Lyrics to
It’s Your World

This version of It’S Your World was released by Gil Scott-Heron in 1976.

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The ground beneath my feet
I know was made for me
There is no any one place where I belong.
My spirit’s meant to be free
And soon now everyone will see
Life was made for us to be what we wanna be!

IT’S YOUR WORLD
It’s yours and yours and yours
And what you see
Was not meant for me.
IT’S YOUR WORLD
But you don’t have to be lonely
’cause in your world
You are truly free!

The thoughts that fill my mind
Are a very special kind
Because they’re home to me and me alone.
And then i realize
That we all have a home inside
That was meant for us to be what we wanna be

It’s your world
It’s yours and yours and yours
And what you see
Was not meant for me
It’s your world
But you don’t have to be lonely
’cause in your world — you are truly free!

Music of life fills my soul
Music of love makes me feel whole
As human history unfolds before my eyes.
My spirit’s meant to be free
And soon now everyone’s will be.
It’s your right to be whatever you wanna be!

IT’S YOUR WORLD
It’s yours and yours and yours
And what you see
Was not necessarily meant for me
IT’S YOUR WORLD
But you don’t have to be lonely
’cause in your world
You are truly free!

IT’S YOUR WORLD
It’s yours and yours and yours
And what you see
It was not meant for me
IT’S YOUR WORLD
But you don’t have to be lonely
’cause in your world
You are truly free!

You are truly free
To be what you wanna be
You are truly free
To be what you wanna be
You are truly free
To be what you wanna be
You are truly free
To be what you wanna be

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About Lyrics and It’S Your World by Gil Scott-Heron

When you decide to study the lyrics to It’S Your World, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1976 song by Gil Scott-Heron. Some of the lyrics to It’S Your World have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Gil Scott-Heron and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to It’S Your World if you take apart the structure of the words. 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 It’S Your World" means the words set to the music of It’S Your World, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Gil Scott-Heron. 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 It’S Your World and the lyrics to It’S Your World are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Gil Scott-Heron who came here looking just for the lyrics to It’S Your World, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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