Songwriter: Gail “Sky” King Pras Wyclef Jean Lauryn Hill
Producer: Wyclef Jean
[Intro: Wyclef, Lauryn Hill (Wyclef)]
Yo wassup, this the Fugees
To all the young people
Live on sesame street haha (Clap your hands)
Can you tell me how to get? How to get to Sesame Street?
(Big Bird and Snuffy holdin' it down, check it out, here we go!)
[Chorus: Lauryn Hill]
Be yourself (Just be yourself)
Easy as A-B-C (A-B-C)
Can't be no one else (No one else!)
Just happy to be me! (Yeah! Yeah!)
[Verse 1: Wyclef Jean, Pras]
Hey yo, the "A" is for achievement
Hey yo, the "B" is for beneficent
And the "C" is for commitment
And the "D" is for diligent
What about the "E", the "F", the "G", the "H", the "I", the "J?"
I'm in my P.J.'s, I'm drinkin' O.J
[Pre-Chorus: Lauryn Hill]
Yo, the big city, just like I pictured it (What?!)
Millions of people rushing around real quick
Each one's original, one of a kind, unique (That's right!)
So, kick back and listen while L-Boogie speaks
Not trying to be different, just doing they own thing
So come on everybody, clap your hands and sing (Just sing y'all!)
[Chorus: Lauryn Hill]
Be yourself (Just be yourself)
Easy as A-B-C (A-B-C)
Can't be no one else (No one else!)
Just happy to be me! (Happy to be yourself)
Be yourself (Just be yourself)
Easy as A-B-C (Yo, it's not that hard)
Can't be no one else (No one else)
Just happy to be me! (Uh huh ah)
[Verse 2: Pras, Wyclef (Pras)]
Hey yo, the "K", the "L", the "M", the "N", the "O", the "P"
For "Prazwell" in the place to be!
Hey yo, the "Q's" for quiet
The "R" for riot
The "S", the "T", the "U", the "V's" for vowels (Vowels!)
The "W", "X", the "Y", the "Z's" for Zorro! See you tomorrow!
Yeah, fly like an eagle (Fly, fly)
Well it's the Fugees
On Sesame, clap your hands do a dance with L-Jiggy
[Verse 3: Lauryn Hill]
Now Snuffy and Big Bird are having a good time
They're walking and gawking and trying to talk to a mime (Mime)
Here, in the square where they just seen it all (What?!)
But they ain't never seen a yellow bird seven feet tall!
[Chorus: Lauryn Hill]
Be yourself (Just be yourself)
Easy as A-B-C (Yo yo, it's not that hard)
Can't be no one else (No one else!)
Just happy to be me! (Yo, I'm happy to be myself)
Be yourself (Just be yourself!)
Easy as A-B-C (A-B-C)
Can't be no one else (If you can do that)
Just happy to be me! (Ha, yeah, yeah)
[Outro: Wyclef, Pras]
It's a lovely day in my neighborhood come on, Snuffy up in here It's a lovely day in my neighborhood (Wyclef up in here)
It's all good (L-Boogie up in here....)
Prazwell up in here, in my neighborhood
(Refugee Camp Allstars... yeah)
Yo wassup, this the Fugees
To all the young people
Live on sesame street haha (Clap your hands)
Can you tell me how to get? How to get to Sesame Street?
(Big Bird and Snuffy holdin' it down, check it out, here we go!)
[Chorus: Lauryn Hill]
Be yourself (Just be yourself)
Easy as A-B-C (A-B-C)
Can't be no one else (No one else!)
Just happy to be me! (Yeah! Yeah!)
[Verse 1: Wyclef Jean, Pras]
Hey yo, the "A" is for achievement
Hey yo, the "B" is for beneficent
And the "C" is for commitment
And the "D" is for diligent
What about the "E", the "F", the "G", the "H", the "I", the "J?"
I'm in my P.J.'s, I'm drinkin' O.J
[Pre-Chorus: Lauryn Hill]
Yo, the big city, just like I pictured it (What?!)
Millions of people rushing around real quick
Each one's original, one of a kind, unique (That's right!)
So, kick back and listen while L-Boogie speaks
Not trying to be different, just doing they own thing
So come on everybody, clap your hands and sing (Just sing y'all!)
[Chorus: Lauryn Hill]
Be yourself (Just be yourself)
Easy as A-B-C (A-B-C)
Can't be no one else (No one else!)
Just happy to be me! (Happy to be yourself)
Be yourself (Just be yourself)
Easy as A-B-C (Yo, it's not that hard)
Can't be no one else (No one else)
Just happy to be me! (Uh huh ah)
[Verse 2: Pras, Wyclef (Pras)]
Hey yo, the "K", the "L", the "M", the "N", the "O", the "P"
For "Prazwell" in the place to be!
Hey yo, the "Q's" for quiet
The "R" for riot
The "S", the "T", the "U", the "V's" for vowels (Vowels!)
The "W", "X", the "Y", the "Z's" for Zorro! See you tomorrow!
Yeah, fly like an eagle (Fly, fly)
Well it's the Fugees
On Sesame, clap your hands do a dance with L-Jiggy
[Verse 3: Lauryn Hill]
Now Snuffy and Big Bird are having a good time
They're walking and gawking and trying to talk to a mime (Mime)
Here, in the square where they just seen it all (What?!)
But they ain't never seen a yellow bird seven feet tall!
[Chorus: Lauryn Hill]
Be yourself (Just be yourself)
Easy as A-B-C (Yo yo, it's not that hard)
Can't be no one else (No one else!)
Just happy to be me! (Yo, I'm happy to be myself)
Be yourself (Just be yourself!)
Easy as A-B-C (A-B-C)
Can't be no one else (If you can do that)
Just happy to be me! (Ha, yeah, yeah)
[Outro: Wyclef, Pras]
It's a lovely day in my neighborhood come on, Snuffy up in here It's a lovely day in my neighborhood (Wyclef up in here)
It's all good (L-Boogie up in here....)
Prazwell up in here, in my neighborhood
(Refugee Camp Allstars... yeah)
more tracks from the album
From the albums
- Elmopalooza! (1998)
- Sesame Street: Songs From The Street, Vol 1. (2003)
- V Is for Valentine (2014)
Fugees popular songs
- Killing Me Softly With His Song
- Ready or Not
- Fu-Gee-La
- How Many Mics
- Zealots
- Family Business
- The Beast
- The Score
- Nappy Heads (Remix)
- The Mask
- Cowboys
- Rumble In The Jungle
- No Woman, No Cry
- Manifest/Outro
- Vocab (Refugee Hip-Hop Remix)
- Fu-Gee-La (Sly & Robbie Mix)
- Fu-Gee-La (Refugee Camp Remix)
- Fu-Gee-La (Refugee Camp Global Mix)
- Mista Mista
- Nappy Heads
- Ready or Not (Salaam’s Ready for the Show Remix)
- A Change Is Gonna Come (UK Bonus Track)
- Blame it on the Sun
- Da Kid From Haiti Interlude