Honey Cone - Don't Count Your Chickens (Before They Hatch) lyrics

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(Angelo Bond/Greg Perry/General Johnson)

Don't count your chickens before they hatch

No, no, no, you better treat me like a lady

You ain't got my lovin' yet

Don't count your chickens before they hatch

No, no, no, you better treat me with respect

Or my love you'll never get

Hey, Mr. Big Shot, what you putting down

Lately when I need you, you're nowhere to be found

(What you putting down)

I heard it through the grapevine,

You've been cheatin' love

'Cause what you see you ain't got

Until you'll respect my love

I ain't no pushover

I got a bird in the bushes, too

Don't be too over-confident

That bird may not be you

Don't count your chickens before they hatch

No, no, no, you better treat me like a lady

You ain't got my lovin' yet

Don't count your chickens before they hatch

No, no, no, you better treat me with respect

Or my love you'll never get

You're gonna blow a good thing

You think I'm under your thumb

One day you'll snap your finger, and I will fail to come

(You weren't the only one)

You break to your men friends to make yourself look tall

When I leave, they'll laugh at you

And on your knees you crawl

I ain't no pushover

I got a bird in the bushes, too

Don't be too over-confident

That bird may not be you

Don't count your chickens before they hatch

No, no, no, you better treat me with respect

Or my love you'll never get

Oh! Oh, oh, oh!

You better treat me like a lady

You better treat me like a lady

[Interlude]

Don't count your chickens before they hatch

No, no, no, you better treat me like a lady

You ain't got my lovin' yet

Don't count your chickens before they hatch

No, no, no, you better treat me with respect

Or my love you'll never get