If you call out loud
Will it get inside
Through the heart of your surrender
To your alibis
And you can say the words
Like you understand
But the power’s in believing
So give yourself a chance

’Cause you can climb
The highest mountain
Swim the deepest sea, hee
All you need is the will to want it
And uhh, little self-esteem

So keep the faith
Don’t let nobody turn you ’round
You got to know when it’s good to go
To get your dreams up off the ground
So keep the faith, baby, yeah
Because it’s just a matter of time
Before your confidence will win out
Believe in yourself no matter what it’s gon’ take
You can be a winner
But you got to keep the faith
Go, keep it, brother, you got

And when you think of trust
Does it lead you home
To a place that you only dream of
When you’re all alone
And you can go by feel
’stead of circumstance
But the power’s in believing
So give yourself a chance

I know that you can
Sail across the water
Float across the sky, high
Any road that you take
Will get you there
If only you try

So keep the faith
Don’t let nobody take you down, brother
Just keep your eyes on the prize
And your feet flat on the ground
So keep the faith, baby, yeah
Because it’s just a matter of time
Before your confidence will win out

I told my brother how to do the thing right
Lift up your head
And show the world you got pride
Go for what you want
Don’t let ’em get in your way
You can be a winner
But you got to keep the faith
Gon’ keep it, brother, you got

I know that keepin’ the faith
Is never givin’ up on love
But the power that love has
To make it right
Makes it, makes it right
So keep the faith
Go on!
Don’t let nobody turn you ’round, brother
You got to know when it’s good to go
To get your dreams up off the ground
She keep the faith, baby, yeah
Because it’s just a matter of time
Before your confidence will win out

Better stand up and act like you wanna do right
Don’t play the fool for the rest of your life
Work on it, brother
And you’ll make it someday
Go for what you want and don’t forget the faith
Look at yourself and what you’re doin’ right now
Stand back a minute just to check yourself out
Straighten out your life
And how you’re ivin’ each day
Get yourself together
’Cause you got to keep the faith

Gon on!
Don’t let nobody take you down, brother
Just keep your eyes on the prize
And your feet flat on the ground
So keep the faith, baby, yeah
Because it’s just a matter of time
Before your confidence will win out

Lift up your mind
Before your mind gets blown
Some things in life
You best just leave them alone
Go for what you want
Don’t let it get in your way
You can make it happen
But you gotta keep the faith

Gon’ keep it, brother
You got to keep the faith
Gon’ keep it, sister
You gotta keep the faith now, now

I’ll show my brother how to do the thing right
Lift up your head and show the world you got pride
Go for what you want, don’t let ’em get in your way
You can be a winner if you’re keepin’ the faith
Straighten out yourself and get your mind on track
Dust off your butt and get yourself respect back
You’ve known me long enough
To know that I don’t play
Take it like you wanna
But you got to keep the faith

Gon’, don’t let nobody take you down
Just keep your eyes on the prize
And your feet flat on the ground
Keep the faith, baby, yeah
Because it’s just a matter of time
Before your confidence will win out
But till that day
I say you got to keep the faith

(Written and composed by Michael Jackson, Siedah Garrett & Glen Ballard)

© 1991 MCA Music Publishing / Aerostation Corp. / WB Music Corp. / Heebeedooinit Music / Black Chick Music (ASCAP) / MIJAC Music, administered by Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp (BMI)
All rights reserved. Used by permission.