You got to funkafize
You got to funkafize
You got to funkafize
You got to funkafize
Move to the music
Got shout and sing-a-ling
You got to groove with the rhythm, girl
Get slick and shake that thing
(Shake that thing)
Yeah, let it be for real
If you got the power
That you all know what you gotta do You can’t lay dead
Just catch that groove
You got to funkifize
You got to funkifize
If you want to get funky
Like a bow-legged monkey
I’m tellin' you
(You got to funkifize)
Got to kick to the backbeat
Before you get too old
You got to flash to the fire
And let it grab your soul
(Grab your soul)
Let it be for real
If you got the power
That you all know what you gotta do You can’t lay dead
Just catch that groove
You got to funkifize
You got to funkifize
Now you want to get funky
Like a bow-legged monkey
I’m tellin' you
(You got to funkifize)
Say it’s in the blood
(In the blood, in the blood)
Yeah, they say it’s in the blood, yeah
(In the blood, in the blood)
Somebody said it’s in the blood
(In the blood, in the blood)
Well they say it’s in the blood, yeah
(In the blood, in the blood)
But don’t you know it’s in your soul
(Don't you know it’s in your soul)
Don’t you know it’s in your soul, boy
(Don't you know it’s in your soul)
Don’t you know it’s in your soul, mama
(Don't you know it’s in your soul)
Don’t you know it’s in your soul, girl
(Don't you know it’s in your soul)
You got to funkafize
(I'm telling you now)
You got to funkafize
(That's all you gotto do now)
You got to funkafize
(Talkin' about the talkin' yeah yeah yeah yeah)
You got to funkafize
(Oh, oh yeah)
You got to funkafize
(If you got the power)
You got to funkafize
(Then let it be the real one, don’t you?)
You got to funkafize
(And I’m telling you right now)
You got to funkafize
Rest in peace to original lead singer Rick Stevens of Tower of power who we lost last year. He was on the first two albums of Tower of power. And, if I’m not mistaken, he did the lead on this song as well as you’re still a young man.
Kills me the percussive quality achieved by the horns. How in the heck do horn players get such tight rhythms. On stand by breathe, breathe OK Blow! Man this is funky!
Saw them live in 1973 and Garibaldi changed the hi-hat rhythm pattern to the "and" of the 8th note beat on this tune and flat KILLED it into total funk stratosphere with that change. Knocked me in the dirt on that one.