Lyrics to
Must Be Something

This version of Must Be Something was released by Gil Scott-Heron in 1975.

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Must be somethin’
Must be somethin’ we can do
Must be somethin’
Must be somethin’ we can do
We didn’t come all this way just to give up
We didn’t struggle all this time to say we’ve had enough
Had enough

Must be somethin’
Must be somethin’ we can do
Must be somethin’
Must be somethin’ we can do
We didn’t come all this way in the dead of night
To give up now that we can see the light
See the light

Just like music
Just like music that we make
Fills the spirit
And helps to see a clearer day

I’ll tell you somethin’
I’ll tell you somethin’ you can do
Keep on movin’
Keep on movin’ for what’s true

I’ll tell you somethin’
I’ll tell you somethin’ you can do
Keep on movin’
Keep on movin’ for what’s true

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About Lyrics and Must Be Something by Gil Scott-Heron

The lyrics for Must Be Something are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1975 song by Gil Scott-Heron. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Must Be Something 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 Must Be Something - Gil Scott-Heron 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 Must Be Something by Gil Scott-Heron 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 Must Be Something" means the words set to the music of Must Be Something, 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 Must Be Something and the lyrics to Must Be Something 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 Must Be Something, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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