"Everybody's Gotta Pay Some Dues" (Tamla 54048), was a 1961 R&B song by Motown Records group The Miracles released on the label's Tamla Records subsidiary. It was taken from Cookin' with The Miracles, the group's second album, and was written by Miracles members Smokey Robinson and Ronald White. It entered the Billboard Pop and R&B listings that year, and reached #52 and #11 respectively. * If ever I have a son in lifeI'll call him in one day... * And sit him down upon my kneeAnd here is what I'll say.... In his trademark poetic fashion, as the doting father, Smokey continues...