[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'
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)
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)

[Verse 1]
I took my baby to the doctor with a fever
But nothin' he found
By the time this hit the street
They said she had a breakdown
Someone's always tryin'
To start my baby cryin'
Talkin', stealin', lyin'
Sayin' you just want to be startin' somethin'

[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'
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)
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)
Ow
[Instrumental Break]

[Interlude]
Hee-haw!

[Chorus]
You wanna be startin' somethin'
You got to be startin' somethin'
I said you wanna be startin' somethin'
You got to be startin' somethin'

[Outro]
Lift your head up high, scream out to the world
"I know I am someone," and let the truth unfurl (Hee-haw)
No one can hurt you now, because you know what's true
'Cause I believe in me, so you believe in you, help me sing it
Ma-ma-say, ma-ma-sah, ma-ma-coo-sah
Ma-ma-say, ma-ma-sah, ma-ma-coo-sah
Ma-ma-say, ma-ma-sah, ma-ma-coo-sah
Ma-ma-say, ma-ma-sah, ma-ma-coo-sah
Ma-ma-say, ma-ma-sah, ma-ma-coo-sah (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 (Every boy and every girl)
Ma-ma-say, ma-ma-sah, ma-ma-coo-sah (Come on and sing it out)
Ma-ma-say, ma-ma-sah, ma-ma-coo-sah (Woo-hoo)
Ma-ma-say, ma-ma-sah, ma-ma-coo-sah (Woo-hoo)
Ma-ma-say, ma-ma-sah, ma-ma-coo-sah (Woo-hoo)
Ma-ma-say, ma-ma-sah, ma-ma-coo-sah (Help me sing it)
Ma-ma-say, ma-ma-sah, ma-ma-coo-sah (Hee-hee)
Ma-ma-say, ma-ma-sah, ma-ma-coo-sah (Hee-hee)
Ma-ma-say, ma-ma-sah, ma-ma-coo-sah (Woo-hoo)
Ma-ma-say, ma-ma-sah, ma-ma-coo-sah (Yeah)
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'