[Intro: All]
Funk gettin' ready to go
Funk gettin' ready to roll
Funk gettin' ready to go
Funk gettin' ready to roll
Funk gettin' ready to go
Funk gettin' ready to roll
Funk gettin' ready to go
Funk gettin' ready to roll
Funk gettin' ready to go
Funk gettin' ready to roll

[Verse 1: Garry Shider, (All)]
I was strung out on Bach
And Beethoven was my thing
I dug jazz, I dug rock
Anything with a swing (Doo doo-do-doo-doo)
But I ran into a friend who told me there was so much more
Find the void that you missed
There is plenty to explore (Doo doo-do-doo-doo)

[Hook 1: All, (Garry Shider)]
We want to take you, Cholly, when we go
(You wanna take me?)
We'd like to take you, Cholly, when we roll
(Well, if you'd play me just a little bit more)
But if we play you just a little more (Maybe I will)
We'd love to take you, Cholly, when we go
[Verse 2: Garry Shider]
You know, right around that time
I started to analyze
What they were trying to tell me
They said, "Come on, Cholly, we want to take you somewhere"
I didn't know where they was trying to take me
Next thing I know, they were saying something like this

[Hook 2: All, (Garry Shider)]
Funk gettin' ready to go (What?)
Funk gettin' ready to roll (I said, "Who?")
Funk gettin' ready to go (What in the world they talkin' about?)
Funk gettin' ready to roll ("Funk gettin ready to roll?" To roll???)
Funk gettin' ready to go (Oh, no...)
Funk gettin' ready to roll (I can't do that)
Funk gettin' ready to go (You see, I dug Bach, I dug Beethoven)
Funk gettin' ready to roll
Funk gettin' ready to go
Funk gettin' ready to roll

[Verse 3: Garry Shider, (All)]
I would dance, I would sing
I would get lost in my dreams
(I would fly, but never too high)
'Cause my funk deserted me
Now that the door is open wide
And all my funk just can't hide
(With the syndrome left behind)
With the syndrome left behind
(No, my funk just can't hide)
[Hook 1: All, (Garry Shider)]
We like to take you, Cholly, when we go
We like to take you, Cholly, when we roll (Get on the floor and roll it down!)
(They promised they would play it one more time, yes they did)
We'd like to take you, Cholly, when we go

[Bridge 1: Garry Shider, (All)]
You know it was in my hands
It was in my feet
I feel it over all me
(Funk gettin' ready to go) I just do!
(Funk gettin' ready to roll)
(Funk gettin' ready to go) Ohhhh!
(Funk gettin' ready to roll)
(Funk gettin' ready to go)
(Funk gettin' ready to roll) I got to...
(Funk gettin' ready to roll) Got to...
(Funk gettin' ready to go) I got to get with the funk!
(Funk gettin' ready to go) Yeahhh
(Funk gettin' ready to roll)
(Funk gettin' ready to go) Get ready!
(Funk gettin' ready to roll)

[Bridge 2: Garry Shider, (All)]
(I would dance)
(I would sing, I would)
(Get lost in my dreams)
I would fly (But never too high)
('Cause my funk deserted me)
(Now that the door is open wide)
Now that the door is open wide!
And all my funk just can't hide
With the syndrome left behind! Wow
I must go with the funk!
Sorry, but I got to leave y'all, I got to go with the funk!
[Guitar solo]

[Instrumental outro]