“Be Yourself,” confirmed on the music discovery app Shazam, was teased in the announcement video for Wande’s debut album Exit by Reach Records on social media:
Throughout the song, Wande encourages listeners to “be themselves” and embrace their identity found in Christ.
[Intro]
Who you wanna be, wanna be, be yourself, yeah
Running through the streets, wanna be, be yourself
Find your way, yeah
Even when you feel away, yeah, ayy
You gon' find your way
Even when you feel away
You'll be okay
[Chorus]
Who you wanna be when you wake from your sleep? Yeah
Don't be a clone, you were made too unique, yeah
Got some dreams, but you too 'fraid to speak, yeah
All alone, take a step, plant a seed
Can you just believe? Yeah
I think I'm finding myself, hey
God asked me
"Who you wanna be when you wake from your sleep?" Yeah (yeah)
Don't be a clone, you were made too unique, yeah (yeah)
Got some dreams, but you too 'fraid to speak, yeah (Yeah)
All alone, take a step, plant a seed
Can you just believe? Yeah
I think I'm finding myself
Hey, God told me, "Just be yourself"
[Break]
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh (Hey)
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh
[Verse]
Yeah, ayy, who you wanna, wanna be when you see the ceiling at night? Uh
When you're home and you're all alone, don't you know your future too bright?
You wanna be somewhere else, when you working that 9 to 5, ayy
Slave away, work pay to paycheck, but there's way more to life, yeah
You keep running away from what's inside (Inside)
You just trying to survive, you're supposed to thrive (Thrive)
Don't run from moments like this
You were made in His likeness
You're a child of God, they may think it's odd but have faith to see life shift
[Chorus]
Who you wanna be when you wake from your sleep? Yeah
Don't be a clone, you were made too unique, yeah
Got some dreams, but you too 'fraid to speak, yeah
All alone, take a step, plant a seed
Can you just believe? Yeah
I think I'm finding myself
Hey, God told me, "Just be yourself"
[Post-Chorus]
Who you wanna be, wanna be, be yourself yea
Running through the streets, wanna be, be yourself yea (Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh)
Who you wanna be, wanna be, be yourself yea (Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh)
Be yourself aye, be yourself
[Outro]
I'm gon' find my way
You gon' be okay
I'm gon' find my way
You gon' be okay
Find your way, yeah
Even when you feel away, yeah, hey-ay
You gon' find your way
Even when you feel away
You'll be okay, you'll be okay
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh (Hey!)
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh
Be Yourself was written by Wande.
Be Yourself was produced by Taylor Hill.
Wande released Be Yourself on Fri Apr 24 2020.