You've Got To Earn It - The Staple Singers

To get stones from a rock

You’ve got to break it To get bread from dough

You’ve got to bake it To get water from a faucet

You’ve got to turn it If you wanna be loved

If you wanna be loved

(If you want to be loved)

You’ve got to earn it To get fire from matches

You’ve got to strike them

To get the feeling like this

You’ve got to like it To get ashes from wood

You’ve got to burn it If you wanna be loved

If you wanna be loved

Ooh, you’ve got to earn it Throw hate right out of your heart

To make broken things work

You’ve got to fix 'em

That’s what you gotta do, now

To make two things one

You’ve got to mix them, yeah

To get butter from milk

You’ve got to churn it If you wanna be loved

If you wanna be loved

Said y’all

You’ve got to earn it Earn it, earn it Earn it, earn it That’s what you gott do, now

Earn it, earn it Earn it, earn it Earn the right to be loved

Earn it, earn it