Roof off, we're gonna tear the roof off the mother sucker
Tear the roof off the sucker
Tear the roof off, we're gonna tear the roof off the mother sucker
Tear the roof off the sucker

Tear the roof off, we're gonna tear the roof off the mother sucker
Tear the roof off the sucker
Tear the roof off, we're gonna tear the roof off the mother sucker
Tear the roof off the sucker

You've got a real type of thing going down, gettin' down
There's a whole lot of rhythm going 'round
You've got a real type of thing going down, gettin' down
There's a whole lot of rhythm going 'round

We want the funk, give up the funk
We need the funk, we gotta have that funk
We want the funk, give up the funk
We need the funk, we gotta have that funk

Na, na, na, na, na
Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, ow
Na, na, na, na, na
Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, ow

We're gonna turn this mother out
We're gonna turn this mother out

You've got a real type of thing going down, gettin' down
There's a whole lot of rhythm going 'round (rhythm going 'round)
You've got a real type of thing going down, gettin' down
There's a whole lot of rhythm going 'round
You've got a real type of thing going down, gettin' down
There's a whole lot of rhythm going 'round (rhythm going 'round and round and round)

We want the funk, give up the funk
We need the funk, we gotta have that funk
We need the funk, we gotta have that funk
We want the funk, give up the funk (get funky)

We need the funk, (get funky now) we gotta have that funk (get funky)
We want the funk, give up the funk
We need the funk, we gotta have that funk
We want the funk, give up the funk
We need the funk, we gotta have that funk (get funky)

We're gonna turn this mother out (we want the funk, give up the funk)
We're gonna turn this mother out (we need the funk, we gotta have that funk)
We're gonna turn this mother out (we want the funk, give up the funk)
We're gonna turn this mother out (we need the funk, we gotta have that funk)

We want the funk, give up the funk
We need the funk, we gotta have that funk
We want the funk, give up the funk
We need the funk, we gotta have that funk

We want the funk, give up the funk
We need the funk, we gotta have that funk
We want the funk, give up the funk
We need the funk, we gotta have that funk

Na, na, na, na, na
Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, ow
Na, na, na, na, na
Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, ow (you've got a real type of thing going down)

You've got a real type of thing going down, gettin' down
There's a whole lot of rhythm going 'round (whole lot of rhythm going 'round)
You've got a real type of thing going down, gettin' down
There's a whole lot of rhythm going 'round

Yeah

We want the funk, give up the funk
We need the funk, we gotta have that funk
We want the funk, give up the funk
We need the funk, we gotta have that funk

We want the funk, give up the funk (roof off, we're gonna tear the roof off the mother sucker)
We need the funk, we gotta have that funk (tear the roof off, we're gonna tear the roof off the mother sucker)
We want the funk, give up the funk (tear the roof off, we're gonna tear the roof off the mother sucker)
We need the funk, we gotta have that funk (roof off, we're gonna tear the roof off the mother sucker)

Copyright: Word Collections Publishing
Writer(s): George Jr. Clinton, Jerome Eugene Brailey, William Earl Collins