[INTRO — SPOKEN / BOPPING] Come on…………, Can ya feel that? (pause) DO YOU FEEL THAT? [FEMALE BACKGROUND] We feeeeeeeel it! We feeeeeeeel it! [VERSE 1 — SASSY, CONVERSATIONAL] my heels on the floor, my head up high, sunshine sparkling in my eye, Walk in the room, the whole place knows, came for the rhythm, NOW—watch me go! Slide to the left… (pause) (pause) Step to the right… (pause) Turn ya shoulder………….. (pause) Bop ya head from left to right………… (pause) Bassline knows what I like………. Horn hit hard—we’re bringing that flame! [PRE-CHORUS — MELODY RISES] Ooooooooooooo, don’t stop………… Keep the rhythm on groove……., If you came to have a good time— Baby, than this one’s for you! [CHORUS — FULL MOTOWN CALL & RESPONSE] LEAD: Can you feel that groove? BACKING: We can feel that groove! LEAD: Can you move? BACKING: We can move! LEAD: Bop your head! BACKING: Bop-bop-bop-op-op-bop LEAD: Slide your feet! BACKING: Gliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiide……………… ALL: Come on, everybody, Get up out your seat! Feeeeeeeeel the rhythm, We got that phunk going on [HORN STAB — BA-DAAA! 🥁] [VERSE 2 — PLAYFUL / GROOVING] Bopping, shaking to the backbeat groove, Clap two times if you know how, Piano jumping while the guitar swings, Brass talking loud like a pocket full of dreams. I’m gliding… (pause) I’m sliding… Head bopping while the whole room’s vibing, Ain’t nobody sitting when the bass gets deep, Got that Detroit soul making everybody leap! [BREAKDOWN — BEAT DROPS] Wait… Hold up… (bass only) Did you hear that? (pause) That’s the sound of happiness… [FEMALE BACKING — SOFT] Keep it moving… LEAD: Now bring that beat back! [FULL BAND RETURNS] BOOM! — BA-DA-DA! [CHORUS — BIGGER / 3-PART HARMONIES] LEAD: Can you feel that groove? BACKING: We can feel that groove! LEAD: Can you move? BACKING: We can move! LEAD: Bop your head! BACKING: Bop-bop-bop-op-op-bop LEAD: Slide your feet! BACKING: Gliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiide……………… ALL: Come on, everybody, Get up out your seat! Feeeeeeeeel the rhythm, We got that phunk going on [HORN STAB — BA-DAAA! 🥁] [BRIDGE — MELODY SHIFTS / STRINGS ENTER] Style in the rhythm, joy in the sound, Turn it up higher, let it shake the ground! No bad energy gonna slow us down, Come together to groove around! LEAD: One time! BACKING: One time! LEAD: Two times! BACKING: Two times! LEAD: Three times! BACKING: THREE TIMES! ALL: everybody groove! [FINAL CHORUS — FULL BAND / AD-LIBS] LEAD: Can you feel that groove? BACKING: We can feel that groove! LEAD: Can you move? BACKING: We can move! LEAD: Bop your head! BACKING: Bop-bop-bop-op-op-bop LEAD: Slide your feet! BACKING: Gliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiide……………… ALL: Come on, everybody, Get up out your seat! Feeeeeeeeel the rhythm, We got that phunk going on [HORN STAB — BA-DAAA! 🥁] ALL — REPEAT / FADE: We got that rhythm, We got that funky beat! We got that rhythm, Get up out your seat! (horns + tambourine + handclaps) LEAD: Bop… slide… glide… (pause) LEAD: …and GROOVE! [FINAL HORN HIT] BA-DAAAAA!
