You Get What You Give

You Get What You Give by New Radicals is featured in Goodbye, the twenty-second and the final episode of Season Three. It is sung by the New Directions Seniors with solos from Finn, Mercedes, Puck (on the show version), Rachel, and Sam (on the album version).

The seniors in the Glee Club sing the song for all of the underclassmen in the group and Brittany, since she wasn't graduating, for their final assignment given by Will. They all dance around the juniors and sophomores as they enjoy their final choir room performance as a group.

Lyrics[]

Finn:
Uh!
Cha-cha-cha-cha-cha
Cha-cha-cha-cha-cha
Cha-cha-cha-cha-cha
Cha-cha-cha-cha-cha

Sam:
What, what, what, what

Finn:
One, two

Finn and Sam:
One, two, three
Yaow!

Sam:
Ha! Hey! Uh! Hey!
Ha! Woo! Woo! Hey!

Finn:
Wake up kids
We've got the dreamer's disease
Age fourteen we got you down on your knees
So polite, you're busy still saying please

Sam:
Frenemies
Who when you're down
Ain't your friend
Every night
We smash their Mercedes-Benz
First we run
And then we laugh till we cry

Mercedes with Rachel:
But when the night is falling
You cannot find the light, (Finn and Sam: Light)
You feel your dreams are dying
Hold tight

Finn and Sam with New Directions (Sam with New Directions):
You've got the music in you
(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

Finn:
I'm coming home, baby

Sam:
You're the top

Finn and Sam:
Give it to me now

Finn (with New Directions):
(Four A.M) we ran a miracle mile
(We're flat broke)

Sam:
But hey we do it in style

Finn (with New Directions):
(The bad rich)
God's flying in for your trial

New Directions:
Oooh, oh no!

Finn (Mercedes):
But when the night is falling (Falling)
You cannot, find a friend (Sam: Friend) (Find a friend)
You feel your tree is breaking

Finn and Mercedes:
Just then

Finn and Sam with New Directions (Sam with New Directions):
You've got the music in you
(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

Finn:
Ow!

Sam with New Directions:
This whole damn world can fall apart
You'll be OK, follow your heart
You're in harms way I'm right behind
Now say you're mine

Finn and Sam with New Directions (Sam with New Directions):
You've got the music in you
(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
Don't let go

Finn (with New Directions):
(I feel the music in you)
Don't Let go
Ohhhh!

New Directions:
Don't let go

Mercedes:
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!

Finn:
Ohh! (Don't give up)

Mercedes:
Fly (Finn: Ooooh)

Finn (Mercedes):
Can't (with Mercedes: Die)
(Yeah, yeah)

Finn (New Directions):
You only get what you give (Don't give up)

Mercedes:
You only get what you give
Oh yeah!

Finn with New Directions (with Mercedes):
Health insurance rip off lying
FDA big bankers buying
Fake computer crashes dining

Cloning while they're multiplying
Fashion shoots with Beck and Hanson
Courtney Love and Marilyn Manson
You're all fakes

Run to your mansions
Come around
We'll (kick you down yeah!)

Don't let go
You got the music in you
Don't give up

New Directions:
You got the music in you (Mercedes: Oooo)
You got the music in you

Finn:
One, two
One, two, three
Yaow!

Puck:
Hey! Uh! Hey!

Finn:
Wake up kids
We've got the dreamer's disease
Age fourteen we got you down on your knees
So polite, you're busy still saying please

Mercedes with Rachel:
But when the night is falling
You cannot find the light, (Finn and Puck: Light)
You feel your dreams are dying
Hold tight

Finn and Puck with New Directions (Puck with New Directions):
You've got the music in you
(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

Puck with New Directions:
This whole damn world can fall apart
You'll be okay, follow your heart
You're in harms way, I'm right behind
Now say you're mine

Finn and Puck with New Directions (Puck with New Directions):
You've got the music in you
(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

Finn:
I feel the music in you
Don't Let go

Mercedes:
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!

Finn with New Directions (with Mercedes):
Health insurance rip off lying
FDA big bankers buying
Fake computer crashes dining

Cloning while they're multiplying
Fashion shoots with Beck and Hanson
Courtney Love and Marilyn Manson
You're all fakes

Run to your mansions
Come around
We'll (kick you down yeah!)

Don't let go
You got the music in you
Don't give up

New Directions:
You got the music in you (Mercedes: Oooo)
You got the music in you

Trivia[]

This is one of the songs where someone's part/s in the studio version was sung by someone else in the show similar to: A House Is Not a Home, Imagine, One, Time Warp, The Most Wonderful Day of the Year, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, Drive My Car, You've Got to Hide Your Love Away, Pompeii, Home, and Listen to Your Heart.

Mistakes[]

The seniors perform this song first, and we can assume the sophomores and juniors did In My Life the next day because everyone's wearing different clothes. But in the scenes that follow, such as the bathroom one with Rachel and Quinn and when Quinn is tutoring Puck at home, they are shown wearing the same outfits from the day before.