- Songwriters: James Brown, John Griggs, Melvin Parker, St. Clair Tony Pinckney Iii, Charles Sherrell
1-2-get down
Paid the cost to be the boss
Paid the cost to be the boss
Paid the cost to be the boss
Look at me
You know what you see
You see a bad mutha
Look at me
You know what you see
You see a bad mutha
Paid the cost to be the boss
Paid the cost to be the boss
Hey, hey, told you so
Told you so
Havin' fun, fooling around
Havin' fun, got money to boot
'Cause I paid the cost to be the boss
Paid the cost to be the boss
Paid the cost to be the boss
Caught, tracked, turned my back
Paid the cost to be the boss
I'm a bad mutha
I'm a bad mutha
Head for the turn around
Head for the turn around
Told you so
Paid the cost to be the boss
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