Diana Ross - I Ain't Been Licked lyrics

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