Play That Funky Music White Boy

Hey… Do it now… Yeah, hey!

Hey, once I was a boogie singer
Playin' in a rock and roll band.
I never had no problems, yeah,
Burnin' down the one night stands,
And everything around me, yeah,
Got to start to feelin' so low,
And I decided quickly, yes, I did,
To disco down and check out the show

Yeah, they were dancin' and singin'
And movin' to the groovin',
And just when it hit me,
Somebody turned around and shouted

Play that funky music white boy.
Play that funky music right.
Play that funky music white boy.
Lay down that boogie
And play that funky music till you die.
Hey, hey. Till you die. Yeah, yeah.

Well, I tried to understand this. Yeah,
Huh, I thought that they were out of their minds.
How could I be so foolish, how could I,
To not see I was the one behind?
So still I kept on fightin',
Well, losin' every step of the way. (Yeah, what'd you do?)
I said, I must go back there, got to go back,
And check to see if things still the same.

Yeah, they were dancin' and singin'
And movin' to the groovin',
And just when it hit me,
somebody turned around and shouted

Play that funky music white boy.
Play that funky music right.
Play that funky music white boy.
Lay down that boogie and
Play that funky music till you die.
Heh, till you die. (Yeah.) Wow, till you die.

(Come on, play some electrified funky music!)

Hey, wait a minute.

Now first it wasn't easy
Changin' Rock and roll and minds,
And things were getting shaky.
I thought I'd have to leave it behind.
Oh, but now its so much better. It's so much better.
I'm funkin out in every way,
But I'll never lose that feelin', no, I won't,
Of how I learned my lesson that day.

When they were dancin' and singin'
And movin' to the groovin',
And just when it hit me,
Somebody turned around and shouted

Play that funky music white boy.
Play that funky music right.
Play that funky music white boy.
Lay down that boogie and
Play that funky music till you die.
Heh, till you die. Oh, till you die. Yeah.

(They shouted, Play that funky music)
Play that funky music.
(Play that funky music) Got to keep on
Play that funky music.
(Play that funky music) Play that funky music
(Play that funky music) Wanna take ya higher now.

Play that funky music white boy.
Play that funky music right, yeah.

Play that funky music white boy.
Play that funky music right.

Play that funky music white boy.
Play that funky music right, yeah.