You Can Make It If You Try - James Brown, Yvonne Fair

I’m sitting here just thinking

I’m thinking about the time my mother said to me

She said, «Baby, it’s time for you to go out and make ends meet»

(Lord, that’s right)

She said, «I want you to go out and make ends meet with your own voice»

And I remember my mother telling me there would be days like this

But I didn’t believe her

I also remember my mother telling me

«When the time gets hard, and the going gets kinda tough

Don’t give up» (Don't give up), don’t give up (don't give up)

Don’t give up (Don't give up)

'Cause there’s one thing you can always do

And there’s one thing you can always say, and that is…

You can make it if you try

You can make it if you try

You can make it if you try, oh yeah

You can make it if you try

Sometimes you have to lie

Sometimes you have to cry

(I know what you’re talkin' 'bout)

You’re going to live until you die, whoa yes

You can make it if you try

I said, I said you can make it if you try

I’m telling you you can make it if you try

(Yeah yeah yeah yeah)

You can make it if you try, oh yeah

You can make it if you try