Clean Up Your Own Backyard

It's only an illusion, brother
That makes you feel so tall
By going to the trouble
To cut another person down
To make him feel so small
And it don't make no difference
If you give him good advice
If you don't practice what you preach
Your words will fall upon deaf ears
You'll only waste your time

You gotta clean up your own backyard
Before you start on the one next door
You gotta set your own house in order first
Or trouble's gonna be in store

Before you start to criticize
Another person's life
You better look into a mirror
You better stop and ask yourself
If you have the right

You gotta clean up your own backyard
Before you start on the one next door
You gotta set your own house in order first
Or trouble's gonna be in store