[Intro]
Ma-ma-say, ma-ma-sah
Ma-ma-say, ma-ma-sah
Ma-ma-say, ma-ma-sah
Ma-ma-say, ma-ma-sah, ma-ma-coo-sah

[Chorus]
I said you wanna be startin' somethin'
You got to be startin' somethin'
I said you wanna be startin' somethin'
You got to be startin' somethin'
It's too high to get over (Yeah, yeah)
You're too low to get under (Yeah, yeah)
You're stuck in the middle (Yeah, yeah)
And the pain is thunder (Yeah, yeah)
It's too high to get over (Yeah, yeah)
You're too low to get under (Yeah, yeah)
You're stuck in the middle (Yeah, yeah)
And the pain is thunder (Yeah, yeah)

[Bridge]
You're a vegetable (You're a vegetable)
You're a vegetable (You're a vegetable)
Still they hate you (Still they hate you)
You're a vegetable (You're a vegetable)
You're just a buffet (You're just a buffet) (You're a vegetable)
You're a vegetable (You're a vegetable)
They eat off of you (They eat off of you) (You're a vegetable)
You're a vegetable, aaow!
[Instrumental Interlude]
Aaow!
Hee-haw!

[Verse]
If you can't feed your baby (Yeah, yeah)
Then don't have a baby (Yeah, yeah)
And don't think maybe (Yeah, yeah)
If you can't feed your baby (Yeah, yeah)
You'll be always tryin'
To stop that child from cryin'
Hustlin', stealin', lyin'
Now baby's slowly dyin'

[Chorus]
I said you wanna be startin' somethin'
You got to be startin' somethin'
I said you wanna be startin' somethin'
You got to be startin' somethin'
It's too high to get over (Yeah, yeah)
You're too low to get under (Yeah, yeah)
You're stuck in the middle (Yeah, yeah)
And the pain is thunder (Yeah, yeah)
It's too high to get over (Yeah, yeah)
You're too low to get under (Yeah, yeah)
You're stuck in the middle (Yeah, yeah)
And the pain is thunder (Yeah, yeah)
[Bridge]
Lift your head up high and scream out to the world
"I know I am someone," and let the truth unfurl (Hee-ha)
No one can hurt you now because you know what's true
Yes, I believe in me, so do believe in you

[Outro]
Help me sing it
Ma-ma-say, ma-ma-sah, ma-ma-coo-sah (Hoo-hoo)
Ma-ma-say, ma-ma-sah, ma-ma-coo-sah (Hee-hee-hee)
Ma-ma-say, ma-ma-sah, ma-ma-coo-sah (Hee-hee-hee)
Ma-ma-say, ma-ma-sah, ma-ma-coo-sah
Ma-ma-say, ma-ma-sah, ma-ma-coo-sah (Help me sing it, babe)
Ma-ma-say, ma-ma-sah, ma-ma-coo-sah (Hee-hee-hee)
Ma-ma-say, ma-ma-sah, ma-ma-coo-sah
Ma-ma-say, ma-ma-sah, ma-ma-coo-sah (Yeah, sing it to the world)
Ma-ma-say, ma-ma-sah, ma-ma-coo-sah (Sing it out loud)
Ma-ma-say, ma-ma-sah, ma-ma-coo-sah (Hoo-hoo)
Ma-ma-say, ma-ma-sah, ma-ma-coo-sah (Hee-hee-hee)
Ma-ma-say, ma-ma-sah, ma-ma-coo-sah (Help me sing it)
Ma-ma-say, ma-ma-sah, ma-ma-coo-sah
Ma-ma-say, ma-ma-sah, ma-ma-coo-sah (Hoo-hoo)
Ma-ma-say, ma-ma-sah, ma-ma-coo-sah (Hee-hee)
Ma-ma-say, ma-ma-sah, ma-ma-coo-sah (Help me sing it to the world)

I said you wanna be startin' somethin'
You got to be startin' somethin'
I said you wanna be startin' somethin'
You got to be startin' somethin'