Lyrics to
I Ain’t Been Licked

This version of I Ain’T Been Licked was released by Diana Ross in 1979.

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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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Diana Ross has released many songs over the years besides I Ain’T Been Licked. Diana Ross released songs from 1970 to 2006 spanning across albums like Everything Is Everything, Diana Ross, Surrender / I'm Still Waiting, Lady Sings The Blues, Touch Me In The Morning, Last Time I Saw Him, Diana & Marvin, Live At Caesar's Palace, Baby It's Me, The Wiz, Ross, The Boss, diana, To Love Again, Why Do Fools Fall In Love, Silk Electric, Swept Away, Eaten Alive, Red Hot Rhythm And Blues, Workin' Overtime, The Force Behind The Power, Take Me Higher, Every Day Is A New Day, I Love You, and Blue. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Diana Ross.

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The lyrics for I Ain’T Been Licked are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1979 song by Diana Ross. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to I Ain’T Been Licked have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for I Ain’T Been Licked - Diana Ross and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to I Ain’T Been Licked by Diana Ross in multiple ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to I Ain’T Been Licked" means the words set to the music of I Ain’T Been Licked, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Diana Ross. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to I Ain’T Been Licked and the lyrics to I Ain’T Been Licked are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Diana Ross who came here looking just for the lyrics to I Ain’T Been Licked, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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