Songwriter: Elliot Willensky
Producer: Hal Davis
[Verse 1]
Got to be there (got to be there)
Got to be there in the morning
When she says hello to the world
Got to be there (got to be there)
Got to be there, bring her good times
And show her that she's my girl
Oh, what a feeling there will be
The moment I know she loves me
Because when I look in her eyes, I realize
I need her sharing her world beside me
[Verse 2]
So I got to be there (got to be there)
Got to be there in the morning
And welcome her into my world
And show her that she's my girl
When she says, "Hello world!" (got to be there)
I need her sharing the world beside me
[Verse 3]
That's why I've got to be there (got to be there)
Got to be there where love begins
And that's everywhere she goes
I've got to be there so she knows
That when she's with me, she's home, yeah
[Outro]
(Got to be there) Got to be there, got to be there
(Got to be there) Got to be there, got to be there
(Got to be there) Oh baby baby, got to be there, got to be there
(Got to be there) Got to be there, got to be there
(Got to be there) Oh got to be there, got to be there
(Got to be there) Got to be there, got to be there
Got to be there (got to be there)
Got to be there in the morning
When she says hello to the world
Got to be there (got to be there)
Got to be there, bring her good times
And show her that she's my girl
Oh, what a feeling there will be
The moment I know she loves me
Because when I look in her eyes, I realize
I need her sharing her world beside me
[Verse 2]
So I got to be there (got to be there)
Got to be there in the morning
And welcome her into my world
And show her that she's my girl
When she says, "Hello world!" (got to be there)
I need her sharing the world beside me
[Verse 3]
That's why I've got to be there (got to be there)
Got to be there where love begins
And that's everywhere she goes
I've got to be there so she knows
That when she's with me, she's home, yeah
[Outro]
(Got to be there) Got to be there, got to be there
(Got to be there) Got to be there, got to be there
(Got to be there) Oh baby baby, got to be there, got to be there
(Got to be there) Got to be there, got to be there
(Got to be there) Oh got to be there, got to be there
(Got to be there) Got to be there, got to be there
The Complete Motown Singles | Vol. 11B: 1971
- Got to Be There
- A Simple Thing Like Cry
- Satisfaction
- You Can Come Right Back To Me
- Dinah
- The Way You Do the Things You Do
- Who You Gonna Run To
- When Sundown Comes
- Flower Girl
- Sugar Daddy (Stereo Promo Version)
- What Christmas Means To Me (Stereo Promo Version)
- I’m a Winner
- Sugar Daddy
- I’m So Happy
- Maria (You Were The Only One)
- Bedtime For Toys
- What Christmas Means To Me
- Think Of Me As Your Soldier
- If You Really Love Me
- I’m Still Waiting
- Surrender
- Satisfaction (Alternate Mix)
- Floy Joy
- Got To Be There (Stereo Promo Version)
- Floy Joy (Stereo Promo Version)
- Billie Jean
- Smooth Criminal
- They Don’t Care About Us
- Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’
- Man in the Mirror
- Thriller
- Human Nature
- Beat It
- Dirty Diana
- Heal the World
- Bad
- Black or White
- Don’t Stop ’Til You Get Enough
- Earth Song
- P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)
- Rock with You
- The Way You Make Me Feel
- You Are Not Alone
- Remember the Time
- You Rock My World
- Will You Be There
- Scream
- Off the Wall
- The Girl Is Mine