[James Brown & (Bobby Byrd)]
(What you gon' play now?)
Bobby, I don't know
But what's in ever I play, it's got to be funky!
(Yeah)

1, 2, 3
Make it funky
Make it funky Huh
Make it funky I got to
Make it funky, make it funky, make it funky
Tell me it is
Make it funky
Know it is
Make it funky
Got to do it now
Make it funky
Got to do it now
Make it funky
I got to do it now
Make it funky
Oh yes!
Make it funky, make it funky, make it funky, make it funky
Make it funky, make it funky, make it funky, make it funky

Oh yes, I got to Make it funky
Oh yes, I need to Make it funky
I want ta say now Make it funky
Oh yes, I got to do it now Make it funky
Make it funky
Oh yes I got-ta do it now
Make it funky, make it funky, make it funky, make it funky
Funky as I wanna be Make it funky
Funky as I need to be Make it funky
Funky with the beat Make it funky
Ha! Make it funky
Ha! Make it funky
Good Lord! Make it funky
Ain't it now? Make it funky
Ha-ha-ha Make it funky
Good God! Make it funky
Take me home Make it funky
To the bridge Make it funky
To the bridge Make it funky
Make it funky

(Don't be so funky)
I can't help it, Byrd

Neckbones, candied yams, turnips
Smothered steak! Smothered steak!
Grits and gravy
Cracking bread, ha ha



[James Brown & (Bobby Byrd)]
Be up on your thing, brother
Snap peas, Mobile gumbo, hunk of cornbread, buttermilk
I need to go back, though (Yeah)
I wanna make it funky (Let's make it funky)
Jab, can I make it funky? (Yeah)
Make it funky
Come on, make it funky
Make it funky, make it funky, make it funky, make it funky
Make it funky, make it funky
Make it funky, make it funky
Make it funky, make it funky
Make it funky, make it funky
Make it funky, make it funky
Make it funky, make it funky
Make it funky, make it funky
Make it funky, make it funky
Make it funky, make it funky
Make it funky, make it funky
Make it funky, make it funky
Make it funky, make it funky
Make it funky, make it funky
Make it funky, make it funky
What is he doing?
Make it funky, make it funky
Make it funky, make it funky
Make it funky, make it funky
Make it funky, make it funky
Bobby, let's go to the bridge
Make it funky, make it funky
Make it funky, make it funky
Make it funky

Is it funky? (Yeah)
Broadway doing the thing
You got the marvelous Jewels back there
Make it funky (Get funky)
What you say, Byrd?
(The band get funky, the band get funky)
Playing so much band, Byrd (Hey)
("Make it funky" repeated in the background)

[James Brown]
Gaga-gagaga
Fred, dig this, Fred, Fred, me and you
Ah-gaga-ga-gaga
Ah-goo-gaga
Gagagagagagagagaga
Goo-ga-goo-gaga
Ga, ga, ga, ga, ga, ga, ga
Ah gaga, ah gaga, ah gaga, ah gaga, gaga, gaga
Gaga-ga-gagaga
Gaga-gagaga
Ah-gagaga-ga-goo-gaga
Gaga-ga-gagagagaga
Coleman, Coleman, you know what?
This thing would really be groovy if we had a little bit of B.B. King in there
Give us a little bit of B.B
Come on
Goin' down now, goin' down now
Goin' down there
You better get a wind here now down sayin' that thing, haha
Go on down there, give me some B.B
Make me think about must be an angel
Come on
Hey Fred, let's go on out with the bridge
Fred, let's go out with the bridge

[James Brown & (Bobby Byrd)]
(Very funky)
Gotta make it funky one more time, Fred (Yeah)
Gotta make it funky (Make it funky)
Make it funky, make it funky, make it funky, make it funky

("Make it funky" repeated in the background)

Fred, Fred, slide your slide; slide your slide, Fred
Fred, wait a minute; wait a minute, Fred
I see you got a funny looking horn there
That's a black horn - why is it black?
You call that a what? Oh, looka here
'Cause mine don't look like that horn, but, haha, looka here
Yeah, you said you were from L.A. - yeah, that's Lower Alabama
Yeah, alright, I got another name, Byrd, but uh...hahaha
I ain't gon' get too deep in on it
You know, that's a hip thing, though
See how that cat slide to get that groove, see that
Slide, if you hit that slide
I know you were slick - he had to be slick when he was on the corner
He sure got a lot of slide
Yeah, I guess that's when come on out to join us
'Cause the man gon' get to him now
So brother, can you slide us on into grooveland?
Take me to loveland, take me to grooveland

[Fred Wesley trombone solo]

Oh yeah! Come on