Word Up-Funk Pioneers

[ti:Word Up] [ar:Studio Allstars] [al:Holding Back The Years] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Word Up - Funk Pioneers [00:25.41]Yo pretty ladies around the world [00:29.32]Got a weird thing to show you [00:31.21]So tell all the boys and girls [00:33.40]Tell your brother your sister [00:35.32]And your mama too [00:37.38]We're about to go down [00:39.36]And you know just what to do [00:41.54]Wave your hands in the air [00:43.55]Like you don't care [00:45.18] [00:45.91]Glide by the people [00:47.85]As they start to look and stare [00:49.80]Do your dance [00:50.84] [00:51.50]Do your dance [00:52.52]Do your dance quick mama come on baby [00:56.09]Tell me what's the word [00:58.01]Word up [00:58.70] [01:00.21]Everybody say [01:02.87]When you hear the call you [01:04.43]You've got to get it underway Word up [01:06.83] [01:08.48]It's the code word [01:10.02] [01:10.88]No matter where you say it [01:12.85]You know that you'll be heard [01:14.60]Now all you sucker D J 's [01:16.86]Who think you're fly [01:18.33] [01:18.94]There's got to be a reason [01:20.96]And we know the reason why [01:23.08]You try to put on [01:24.70]Those airs and act real cool [01:26.80] [01:27.35]But you've got to realize [01:29.17]That you're acting like fools [01:30.74] [01:31.36]If there's music we can use it [01:33.37]We need to dance [01:34.90] [01:35.48]We don't have the time [01:37.40]For psychological romance [01:39.66]No romance [01:40.47] [01:41.00]No romance [01:41.84]No romance for me mama [01:43.94] [01:44.53]Come on baby tell me what's the word [01:47.69]The word up [01:48.61] [01:50.08]Everybody say when you hear the call you [01:54.12]You've got to get it underway [01:55.89] [02:17.28]Low [02:20.63]Dial 'L' for Low [02:21.80] [02:31.31]Low [02:34.01] [02:44.55]C'mon all you people say [02:46.46]W O R D up [02:49.50] [02:50.40]W O R D up [02:53.61] [02:54.42]W O R D up [02:58.17] [02:58.78]W O R D up [03:01.82] [03:07.11]W O R D up [03:10.20] [03:15.45]W O R D up [03:18.41] [03:42.39]C'mon all you people say C'mon