[Chorus]
Turn the beat around
Love to hear percussion
Turn it upside down
Love to hear percussion
Love to hear it

[Verse 1]
Blow horns you sure sound pretty
Your violins keep moving to the nitty gritty
And when you hear the scratch of the guitars scratchin'
Then you'll know that rhythm carries all the action
Whoa

[Chorus]
Turn the beat around
Love to hear percussion
Turn it upside down
Love to hear percussion
Love to hear it
Love to hear it

[Verse 2]
Flute player, play your flute 'cause I know
That you want to get your thing off
But you see I've made up my mind about it
It's got to be thе rhythm, no doubt about it, whoa-whoa
'Cause when the guitar playеr start playing
With the syncopated rhythm, with the scratch, scratch, scratch
Makes me wanna move my body, yeah, yeah, yeah
And when the drummer starts beating that beat
He nails that beat with the syncopated rhythm
With the rat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat on the drums, hey
[Chorus]
Turn the beat around (Ooh, I'm talkin' 'bout the beat)
Love to hear percussion (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Turn it upside down
Love to hear the percussion (Ooh, yeah)
Love to hear it (Yeah, yeah)
Love to hear it (Oh)
Love to hear it (Oh)
Love to hear it (Oh)

[Bridge]
Let me hear you say rat-tat-tat
(Rat-tat-tat)
Rat-tat-tat-tat
(Rat-tat-tat-tat)
Rat-tat-tat
(Rat-tat-tat)
Rat-tat-tat-tat-tat
(Rat-tat-tat-tat-tat)
Rat-tat-tat-rat-tat-tat-tat
(Rat-tat-tat-rat-tat-tat-tat)
Rat-tat-tat-rat-rat-tat-tat-tat-tat
(Rat-tat-tat-rat-rat-tat-tat-tat-tat)

[Chorus]
Turn the beat around
Love to hear percussion (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
Turn it upside down
Love to hear percussion (Ooh, yeah)
Turn the beat around (Ooh, I'm talkin' 'bout the beat)
Love to hear percussion (My, my, my, my)
Turn it upside down (Gotta feel the beat now, love)
Love to hear percussion (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
Love to hear it
Love to hear it
Love to hear it (Oh)
Love to hear it (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)