I'm the writer got a front page cover
   Hot gossip 'bout who's with their latest lover
   I write all chapters by the second scene
   I call the shots, don't need a Fleet Street team
  
   I am a writer and I'm the news
   You cross me you know you're gonna lose
  
   I'll do the story if you're dead or alive
   If seconds out or if you're gonna take a dive
   Slip out the news or a piece of scandal
   Don't toe the line, 'cause nothing's too hot to handle
  
   I am the writer and I'm the news
   If you cross me you know you're gonna lose
   Yeah you're gonna lose
  
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   I am a writer and I am the news
   If you cross me you know you're gonna lose
  
   And where you are it's because of me
   'Cause overnight you know it don't come free
   I'll put you up there or I'll bring you down
   'Cause nothing moves without me in this town
  
   I am a writer and I am the news
   If you cross me you know you're gonna lose
  
   Boy you're gonna lose I said you're gonna lose
   I write the news I am the news
   Got to, got to lose
   Oh yeah you're gonna lose
   So don't step on my blue suede shoes...