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I Ain't Been Licked

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I Ain't Been Licked

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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

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