Be For Real Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Dm]Hey, lady, can I say something
to you [G]for a minute?
Please? No. [E]Now before
you take [Am]your coat off. That's it.
I got something to tell [D]you.
See, what I have to say is so very
important to our [Dm]relationship.
Why is it that every time we go out on the town,
we [D]get around our [G]friends?
Man, you're al[E]ways talking about what you [Am]got,
[A]huh,[Asus4]
Went out and bought for [D]you,[G]
How much money [D]I m[Dm]ake,
And what [F]school our chil[G]dren go to,
[E]And all [Am]the fancy clothes and big pretty cars,
[E]The[D] big diamond rings,
and them fantastic mink coat[Dm]s.
Is you [G]for real? No, I
don't think you [E]are.
[Am]Sit down. No, no, sit down.
Now don't say nothing.
You see...
[D]Wait a minute, wait a minute,
that is your problem.
That is your prob[E]lem. You're al[Dm]ways saying
the wrong tthing at the right [G]time.
You see... [E]I don't- - I don't know how
to explain [Am]this to you.
The best I can tell you [D]is what my mother
told me as I was coming [E]up.[Dm]
She used to say, "Son,
chances [F]go [G]'round."
She said, [E]"The same people
that you meet going up,
[Am]they make the same old faces
coming [D]down."
Heh, tell the [Dm]truth.
You see, people today,
they [G]come out there to party.
They come out to party, man.
They didn't [E]come out to hear [Am]all that jive
mess you talking about.
You standing [D]up in the corner [G]with a bottle [D]of champagne taking [Dm]about Harry,
Joe, and Dick and [G]Bobby and what they [E]ain't got,
And [Am]they live down in the lower development homes,
[D]and you won't even help.
You won't even buy 'em a drink.
Is that any way to [Dm]meet them?
If you're gonna [G]boast,
boast around somebody that has what you [E]have.[Am]
Don't make your own brothers
and sisters feel [D]bad.
You see... [Dm]Listen.
I know you know what I'm talking about, because from time [G]to time, I can remember you coming to me putting your head on [E]my shoulder and crying,
[Am]"Oh, papa, why? [D]Why? Why don't nobody wanna be m[Dm]y friend?"
You told me a long time ago. You said,
"Papa, [G]what am I doing?"
I didn't wanna [E]tell you that.
I thought you [Am]had sense enough to realize
what you're doing, but I see [D]you don't.
Sit down and listen to me. No,
[Dm]sit [G]down!
You see, people are too sensitive [E]today.
[Am]They don't wanna hear all that jive
you talking [D]back.
You see, they don't wanna hear about what you got,
'cause they're trying to get it, too.
[Dm]Heh, tell the [G]truth.
I can't very much [E]blame [Am]her.
As much as it hurts me, it hurts to see people going [D]around behind our backs saying that "this woman this,
[Dm]this woman that," or "she ain't this" or "she ain't [G]that."
I wanna be proud of you,
[E]mama.[Am]
I wanna be proud [D]of you.
Listen, as long as [Dm]you live.
As long as you [G]live whether
you're with me [C]or not,
Be [F]for real,

[Verse 2]
girl.
[C]Just be [F]for real, yeah. (Be for real.)
Be for real, girl.
[C]Be, be, be for real,
[Dm]yeah. [C](Be[F] for re- e- e- eal.)
Be for [C]real.

[Verse 3]
[Dm]You shouldn't have to worry about
how you've been living [G]good,
No, if you're [C]smartly dressed. Hey,
[Dm]baby. Hey, baby.
What you should be doing is getting
down on your knees [G]every night,
And thanking the man [C]above
for being blessed right now.
[A]Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, [Dm]oh.
If you want your friends to think
you're starting with [G]a smile,
Be [F]for real, girl.
Just be, be for [C]real. (Be for
[G]real.)[F]
[C]Be, be for real.
[Dm][F]

[Verse 4]
[Dm]
I can't let you go on chasing
my friends [G]away,
Because of the silly and stu[C]pid
things you say.
[Dm]Yeah, baby. Yeah, baby. Hey, baby.
You better dig yourself there,
[G]woman.
Putting people down is less best to [C]you.
It just don't pay. Hey, [A]yeah.
[Dm]Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
I want people today by starting [G]with a smile,
Be for [F]real, girl.
I know, I know I want you to
do [C]is just be for real.
(Be for real.) Hey, lady. Yeah,
baby. Yeah, baby.
[F](Be for real, girl.) Be for real, honey.
Just be, [C]be for real. (Be for
[C]real.)
I don't want your money. I don't
need your money.
[E](Be for real, [F]girl.) Just be for real. Just be for real,
mama.
Don't do it for me, do it for yourself.
[C](Be for real.) Be for real, honey.
Yeah, yeah. Tell 'em ' bout
it, honey.
(Be for [F]real, girl.) Be for real,
mama. Hey, yeah.
[F]Just be, be, be for real. (Be for real.)