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Parliament's, "Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Now pick up the phone
Pick up the phone
Now pick up the phone
We gotta get the phone
Pick up the phone
Now pick up the phone
We gotta get the phone
Original Lyrics:
Ow, we want the funk
Give up the funk
Ow, we need the funk
We gotta have that funk
Give up the funk
Ow, we need the funk
We gotta have that funk
Parliament's, "Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ow, we want the bump
Give up the bump
Ow, we need the bump
We gotta have that bump.
Give up the bump
Ow, we need the bump
We gotta have that bump.
Original Lyrics:
Ow, we want the funk
Give up the funk
Ow, we need the funk
We gotta have that funk.
Give up the funk
Ow, we need the funk
We gotta have that funk.
Written by George Clinton, who was probably the single greatest influence in funk.
Parliament's, "Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Pick up the phone
Original Lyrics:
We got the funk
Parliament's, "Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker)"
Misheard Lyrics:
We got a job
Original Lyrics:
We got the funk
Parliament's, "Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker)"
Misheard Lyrics:
We got the bunk
Original Lyrics:
We got the funk
As in bunk beds.
Parliament's, "Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker)"
Misheard Lyrics:
We got the fun
Original Lyrics:
We got the funk
Parliament's, "Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker)"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm king of the funk
King of the funk
I'm king in the funk
You gotta have that funk
King of the funk
I'm king in the funk
You gotta have that funk
Original Lyrics:
Ow, we want the funk
Give up the funk
Ow, we need the funk
We gotta have that funk.
Give up the funk
Ow, we need the funk
We gotta have that funk.
Parliament's, "Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Let your single turn this ow to ow
Original Lyrics:
Let us in we'll tear this mother out
Parliament's, "Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker)"
Misheard Lyrics:
We're gonna turn this brother down
Original Lyrics:
We're gonna turn this mother out
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