Patti Austin - Gotta Serve Somebody lyrics

You may be an amba**ador to England or France You might like to gamble, you might like to dance You may be the heavyweight champion of the world You may be a socialite with a long string of pearls But you're gonna have to serve somebody You're gonna have to serve somebody It may be the devil or it may be the Lord You're gonna have to serve somebody Gonna have to serve somebody You might be a rock 'n' roll addict prancing on the stage You might have money and d** at your command And women dancing in a cage You may be a businessman or some high-degree thief They may call you a Doctor or they may call you a Chief But you're gonna have to serve somebody You're gonna have to serve somebody It may be the devil, it may be the Lord, oh But you're gonna have to serve somebody You're gonna have to serve somebody You may be a state trooper, you might be a young Turk You may be the head of some big TV network You may be rich or poor, you may be blind or lame You may be living in another country under another name But you're gonna have to serve somebody You're gonna have to serve, serve somebody It may be the devil, it may be the Lord But you are gonna have to serve somebody You're gonna have to serve somebody You may be a construction worker working on a home You may be living in a mansion, you might live in a dome You might own some guns, you might even own tanks You might be somebody's landlord, you might even own some banks But you're gonna have to serve some, somebody You're gonna have to serve somebody It may be the devil, it may be the Lord But you're gonna have to serve somebody You're gonna have to serve somebody Starting up right now You may be a preacher with all your spiritual pride You may be a city councilman taking bribes on the side You may be working in a barbershop, you may know how to cut hair You may be somebody's mistress, might be somebody's heir Guess what you're gonna have to serve somebody You're gonna have to serve somebody It may be the devil, it may be the Lord But you and you and you have to serve You know you got to serve somebody You might like to wear cotton, you might like to wear silk You might like to drink whiskey, you might like to drink milk You might like to eat caviar, you might like to eat bread You may be sleeping on the floor, sleeping in a king-sized bed Don't you know you got to serve somebody I'm telling you you got to serve someone Well, it may be the devil, it may be the Lord Don't you know you got to serve somebody Said you got to serve somebody You're gonna have to serve somebody You're gonna have to serve someone You're gonna have to serve You're gonna have to serve somebody You're gonna have to serve somebody You're gonna have to serve someone You're gonna have to serve You're gonna have to serve somebody You're gonna have to serve somebody You're gonna have to serve someone You're gonna have to serve it up You're gonna have to serve somebody You're gonna have to serve somebody You're gonna have to serve somebody You're gonna have to serve someone You're gonna have to serve it up You're gonna have to serve somebody You're gonna have to serve somebody You're gonna have to serve it up, yeah You're gonna have to serve it up It may be the devil or it may be the Lord But you're gonna have to serve You're gonna have to serve somebody You got to serve, serve somebody