Cover art for Get What You Give by Felix Cartal

Get What You Give

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Get What You Give Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Wake up kids we've got the dreamers' disease
Age 14, we got you down on your knees
So polite you're busy still saying please
Frenemies who when you're down ain't your friend
Every night we smashed their Mercedes Benz
First we run and the we laughed till we cry

[Pre-Chorus 1]
But when the night is falling
You cannot find the light, light
You feel your dreams are dying
Hold tight, you've got the music in you

[Chorus]
Don't let go, you've got the music in you
One dance left, this world is gonna pull through
Don't give up, you've got a reason to live
Can't forget, we only get what we give
We only get what we give
Don't let go, you've got the music in you
One dance left, this world is gonna pull through
Don't give up, you've got a reason to live
Can't forget, we only get what we give

[Verse 2]
4 AM we ran a miracle mile
We're flat broke, but hey we do it in style
The bad rich, God's flying in for your trial
[Pre-Chorus 2]
But when the night is falling
You cannot find a friend, friend
You feel your tree is breaking
Just bend, you've got the music in you
You've got the music in you
You've got the music in you

[Chorus]
Don't let go, you've got the music in you
One dance left, this world is gonna pull through
Don't give up, you've got a reason to live
Can't forget, we only get what we give
We only get what we give
Don't let go, you've got the music in you
One dance left, this world is gonna pull through
Don't give up, you've got a reason to live
Can't forget, we only get what we give

[Outro]
You've got the music in you
You've got the music in you

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What did Felix Cartal say about "Get What You Give"?
Genius Answer

This song has been important to me ever since I heard it. It’s one of those songs that feels familiar the first time you hear it, the soundtrack to your life that you didn’t know you were missing. At first, I was tentative to put my own take on it, do you really touch a classic? But I kept thinking about this song nearly 20 years after it came out and… I had to try. The lyrics actually seem more relevant as I get older, almost a 90’s take on The Beatles; “and in the end, the love you take, is equal to the love you make.”

— Speaking on the track via Ultimate Music.

What's this song also recorded in the 1970s? If so, by whom?
Genius Answer

No it wasn’t. However, it is a cover of the 1998 song “You Get What You Give” by New Radicals.

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