give up the funk tear the roof off the sucker

Parliament/george Clinton

Tear the roof off, we re gonna tear the roof off the mother, sucker
Tear the roof off the sucker
(x4)

You ve got a real type of thing going down, gettin down
There s a whole lot of rhythm going round
(x2)

Ow, we want the funk
Give up the funk
Ow, we need the funk
We gotta have that funk
(x2)

La la la la la
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo, owww!
(x2)

You ve got a real type of thing going down, gettin down
There s a whole lot of rhythm going round
(x2)

Ow, we want the funk
Give up the funk
Ow, we need the funk
We gotta have that funk
(x2)

La la la la la
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo, owww!
(x2)

We re gonna turn this mother out (x2)

You ve got a real type of thing going down, gettin down
There s a whole lot of rhythm going round
(x4)

Ow, we want the funk
Give up the funk
Ow, we need the funk (let us in we ll tear this mother out {after 2nd & 3rd})
We gotta have that funk
(x7)

Ow, we want the funk (we re gonna turn this mother out)
Give up the funk
Ow, we need the funk (we re gonna turn this mother out)
We gotta have that funk
(x2)

Ow, we want the funk
Give up the funk
Ow, we need the funk (let us in we ll tear this mother out {after 2nd & 3rd})
We gotta have that funk
(x2)

We want the funk
Give up the funk
We need the funk
We gotta have that funk
(x3)

La la la la la
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo, owww!
(x2)

You ve got a real type of thing going down, gettin down (x2)
There s a whole lot of rhythm going down
You ve got a real type of thing going down, gettin down
There s a whole lot of rhythm going down

Ow, we want the funk
Give up the funk
Ow, we need the funk (let us in we ll tear this mother out {after 2nd & 3rd})