Lyrics to
Got To Be There

This version of Got To Be There was released by Michael Jackson in 1972.

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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
Bring her good times
And show her that she’s my girl
Oh what a feeling there’ll be
The moment I know she loves me
‘Cause when I look in her eyes I realize
I need her sharing her world beside me

So I’ve got to be there
Got to be there in the morning
And welcome her into my world
And show her that she is my girl
When she says, “Hello world!”
I need her sharing the world beside me

That’s why I’ve 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

Got to be there
Got to be there

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About Lyrics and Got To Be There by Michael Jackson

The lyrics for Got To Be There are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1972 song by Michael Jackson. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Got To Be There have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Got To Be There - Michael Jackson and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Got To Be There by Michael Jackson in multiple ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Got To Be There" means the words set to the music of Got To Be There, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Michael Jackson. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Got To Be There and the lyrics to Got To Be There are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Michael Jackson who came here looking just for the lyrics to Got To Be There, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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