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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
James Brown
Vocals
will.i.am
Vocals
Fergie
Vocals
apl.de.ap
Vocals
Robert Thompson
Drums
George Pajon Jr.
Guitar
Damon Woods
Guitar
Printz Board
Trumpet
Jeff Watkins
Saxophone
Tim Izo Orindgreff
Saxophone
The Bittersweets
Background Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
James Brown
Songwriter
William Adams
Songwriter
Printz Board
Songwriter
Gregg O. Mays
Songwriter
Tim Izo Orindgreff
Songwriter
Stacy Ferguson
Songwriter
Darryl Barnes
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
will.i.am
Producer
Neil Tucker
Engineer
Serban Ghenea
Mixing Engineer
Brian Gardner
Mastering Engineer
Lyrics
[Intro]
Everybody over there
Do you want that phunky soul, y'all?
Come on, hit it
They don't want music, they don't know how to use it
All they want is boom, boom, boom, boom
[Verse 1]
Ayo, John Coltrane, he plays the sax
Me myself, I love to max
Up in the studio, laying tracks
Burn it on the CD, melt the wax
Spinnin' it
And now I'm feeling fine
'Cause daily music's on my mind
And I feel mellow when I watch the girl play the cello
Hello to all my fellow peers in here for the quality
Music quality, yeah
That'll be the focus in the top pick of the day
So pass the peas, like we used to say
Yo, pass the beats, like they used to say
Pass the phunk, like they used to say
That's my joint, like we used to say
Syncopation the true school way
[PreChorus]
I don't know what you came to do
I came to drop the phunk on you
Depends on that sonic sound
But you know what?
[Chorus]
They don't want music
They don't want music
They just want boom, boom, boom, boom, boom
Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom
They don't want music, they don't know how to use it
They don't want music
They don't want music
They don't want music, they don't know how to use it
The good back horn
They don't want music, uh, they don't know how to use it
All they want is boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom
[Verse 2]
Ooh, la-la, ah-wee-wee
Nowadays music is all about a fee
The soul is caged, no bits now free
Unless the rhyme was rocked by me
I got the balls to bang
Yeah, steady, just doing my thang
Steady, just steady, just doing my own thang
I just do it, huh
I just do it, you know
My momma said to do what you know, so I'ma do what I know
James Brown gave me the fluid, that means a baby could do it
The Peas will do it so
We gon' do it, do it, do it
Get up on the stage and release my fluid
Do my thing, do it through the music
Phunkafied and therapeutic
Come on
[PreChorus]
I don't know what you came to do
I came to drop the phunk on you
Depends on that sonic sound
But you know what?
[Chorus]
They don't want music
They don't want music
They just want boom, boom, boom, boom, boom
Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom
They don't want music, they don't know how to use it
They don't want music
They don't want music
They don't want music, they don't know how to use it
The good back horn
Do it, do it, do it, do it, do it, do it
They don't want music, they don't know how to use it
All they want is boom, boom, boom, boom
[Bridge]
Wait a minute!
You got to rock with the phunk
If you wanna have a good time
You got to rock with the phunk
If you wanna have a good time
You got to roll with the phunk
If you wanna have a good time
Say it now, you got to roll with the phunk now
If you wanna have a good time
You got to roll with the phunk now
If you wanna be sweet and fine, hey, hey, hey
Rock with the punk
If you wanna have a good time
You got to roll with the phunk
If you wanna have a good time
Wait a minute! A woman that'll phunk your horn, y'all
Gimme that phunky horn
Play that phunky horn now
Gimme that phunky horn
Uh, gimme that phunky horn now
Gimme that phunky horn, hey, hey, hey
[Bridge]
You got to rock with the phunk
If you wanna have a good time
You've got to roll with the phunk now
If you wanna have a good time
You got to dance with the phunk
If you wanna be sweet and fine
I said I like it dancin' with the phunk
If you wanna be sweet and fine, hey, hey, hey
You've got to shake with the phunk
If you wanna have a good time
Shaking, shaking, shaking with the phunk
If you wanna have a good time
My phunk, your phunk, his phunk, his phunk, I got
Do it again, do it again
Good phunk, good phunk, good phunk, good phunk, good phunk
Good phunk, good phunk, good phunk, good phunk, good phunk, good phunk, good phunk
Ring that phunky horn, say it
Gimme that phunky horn
I need that phunky horn, now say it
Gimme that phunky horn
Play that phunky horn now
Gimme that phunky horn
We need it
A break down, a break down, a break, get down
[Verse 3]
Dance everybody, move your body through the music
Get it started, get into it
Come on, everybody, do it
You've got to dance through the music
Keep on doing what you're doing
Keep on grooving with the music
You've got to roll with the phunk
[Outro]
Well, you've got to roll with the phunk
If you wanna have a good time
R-O-double-L, keep rolling with the phunk now
If you wanna have a good time
And roll to a phunky place
I'm rolling
Where?
To a, to a, to a phunky, phunky place now
I'm rolling to a phunky place, yes, I am
I'll be there, I'll be there, I'll be there, I'll be there
Written by: Darryl Barnes, Gregg O. Mays, James Brown, Printz Board, Stacy Ferguson, Tim Izo Orindgreff, William Adams