There's a story goin' round' bout a hero of historyWell, I guess I better tell you that the hero of the story is meAnd if you really wanna know what you need to doThen it's time that you heard what l'm saying to you
If you got what it takes to growYou gotta take what you got and goAnd if you got what it takesThen take what you got and get goin' (go, go, go, go, go, go, hey!)
Well, I told you once and I don't wanna tell you twice (go, go, go, go, go)I've got a heart full of fire gotta, head full of good advice (go, go, go, go, go)You know the world's so full of fakes and foolsTryna to run your life, with their copycat rules
If you got what it takes to growYou gotta take what you got and goAnd if you got what it takesThen take what you got and get goin' (go, go, go, go, go, go, go)
(Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey!)(Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey!)(Ah)(Ah)(Ah)(Ah)
So, if you wanna get ahead get a load of what l'm telling you (get a load of what I'm telling you)Don't you listen to the lies that the world keeps selling you (don't you listen to lies that they're selling)Don't hang around with all those foolsCome on give a listen to the golden rules
If you got what it takes to grow (to grow)You gotta take what you got and go (and go)And if you got what it takesThen take what you got and get goin' (oh, so, let me tell you about it one more time)
If you got what it takes to growYou gotta take what you got and goAnd if you got what it takesThen take what you got and get goin' (go, go, go, go, go, go, go)
Oh, yeah-ah-yeah