You don't have to be a rich man to make it to the city
You don't have to be a doctor or a lawyer to reach that celestial shore
I'll tell you what the Lord God wants from you
He just wants you to make it through, be holy
Holy
Be righteous
Righteous, this is the key to the kingdom (ooh)
You don't have to be a warrior in this army organized by man
To receive the reward of eternal life given by God's own hand
Well, I'll tell you what the Lord God wants from you,
He just wants you to make it through, be holy
Holy
Be righteous
Righteous, this is the key to the kingdom (ooh)
I want to be a friend to all of God's children,
Help the feeble as well as the weak,
Remembering all that you do for them
Blessings you will reap, well be holy
Holy
Righteous
Righteous
You must be
Must me
You've got to be
Got to be
Holiness
Holiness
Righteousness
Righteousness
Ho----li-ness
Righ----teous-ness
(Repeat)
This is the key to the kingdom (Repeat to end)