It's time to take you to its full potential, peep this And drop some game on the instrumental, and It's a symptom that you listen close and better tell your folks Let the locest loc First things first since your date of birth You've been kinda confused about what your life is worth 50 million times don't wait and go You gotta take control Those fools don't want to be home You can do anything that you want to do All you got to do is to put your brain into it Take your time and educate your mind In the long run, I'm sure you're fine If you walk the walk, you can talk the talk But don't wait too long 'cause life is short And remember, no matter what they tellin' you If you try, you can be a winner too Keep on pushing Moving on up Everybody we're moving on up Moving on up You're a winner You gotta keep pushing Moving on up Everybody we're moving on up Moving on up You're a winner Everybody rides with the women, boys, and girls Each one teach one but we can't save the world All at one day you gotta take it play by play And once you're on the path, don't you ever go this way If your leader wants to holla but you can't make him plead You can give a man some wisdom but you can't make him man feel Stitchin' time says nine The early bird gets the worm But all you can think about is gettin attention for your firm If knowledge is power and power is knowledge, then How so many idiots be graduating from colleges? Better the B-side than the be gotted fool Than to speakin' to move all out You know what I'm talking about When opportunity knocks, you better let him in and sit him on down And try to be his friend In order to be a professional, first you got to be a beginner But if you keep on pushing, you can be a winner Keep on pushing Moving on up Everybody we're moving on up Moving on up You're a winner You gotta keep pushing Moving on up Everybody we're moving on up Moving on up You're a winner Red, yellow, black, white or brown If every mind their business, we can all get down It all starts and on 'Cause once they're grown, they're gone And once they're on their own You got to leave them alone Be a leader but if you can't be a leader Make sure your leader is a damn good teacher and Imagine if you was in a car and your life was wasted Somebody was on your back and you had to give him some space Put the pedal to the metal and mash out, loc But make sure you stay in your lane And go stroke for stroke We don't need no penalties or eliminations or disqualifications What we need is penetrations Now I know you heard this before but sometimes life is what you make it I ain't the one that's known for faking or perpetratin' If Albert was an Einstein And Phyllis was a Diller And Michael Jackson was a thriller Then you could be a winner Keep on pushing Moving on up Everybody we're moving on up Moving on up (You gotta be moving) Everybody we're moving on up (Don't you let nobody stop you, no, no)
Everybody we're moving on up Moving on up You gotta keep pushing Moving on up Everybody we're moving on up Moving on up Moving on up (Lord of mercy, we're moving on up) Moving on up You're a winner ♪ Moving on up (Lord of mercy, we're moving on up) Moving on up (Keep on pushing) You gotta keep pushing