Give Up the Funk Songtext
von Parliament

Tear the roof off
We′re gonna tear the roof off the mother sucker
Tear the roof off the sucker
Tear the roof off
We're gonna tear the roof off the mother sucker
Tear the roof off the sucker

Tear the roof off
We′re gonna tear the roof off the mother sucker
Tear the roof off the sucker
Tear the roof off
We're gonna tear the roof off the mother sucker
Tear the roof off the sucker

You've got a real type of thing goin′ down, gettin′ down
There's a whole lot of rhythm goin′ 'round
You′ve got a real type of thing goin' down, gettin′ down
There's a whole lot of rhythm goin' ′round


Oww, we want the funk, give up the funk
Oww, we need the funk, we gotta have the funk
Oww, we want the funk, give up the funk
Oww, we need the funk, we gotta have the funk

La la la la la
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo oww
La la la la la
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo oww

You′ve got a real type of thing goin' down, gettin′ down
There's a whole lot of rhythm goin′ 'round
You′ve got a real type of thing goin' down, gettin' down
There′s a whole lot of rhythm goin′ 'round

Oww, we want the funk, give up the funk
Oww, we need the funk, we gotta have that funk
Oww, we want the funk, give up the funk
Oww, we need the funk, we gotta have that funk

La la la la la
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo oww
La la la la la
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo oww

We′re gonna turn this mother out
We're gonna turn this mother out


You′ve got a real type of thing goin' down, gettin′ down
There's a whole lot of rhythm goin' ′round
You′ve got a real type of thing goin' down, gettin′ down
There's a whole lot of rhythm goin′ 'round

You′ve got a real type of thing goin' down, gettin' down
There′s a whole lot of rhythm goin′ 'round
You′ve got a real type of thing goin' down, gettin′ down
There's a whole lot of rhythm goin′ 'round

Oww, we want the funk, give up the funk
Oww, we need the funk, we gotta have that funk
Oww, we want the funk, give up the funk
Oww, we need the funk, we gotta have that funk

Oww, we want the funk, give up the funk
Oww, we need the funk, we gotta have that funk (let us in, we'll tear this mother out)
Oww, we want the funk, give up the funk
Oww, we need the funk, we gotta have that funk (let us in, we′ll tear this mother out)

Oww, we want the funk, give up the funk
Oww, we need the funk, we gotta have that funk
Oww, we want the funk, give up the funk
Oww, we need the funk, we gotta have that funk
Oww, we want the funk, give up the funk
Oww, we need the funk, we gotta have that funk

(We′re gonna turn this mother out) We want the funk, give up the funk
(We're gonna turn this mother out) We need the funk, we gotta have that funk
(We′re gonna turn this mother out) We want the funk, give up the funk
(We're gonna turn this mother out) We need the funk, we gotta have that funk

Oww, we want the funk, give up the funk
Oww, we need the funk, we gotta have that funk (Let us in, we′ll tear this mother out)
Oww, we want the funk, give up the funk
Oww, we need the funk, we gotta have that funk (Let us in, we'll tear this mother out)

Oww, we want the funk, give up the funk
We need the funk, we gotta have that funk
We want the funk, give up the funk
We need the funk, we gotta have that funk
We want the funk, give up the funk
We need the funk, we gotta have that funk

La la la la la
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo oww
La la la la la
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo oww

(You′ve got a real type of thing goin' down, gettin' down)
You′ve got a real type of thing goin′ down, gettin' down
There′s a whole lot of rhythm goin' ′round
You've got a real type of thing goin′ down, gettin' down
There's a whole lot of rhythm goin′ ′round

Oww, we want the funk, give up the funk
Oww, we need the funk, we gotta have that funk (Let us in, we'll tear this mother out)