MAN: Hey, Johnnie Taylor
JOHNNIE: Yeah, man
MAN: C'mon, man, let's go. We late, man
JOHNNIE: No, I ain't goin' tonight
MAN: Aw, man, you didn't go out last week
JOHNNIE: Well, see, I'm livin' for my baby
MAN: Aw, man, what's this stuff about livin' for your baby?
JOHNNIE: Well, I've been born again
MAN: Born again?
JOHNNIE: I'm a brand new man
MAN: Brother, you crazy
JOHNNIE: I've been born again, man

I've been born again
I'm a brand new man. (I'm a brand new)
Oh, I've been born again

Saturday night in the city
Parties on every block
It's a temptation for a man who loves to party
But my party days had to stop
So fellas, you can keep your street life
Changin' women like you change your clothes
Every woman I need, she's wrapped up in one
And our love just grows and grows
A whole lot of women is an ego trip
I'd rather spend my time kissin' my baby's sweet lips

I've been born again. (There's a change in me.)
I've been born again. (I said a change, a change.)
I've been born again, can't you see it? (There's a change in me.)
I've been born again. (I said a change, a change.)
Oh, I'm not a Casanova
My playin' days are over

I think I'm gonna start me a fire
Got my matchbox in my hand
Burnin' up the pages in my little black book
Start my life all over again
I don't need no women in excess
I can't afford to spread my lovin' around
When my woman needs me by her side
I just don't wanna let her down

Oh, a whole lot of women is an ego trip
I'd rather spend my, spend my time kissin' my baby's sweet lips

I've been born again. (There's a change in me.)
Now see the change in me. (I said a change, a change.)
I've been born again. (There's a change in me.)
I've been born again. (I said a change, a change.)
Look at that
Oh, I'm not a Casanova
My playin' days are over
I don't need a lot of women, no, no
Just to prove my manhood
I got me one woman, special woman
So I can be the man that I should

Oh, a whole lot of women is an ego trip
I'd rather spend my time kissin' my baby's sweet lips

I've been born again, said I've changed deep. (There's a change in me.)
I've been born again. (I said a change, a change.)
I've been born again. (There's a change in me.)
You know what I'm talkin' about, a yeah is a yeah. (I said a change, a change.)
I've been born again. (I said a change, a change.)
The things that I used to do, I don't do no more. (I said a change, a change.)
Places I used to go, I don't go no more. (I said a change, a change.)
I've been born again. (I said a change, a change.)