You Can't Please Everybody - Rose Royce

I was walkin' down the street one day

Oh when a couple of fellows ridin' by said, «Hey,

Look at her, Mr. Dilly, with her nose in the air.»

Huh, I just kept on walkin' like they weren’t even there

You see my mama used to tell me

Don’t change your ways, don’t worry about it

When somebody calls you «Snottie», no child

Don’t change your ways, just be yourself

'Cause you can’t please everybody

Get on down with the feelin', y’all

Hey hey hey, yeah

Bass play, oh, good God

Now I want you to lend me your ears for a minute

I went out and bought a new dress

My man saw it and said, «Yeah, now that’s class»

His mother saw it and she hit the ceiling

And said, «Young lady, that dress is much too revealing»

See what I mean

Now wait a minute

There’s somethin' I want to say right here

The moral of the story is

Different strokes for different folks

In other words, you do your thing and let me do mine

And I’m sure everything will work out just fine

And remember

Don’t change your ways, don’t worry about it

When somebody calls you «Snottie», no child

Don’t change your ways, just be yourself

'Cause you can’t please everybody

Come on, fellows, sing it with me

Don’t change your ways, don’t worry about it

When somebody calls you «Snottie», no child

Don’t change your ways, just be yourself

'Cause you can’t please everybody

No, you can’t

Hey hey hey, yeah