Page type: lyric reference
Artist: James Brown
Canonical path: /james-brown/the-boss
Related lyric paths: 6
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The Boss
Read The Boss lyrics by James Brown on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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The Boss
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Paid the cost to be the boss
Paid the cost to be the boss
Paid the cost to be the boss
Look at me
you know what you see
you see a bad mutha
Look at me
you know what you see
you see a bad mutha
Paid the cost to be the boss
Paid the cost to be the boss
Heh!
heh!told you so
told you so
Havin fun, fooling around
Havin fun, got money to boot
Cause I paid the cost to be the boss
Paid the cost to be the boss
Paid the cost to be the boss
Caught,tracked
turned my back uhh
Paid the cost to be the boss
Im a bad mutha
Im a bad mutha
Head for the turn around
Head for the turn around
told you so!
Paid the cost to be the boss
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James Brown performs "The Boss", and this lyric page sits inside the James Brown catalog on LyroVerse.
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