[Verse 1: Jean Terrell]
Sometimes I'm right and I can be wrong
My own beliefs are in my song
The butcher, the banker, the drummer and then
Makes no difference what group I'm in

[Chorus: Jean Terrell]
I am everyday people, oh, yeah

[Bridge 1: Jean Terrell]
There is a blue one who can't accept the green one
For living with a fat one, trying to be a skinny one
Different strokes for different folks
And so on and so on and scooby dooby doo-bee

[Refrain: Levi Stubbs and (All)]
(Ooh, sha sha)
We've got to live together

[Verse 2: Levi Stubbs]
I am no better and neither are you
We are the same whatever we do
You love me, you hate me, you know me and then
You can't figure out the bag that I'm in

[Chorus: Levi Stubbs]
Because oh, I am everyday people, yeah, yeah
[Bridge 2: Levi Stubbs]
There is a long hair that doesn't like the short hair
For being such a rich one, that will not help the poor one
Different strokes for different folks
And so on and so on and shooby dooby, shooby, shooby doo-bee, now

[Refrain: All]
Ooh, sha sha
We've got to live together, now

[Bridge 3: Levi Stubbs & Jean Terrell and All]
There is a yellow one that won't accept the black one
That won't accept the red one, that won't accept the white one
Different strokes for different folks
And so on and so on and shooby dooby doo-bee

[Chorus: Levi Stubbs, Jean Terrell, and All]
I am everyday people
Woah, yeah (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
I am everyday people
Yes I am (Yes I am, I said)
I am everyday people
You know I am, woah oh (I, I, I, I, I )
I am everyday people
Yes, I am (Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey)
I am everyday people (Oh, yes I am)
Oh, yeah (Oh, yeah, yeah)
I am everyday people
You know I am, you know I am (Yes I am)
I am everyday people