Oh
See you, you in there dancin'
And I'm in here needing questions and answers

(Ha, ha!), hey!, (ha!,ha!)
Ha!, hoo!, ha!, hoo!, ha!, hoo!, ha!

The dance is in
When they're mine
Try to learn the rules
Don't mind showin'
Equal chances (taught)
For our amuses
Not much can beat the odds
No excuses let's 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 let's get started
Try to be the best
But don't be that smart
You know what your brother gets
No need to complain
Just figure out, that there's a way to play
To play the skin game

The skin game is still around (sing it!)
But you can't keep a good man down

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

The skin game is still around (sing it!)
But you can't keep a good man down (play the skin game)
The skin game is still around (sing it!)
But you can't keep a good man down

Can't, can't can't can't, can't, can't can't can't
Keep a good man down

And I'm in here needing questions and answers
(Ha!), Hoo!

The skin game is still around (sing it!)
But you can't keep a good man down (play the skin game)
The skin game is still around (sing it!)
But you can't keep a good man down (play the skin game)
The skin game is still around (sing it!)
But you can't keep a good man down (play the skin game)
The skin game is still around (sing it!)
But you can't keep a good man down

(And I'm in here needing questions and answers)

Outside lookin' in in in
The door is open but you can't get in
Something's in the way
It's a skin game (oh, just a skin game)
Just a skin game
Let's play the skin game

Hoo!, Hoo!
(Sing it for the people ya'll)

The skin game is still around (sing it!)
But you can't keep a good man down (play the skin game)
The skin game is still around (sing it!)
But you can't keep a good man down (play the skin game)
The skin game is still around (sing it!)
But you can't keep a good man down (play the skin game)
The skin game is still around (sing it!)
But you can't keep a good man down (play the skin game)
The skin game is still around (sing it!)
But you can't, can't can't can't, can't, can't can't can't
Keep a good man down

Can't, can't can't can't, sing it!
Can't, can't can't can't, sing it!

The skin game is still around (sing it!)
But you can't keep a good man down
(sing it for the people ya'll)
The skin game is still around (sing it!)
But you can't keep a good man down (sing it!)
The skin game is still around (play the skin game)
But you can't keep a good man down

Hoo!
Break it down ,sing it!
Hoo!
Sing it!
(sing it for the people ya'll)
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)

The skin game is still around (sing it!)
But you can't keep a good man down (play the skin game)
The skin game is still around (sing it!)
But you can't keep a good man down (play the skin game)
The skin game is still around (sing it!)
But you can't keep a good man down (play the skin game)
The skin game is still around (sing it!)
But you can't keep a good man down (play the skin game)
The skin game is still around (sing it!)
But you can't keep a good man down (play the skin game)
The skin game is still around

(See you in there dancin')
(And I'm in here needing questions and answers)

Written by Janet Jackson, James Harris III, Terry Lewis

Produced by James Harris III and Terry Lewis

( B-side of Come Back to Me )