written and composed by glen ballard, siedan garrett and michael jackson
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 gotta know when it's good to go to get your dreams up off the ground keep the faith, baby, yea 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 ...gon' keep it brother you got it 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 you only try so keep the faith, ow don't let nobody take you down, brother just keep your eyes on the prize and your feet flat on the ground keep the faith, baby, yea 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 better but you got to keep the faith you got it i know that keepin' the faith means never givin' up on love but the power that love has to make it right makes it makes it right keep the faith 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 keep the faith baby, yea 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 doin' right now stand back a minute just to check yourself out straighten out your life and how you're livin' each day get yourself together 'cause you got to keep the faith uh, uh, uh don't let nobody take you down, brother just keep your eyes on the prize and your feet flat on the ground keep the faith, baby, yea 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 ya got
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 gotta know when
it's good to go
to get your dreams
up off the ground
keep the faith, baby, yea
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
...gon' keep it brother
you got it
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 you only try
so keep the faith, ow
don't let nobody
take you down, brother
just keep your eyes
on the prize
and your feet
flat on the ground
keep the faith, baby, yea
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 better
but you got to keep the faith
you got it
i know that keepin' the faith
means never givin' up on love
but the power that love has
to make it right
makes it
makes it right
keep the faith
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
keep the faith
baby, yea
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 doin' right now
stand back a minute
just to check yourself out
straighten out your life
and how you're livin' each day
get yourself together
'cause you got to keep the faith
uh, uh, uh
don't let nobody take you down, brother
just keep your eyes on the prize
and your feet flat on the ground
keep the faith, baby, yea
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 ya got