Can't stand its easy to be your own invention
To be the only thing you know very well
Sometimes the things we think we want
We only want because we're trying
Trying so hard to be like everybody else

When you feel like you don't know where you're going
Ain't nobody but you can get it flowing

The truth is only you can make you happy (make you happy)
The thing is you know what you want
Baby though, way deep down somewhere you've got all the answers
There's something you need to know
Look inside yourself

It ain't a money thing, that ain't gonna do it
Don't matter what you have, it matters who you are
Sometimes we go around and round to only end up where we started
Trying to figure out what is in yor heart

When you feel like you don't know where you're going
Ain't nobody but you can get it flowing

The truth is only you can make you happy (make you happy)
The thing is you know what you want
Baby though, way deep down somewhere you've got all the answers
There's something you need to know
Look inside yourself

Look inside, look inside
Look inside, look inside
Look inside yourself

Look inside, look inside
Ooh
Close your eyes and you'll hear the voice inside you (voice inside you)
Once you give it a chance its gonna guide you

The truth is only you can make you happy
The thing is you know what you want
Baby though, way deep down somewhere you've got all the answers
There's something you need to know
Look inside yourself

The truth is only you can make you happy (make you happy)
The thing is you know what you want (you know what you want)
Baby though, way deep down somewhere you've got all the answers
There's something you need to know (know)
Look inside yourself

The truth is only you can make you happy (make you happy)
The thing is you know what you want (the thing is you know what you want)
Baby though, way deep down somewhere you've got all the answers
There's something you need to know
Look inside yourself


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