Written by	Christopher Cerf Tony Geiss Sonia Manzano
Date	1990
Publisher	Sesame Street, Inc. Splotched Animal Music Ephemeral Music

"You Gotta Be Patient (To Be a Patient)" is a Sesame Street calypso song from the video, Sesame Street Home Video Visits the Hospital.

Sick in the hospital, Big Bird is desperate to leave and go home. Maria and three Anything Muppet doctors explain in song that if Big Bird is patient enough and does what the doctors tell him, pretty soon he will be able to return home.