Got to Be Real (Live 1998 Hammerstein Ballroom) lyrics

[Intro: Patti Labelle]
Whoo
Everybody, you've got to keep it real
Hey, keep it real
Mariah, Mariah, Mariah Carey
Hey, my girl

[Verse 1: Mariah Carey]
(What you think of)
I think I love you
(What you feel now)
I'm afraid I need ya
(What you know of)
Oh oh oh
(To be real)
It's got to be real

[Verse 2: Mariah Carey]
What you think of
I think I love you
(What you need about)
Whohoo
(What you know of)
Whoo
(To be real)
It's got to be real
[Chorus: Mariah Carey & (Patti LaBelle)]
Oh
(Mariah Carey!)
Your love's for real now
You know that
Your love is my love
My love is your love
Our love is here to stay

[Verse 3: Patti LaBelle & both]
Whoa it's myself
It's my clothes
Oh, it's my clothes
(To be real)
It's got to be real

[Chorus: Patti LaBelle & both]
Whooo, your love's for real now
You know that
Your love is my love
And my love is your love
I know it seem to say, hey hey hey!

[Verse 4: Patti LaBelle, (Mariah Carey) & both]
(What you think of)
Oh, I think I love you
(What you feel now)
I feel you girl
(What you know of)
Oh
(To be real)
It's got to be real
[Hook: Mariah Carey]
(To be real)
It's got to be real
It's got to be real
(To be real)
It's got to be real
It's got to be real
(To be real)
It's got to be real
It's got to be real
It's got to be
Real

[Outro: Mariah Carey]
So, so, so
I gotta higher baby
So, so, so
I gotta higher baby
So, so, so
So, so, so
So, so, so
I gotta higher baby
Yeah
Hey

[Spoken Outro: Mariah Carey & Patti LaBelle]
Patti LaBelle, I love you. Thank you
Take your flowers, sweetheart. Mariah, Mariah, Mariah!
Patti, I love you, thank you. Thank you so much, it's an honor to be here
Mariah!