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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Terrance Layone Williams
Terrance Layone Williams
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
James Brown
James Brown
Songwriter
Charles Bobbit
Charles Bobbit
Songwriter
Fred Wesley
Fred Wesley
Songwriter

Lyrics

One, two, get down
Paid the cost to be the boss
Paid the cost to be the boss
I paid the cost to be the boss
Look at me
You know what you see?
You see a bad mother
Look at me
Know what you see?
You see a bad mother
Paid the cost to be the boss
Paid the cost to be the boss
Look at me
Know what you see?
You see a bad mother
Huh
Huh
Told you so
Told you so
Having fun, got money to burn
Having fun, I got money to burn
Having fun, got money to burn
Having fun, got money to burn
'Cause I paid the cost to be the boss
Paid the cost to be the boss
I paid the cost to be the boss
Cross the tracks (Uh), turned my back (Uh)
Cross the tracks (Uh), turned my back (Uh)
Paid the cost to be the boss
I'm a bad mother (Huh), I'm a bad mother
Head for the turn around
Head for the turn around
Told you so
Paid the cost to be the boss
Written by: Charles Bobbit, Fred Wesley, James Brown

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