(She's Gonna) Respect Me Lyrics

There aren't any ladies present here in this room, are there?

So it's just us gentlemen, isn't it?



You know, I won't try to please her, I can't try to appease her,

Yes, I can't.

Even if this means that I won't be a man who sees her.

Yes.

You know, she can go if she wants to go, she can run if she wants to run.

But that's okay, cause I believe in everything I have done.

And this way she gonna--someday she's gonna respect me.



She'll say, "Jonathan, what you thinking'?" and I tell her everything.

Even if sometimes I'm scared to tell her, and I know it's gonna sting.

If that's too much for her, and she turns cold as ice.

That's okay, I believe in tellin' the truth, and I'm willing to pay the

price.

And she gonna--she's gonna respect me.



See, I'm a man, not a boy, I can't worry what she gonna think about me.

I'm a man now, and not a boy, and I can't worry what she'll do or think

about me.

Well, she can go if she wants to go, but I got to do the things that I

believe.



Hi-o Hi-o Silver.

Hi-o Hi-o Silver.

Hi-o Hi-o Silver.

She gonna-she's gonna respect me.



Look, sometimes we bound to argue, sometimes we bound to fight.

I don't want her tryin' to agree with me when I know she must still think

she's right.

I don't like that.

She can't lean on me, she's gotta think for herself.

Well, if leavin' me's better, that's good, if she thinks that'll help.

I want her to grow up, you know.

And this way she's gonna--she's gonna--she's gonna --she's gonna--respect me.

And that's what I want.