The Skin Game - Janet Jackson

See you, you in there dancin,

And Im in here needing questions and answers

(ha!, ha!), hey!, (ha!, ha!)

Ha!, hoo!, ha!, hoo!, ha!, hoo!, ha!

The dance is in When theyre mine

Try to learn the rules

Dont mind showin

Equal chances (taught)

For our amuses

Not much can beat the odds

No excuses, lets play the skin game

(ha!, ha!, ha!), hoo!, (ha!, ha!, ha!), ooh!,(ha!, ha!)

Sing it!, ha!, hoo!, ha!, (sing it!), sing it!, ha!, hoo!, (your choice), ha!

You say your set

So lets get started

Try to be the best

But dont be that smart

You know what your brother gets

No need to complain

Just figure out, that theres a way to play,

To play the skin game

The skin game is still around, sing it!,

But you cant keep a good man down

(play the skin game)

(ha!, ha!, ha!), hoo!, ha!, (ha!, ha!), hoo!, (ha!, ha!) ha!, (ha!), hoo!

Repeat chorus

Cant, cant, cant, cant, cant, cant, cant, cant

Keep a good man down

And Im in here needing questions and answers

(ha!)

Hoo!

Repeat chorus

(and Im in here needing questions and answers)

Outside lookin in, in, in The door is open, but you cant get in Somethings in the way

Its a skin game (oh, just a skin game)

Just a skin game

Lets play the skin game (game)

Hoo!, hoo!

(sing it for the people yall)

Repeat chorus

The skin game is still around, sing it!,

But you cant, cant, cant, cant, cant, cant, cant, cant, cant

Keep a good man down,

Cant, cant, cant, cant, sing it!, cant, cant, cant, cant, sing it!

Repeat chorus

Hoo!

Break it down, sing it!

Hoo!

Sing it!

(sing it for the people yall)

Sing it!

(sing it!, sing it!, sing it, sing it again!)

(sing it again, sing it again, and again, and again, and again, and again)

Repeat chorus

The skin game is still around

See you in there dancin,

And Im in here needing questions and answers