Spoken, preacher-style, over a simmering hi-hat) Y'all feel that? Mm-hmm. That's the tickle... before the thunder. I said, are you ready?! HIT ME! (Full band kicks in—tight, syncopated, raw) (Verse 1) Get up off the bench, don't you sit and stall The groove is on the move, it's a wreckin' ball Feet don't fail me now, hands up to the sky Gonna stomp this funk until the day I die I'm a neutron bomb of sweat and soul Watch me lose control—that's my only goal! (Chorus - Shouted, call & response) OW! I'm burnin' up! (Burnin' up!) Feel the heat! (Feel the heat!) Can't stop my feet! (Can't stop my feet!) I'm a funk machine! (Funk machine!) So mean, so lean, the baddest you've seen—HUH! (Verse 2) Pockets full of nothin', but my spirit's fat Don't need no money when you're movin' like that I'm a live wire, sparkin' off the ground Turn this whole joint upside-down Elbows and knees, a human earthquake For goodness sake, for goodness sake—GIMME A BREAK! (Chorus - More intense) OW! I'm burnin' up! (Burnin' up!) Feel the heat! (Feel the heat!) Can't stop my feet! (Can't stop my feet!) I'm a funk machine! (Funk machine!) So mean, so lean, the baddest you've seen—YEAH! (Bridge - The breakdown, sparse and tense) Wait a minute... hold it right there... (Band drops to just a bass thump and a cymbal crash) I said, wait... I said, wait... (Scream) I FEEL GOOD! (Band explodes back in) LIKE I KNEW I WOULD! NOW SCRAPE IT! SCRAPE IT! (Outro - Ad-libs over a vamp) Get on the good foot! (WOO!) Soul power! (YEAH!) Don't you dare quit! (NO!) Gimme some skin! Hit me now! HIT ME! (Fade with screams and "Ow!"s)
