The Boss

(nickolas ashford/valerie simpson)

Fancy me
Thought i had my degree
In life and how love
Ought to be a run

I had a one step plan to prove it
Guide in my pocket for fools
Folly and fun
Love had to show me one thing

I was so right
So right
Thought i could turn emotion
On and off
I was so sure
So sure (i was so sure)
But love taught me
Who was who was who was the boss
(taught me who was who was the boss)

I'd defy
Anyone who claimed that i
Didn't control whatever moved in my soul
I could tempt
Touch delight
Just because you fell for me
Why should i feel uptight
Love had to show me one thing:

I was so right
So right
Thought i could turn emotion
On and off
I was so sure
So sure (i was so sure)
But love taught me
Who was who was who was the boss
(taught me who was who was the boss)

Love taught me
Taught me
Taught me
Taught me

I was so right
So right
Thought i could turn emotion
On and off
I was so sure
So sure (i was so sure)
But love taught me
Who was who was who was the boss
(taught me who was who was the boss)

(nickolas ashford/valerie simpson)

You put the sparkle back in my smile
You made me want to walk a thousand miles
You let me know that it's so
And everything must live
Everything must breath
Now you say you must leave

You put the sparkle back in my smile, ooh baby
You made me wanna walk a thousand miles
You let me know that it's so
And everything must live
Everything must breath
Now you say you must leave
Just the other day

You seemed so content
It's a joke
You thought it up the spur of the moment
Please ease my mind
Come on set it right
'cause if you don't

I won't sleep a wink tonight
You put the sparkle back in my smile, ooh baby
You made me wanna walk a thousand miles
You let me know that it's so
And everything must live
Everything must breath
Now you say you must leave

You let me know that it's so
And everything must live
Everything must breath
Everything must live
Everything must breath

Now you say you wanna leave

(nickolas ashford/valerie simpson)

Roll down the gangway
So they'll see that it's me
I know they'll wonder about my recovery
Yes, i lost a love that promised happiness
What my heart wouldn't accept
Put me to the test

They keep a holding me down
But i rise
Yes it can be done
They keep a holding me down
But i rise
They can't make me run

Keep a holding me down
But i rise
Got my second wind
Keep a holding me down
But i rise
Tell 'em i'm back again

Just say
I ain't been licked
I ain't been licked
I ain't been licked
Tell 'em for me
I ain't been licked

Like outa nowhere my whole world fell apart
Till this day no one knows
What i felt in my heart
All those precious things
Inside me tried to still
Hands i thought would help
Pushed me over the hill

Keep a holding me down
But i rise
Yes, it can be done
Keep a holding me down
But i rise
They can't make me run

Keep a holding me down
But i rise
Got my second wind
Keep a holding me down
But i rise
Tell 'em i'm back again

Just say
I ain't been licked
I ain't been licked
I ain't been licked
Tell 'em for me
I ain't been licked

Keep a holding me down
But i rise
Just to start again
Rise
Show 'em that i can
Rise
Found a brand new dream
Rise
Just to prove one thing

Just say
I ain't been licked
I ain't been licked
I ain't been licked
Tell 'em for me
I ain't been licked

I want the world to see
I ain't been licked
Although my love is gone
I ain't been licked
Somehow i carry one

I ain't been licked
I'll find the strength somehow
I ain't been licked
I think i'm ready now
I ain't been licked

I ain't been licked
I ain't been licked
I ain't been licked

(nickolas ashford/valerie simpson)

No one, no one gets the prize
No one, no one
No one gets the prize

We were best of friends
It all began
He came in to town and changed the plan
I knew she felt, the same as me
Which one of us would it be

Just in fun, fight begun
Before long a web of hate was spun
She pretended same as me
Oh, but friends again we'd never be

No one, no one gets the prize
She told him lies, and i told him lies
No one, no one gets the prize

She schemed and dreamed and told him dirt
That i was wrong for him
I told him all the boys she'd hurt and i would number them
He was the ray of light that made our hearts live
But either one of us knew really how to give
So we scandalized and criticized
And then we learned how to despise

No one, no one gets the prize
She told him lies and i lied, i lied yeah
No one, no one gets the prize
No, no, no

Yeah, yeah
Back off
Tried to steal him, tried to steal him
Tried to steal him
Runnin' behind my back
Tried to steal him
Tried to show him where it was at

Watch it now
No, no i won't take second place
No, no tell him to his face

We were friends for so, so, so long
Messed around, now he's gone gone gone gone

No one, no one gets the prize
No, no
No one, no one gets the prize

I wasn't alive, a love that's satisfied
No one, no one gets the prize
It wasn't fair, the love i couldn't share
No one, no one gets the prize
No, no

No one, no one gets the prize
No one, no one gets the prize
She lied, i lied, we lied
No one, no one