Tighten Up Your Own Thing

Stop talking about Mr. Charlie

He ain't nothing but a man

I want you to stop preaching hate, brother

Go out and shake a few hands

You've got everything you need, yeah

To make your life really swing

All you gotta do is

Tighten up your own thing, baby

You got to tighten up your own thing, yeah

Tighten up your own thing, yeah

Let wisdom be your hammer

Let progress be your aim

You're bound to hit it big one day, brother

Freedom will be your claim

You've got to stop throwing lines

And start pulling strings

All you need to do is

Tighten up your own thing, baby

You got to tighten up your own thing

Tighten up

People ain't nothing but flesh and blood, now

And that's all there is to that

Let me tell you, flesh and blood don't make a man, no, no

It's the way they live and act

Now listen, you're not in the dark no more

You've got your civil rights

All you need to do is

Tighten up your own thing, baby

You got to tighten up your own thing

Tighten up

Get together

Pull it tighter, now

Stop segregating

Do some integrating

Come together, now

Be brothers and sisters, yeah

All men together, now

Stop fighting and killing one another, now

Get it together