Songwriter: David Foster David Paich Cheryl Lynn

Producer: Marty Paich David Paich

What you think ah!
What you feel now
What you know ah!
To be real!

What you think now
(I think I love you baby)
What you feel now
(I think I need you baby)
What you know ah
Oooh ah
To be real!

Oooh...
Your love is for real now
You know that...
Your love is my love
My love is your love
Our love is here to stay

What you think ah
(I think I love you baby)
What you feel now
(I think I need you baby)
What you know ah
Oooh ah
To be real!

Oooh...
Your love's for real now
You know that...
Your love is my love
My love is your love
Our love is here to stay
Yeah yeah yeah uh!

What you think ah!
(I think I love you baby)
What you feel now
(I think I need you baby)
What you know ah!
Oooh ah
To be real!

What you think ah!
(I think I love you baby)
What you feel now
(I feel I need you baby)
What you know ah!
To be real!

It's got to be real
To be real!
It's got to be real
To be real!
Aaah yeah

((( Instrumental )))

What you think ah!
What you feel now
What you know ah!
To be real!

What you think ah!
Oh oh oh
What you feel now
Oh oh oh
What you know ah!
I love for real
To be real!

Yeah yeah ah!

...To be real!

Got to be real
It's got to be real

...To be Real

Got to be real
It's got to be real

...To be Real

Got to be real
It's got to be real

...To be Real

Got to be real
It's got to be real

...To be Real

Ah real real real
To be real
Real real...

Cheryl Lynn

Cheryl Lynn (born Lynda Cheryl Smith; March 11, 1957) is an American singer. She is best known for her songs during the late 1970s through the mid-1980s, including the 1978 R&B/disco song “Got to Be Real”. Lynn’s singing career began with her church choir when she was a girl. Her professional singing career started in 1976 when she obtained a job as a backing vocalist for the national touring company of the musical drama The Wiz. Eventually she obtained the role of Evillene, the Wicked Witch of the West, during the six-month national tour.

Prior to her appearance in The Wiz, Lynn taped an episode of The Gong Show during early 1976. She scored a perfect 30 singing Joe Cocker’s “You Are So Beautiful”; a previous act (a singing juggler) had also scored 30, and in the audience applause tie-break the juggler was deemed the winner. After the episode was broadcast, during the fall of 1976, record industry executives were interested in contracting her.