Ooh...ooh...ooh... 



My baby and are back together again 

Lovin' is better than it's ever been 

If it weren't for the trials we've been through 

I'd never have the courage to come back to you 



We're all entitled to make a mistake 

We got to prepare for some heartbreak 

I as earnin' my man, while I was learnin' my man 

Something you young girls might not understand 



No pain [No pain], no pain [No pain] 

No gain [No gain], no 

No pain [No pain], no pain [No pain] 

No gain [No gain] 



There was an old lady sittin' under a tree 

She called me over and she said to me 

“My days left here may not be long 

I wouldn't waste my time tellin' you nothin' wrong 



But love is a flower that needs the sun and the rain 

A little bit of pleasure's worth a whole lot of pain 

If you learn this secret, how to forgive 

A longer and better life you'll live” 



No pain [No pain], no pain [No pain] 

No gain [No gain], mmm 

No pain [No pain], no pain [No pain] 

No gain [No gain] 



Anything worth havin' at all 

Is worth workin' for and waitin' for 

Some of my closest friends 

Have thought they had their thing on a string 

Just ‘cause that man was bringin' ‘em flowers and candy and all kinds of gifts 

Mmm, mmm, honey 

Some gifts are just to make him feel better while he's on his guilt trip 

About the night before 

You know what I mean 

Especially when you know you haven't been doin' the things you should do 

Think about it 

What is the man tryin' to tell you 

Sometimes flowers mean “Maybe we should just be friends” 

Do you get my drift 

Hang if you can hang 

No pain, no gain 



In order to get something 

You got to give something 

In order to be something 

You got to go through something 



Be a cook in the kitchen, a lady in the streets 

You can't show your teeth to every guy you meet 

It's alright to be a little sweet 

But be a mama with the kids and you know what in the sheets 



No pain [No pain] 

No pain [No pain] 

No gain [No gain] 



See, you can't give up ‘cause times get hard 

It's just that old evil devil trying to keep us apart 

Say devil you ain't getting nothin' here 

I'm holding on to my man and have no fear 



No pain [No pain], no pain [No pain] 

No gain [No gain], oh 

No pain [No pain], no pain [No pain] 

No gain [No gain] 



See you can't give up ‘cause times get hard 

It's just that old devil tryin' keep us apart 

Say devil, you ain't got nothin' here 

I'm holdin' to my man, and have no fear 



No pain [No pain], no pain [No pain] 

No gain [No gain] 

No-no pain [No pain], no pain [No pain] 

No gain [No gain] 



Oh, no pain [No pain], no pain [No pain] 

No gain [No gain] 

No-no-no-no pain [No pain, no pain], no-no-no-no-no-no-no pain [No gain] 

No-no pain, no-no pain [No pain], no-no pain [No pain], no pain [No gain], no pain 



No pain [No pain, no pain, no gain] 

In order to get something [No pain], give something [No pain] 

To be something [No gain] you got to go through something 

[No pain, no pain, no gain] 



Oh...no pain [No pain], no pain [No pain] 

No gain [No gain] 

No-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no [No pain] 

No-no-no-no [No pain, no gain] 



No...no pain [No pain], no pain [No pain] 

No gain [No gain] 

You're really not to gain anything [No pain, no pain] 

Without [No gain] goin' through some pain 



No-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no 

No pain [No pain], no pain [No pain] 

No-no [No gain] 



[No pain, no pain, no gain] 

No pain [No pain], no pain [No pain] 

No pain [No gain], no gain, no pain, no gain 



Get something [No pain, no pain] 

You got to go through something [No gain] 

No pain [No pain], no pain [No pain] 

No gain [No gain] 



Hear me when I say no pain, no gain [No pain], no pain, no gain [No pain] 

No pain, no gain [No gain]