There's a story goin' round' bout a hero of history
Well, I guess I better tell you that the hero of the story is me
And if you really want to know what you need to do
Then it's time that you heard what l'm saying to you
If you got what it takes to grow
You gotta take what you got and go
And if you got what it takes
Then take what you got and get goin'
(Go, go, go, go, go, go, hey!)

Well I told you once and I don't want to 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 fools
Tryna to run your life, with their copycat rules
If you got what it takes to grow
You gotta take what you got and go
And if you got what it takes
Then 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 want to 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 fools
Come 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 takes
Then take what you got and get goin'
(Ohh, so let me tell you 'bout it one more time)
If you got what it takes to grow
You gotta take what you got and go
And if you got what it takes
Then take what you got and get goin'

Oh, yeah-ah-eah