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 )