put up a facade
Like a bunch of frauds
That type of thinkin is flawed
Yo it's just no good
You'll get no credit
If you act like what you ain't
Try to do things that you simply can't
You gotta love yourself
Cuz no one's a saint
Be careful of the image
Of which you paint
Cuz it can get taint
Hook:
You got to be true to you
You got to love who you are
You'll never be happy
If you're too busy gazin at stars
Yo you'll never go far (2x)
Verse 3:
Aiyo
Imagine if everyone was alike
Not similar but exactly alike in every way
Did everything exactly the same every day
Yo imagine how borin that would be
How borin it could be if that was the case
If every man had the same looks
And the exact same face
It'd be a sad place
If every brother was the exact same color
It's our differences that holds
Humanity together
It's what makes the world fun to live in
Yo I won't give in
To any hatred of any kind
I pay haters no mind
I ain't blind
Let our differences shine
Maybe in time
We'll appreciate our differences
No matter the circumstances
But for now here's what y'all must do
Let peace and harmony flow through you
Be yourself
Be true to you
Hook:
You got to be true to you
You got to love who you are
You'll never be happy
If you're too busy gazin at stars
Yo you'll never go far (2x)