Toots & The Maytals — Got to Be There

[Intro] Lord I must know If you've been weeping and wailing Naughty, naughty Who knows how that love had to linger on Someone help [Chorus] Got to be there Got to be there Got to be there Just to answer to your name when the roll is called for your fate [Verse 1] If you go the bad way You must prepare to get bad pay The seed you sow, girl This you shall surely reap, my brother and sister [Chorus] Got to be there Got to be there Got to be there Just to answer to your name when the roll is called for your fate [Verse 2] Lord have mercy now (I feel the spirit) Brother Moses got to be there Also brother Peter got to be there The sinners got to be there I've got to be there too [Chorus] Got to be there Got to be there Got to be there Just to answer to your name when the roll is called for your fate [Bridge] If you are from Canada If you are from America If you are from Africa If you are from Jamaica [Chorus] You got to be there Got to be there Got to be there Just to answer to your name when the roll is called for your fate