Roll down the gangway
So they'll see that it's me
I know they'll wonder
About my recoveryYes, I lost a love
That promised happiness
What my heart wouldn't accept
Put me to the testThey 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 runKeep a holding me down
But I rise, got my second wind
They keep a holding me down
But I rise, tell 'em I'm back againJust say
I ain't been licked
No, no, no
I ain't been lickedI ain't been licked
Tell 'em for me
I ain't been lickedLike outta nowhere
My whole world fell apart
Till this day no one knows
What I felt in my heartAll those precious things
Inside me tried to still
Hands I thought would help
Pushed me over the hillKeep 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 runKeep a holding me down
But I rise, got my second wind
Keep a holding me down
But I rise, tell 'em I'm back againJust say
I ain't been licked
I ain't been licked, no, no
I ain't been licked, noI ain't been licked
Tell 'em for me
I ain't been lickedKeep 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 thingJust say, I ain't been licked
No, no, no
I ain't been licked
No, no, no, noI ain't been licked
Tell 'em for me
I ain't been licked
I want the world to seeI ain't been licked
Although my love is gone
I ain't been licked
Somehow I'll carry onI ain't been licked
I'll find the strength somehow
I ain't been licked
I think I'm ready nowI ain't been licked
I ain't been licked, I ain't been licked
I ain't been licked
Ain't been licked, no, noI ain't been licked
Yeah, yeah
I ain't been lickedI ain't been licked
Although my love is gone
I ain't been licked
Somehow, on, I'll carry onI ain't been licked
I'll find a way somehow, somehow
I ain't been licked
I think I'm ready nowI ain't been licked
I ain't been licked, I ain't been licked, no, no
I ain't been licked
No, noI ain't been licked
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah
I ain't been licked
I ain't been licked, I ain't been licked, no, noI ain't been licked
Tell 'em for me
I ain't been licked
I know, I know, I knowI ain't been licked
I ain't been licked, I ain't been licked, no, no
I ain't been licked
I ain't been licked, no, noI ain't been licked
Songwriters
Simpson, Valerie / Ashford, NickolasPublished by
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