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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
The Temptations
The Temptations
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Alton "Wokie" Stewart
Alton "Wokie" Stewart
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Alton "Wokie" Stewart
Alton "Wokie" Stewart
Producer
Zack Vaz
Zack Vaz
Producer
Otis Williams
Otis Williams
Producer
Bob Jones
Bob Jones
Producer
Ray Hayden
Ray Hayden
Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Hit me
Come on
Drop it (Ow)
[Verse 2]
Hit me
Hit me
Come on (Ooh-wee)
Drop it
I'm gonna do it
Whatcha gon' do?
I'm gonna do it
Yeah, yeah (Watch me now)
[Verse 3]
Who wants to be like
Who wants to be like the Jones?
Yeah, yeah
Who wants to be like
Who wants to be like the Jones?
[Verse 4]
One lonely night
I decided to go out
With some friends of mine
Yeah, yeah
I was fresh, I must confess
I was dressed to impress
[Verse 5]
Paid twenty dollars at the door
When I walked in, I got more than I bargained for
If by chance she'd happen to dance my way
These are the words I would have said
[Verse 6]
Oh, oh
Who wants to be like
Who wants to be like the Jones?
Yeah, yeah
Don't want to be like the Jones
Who wants to be like (No, no, no)
Who wants to be like the Jones? (No)
[Verse 7]
When the music started to play
Took me away
Somewhere I've never been before
I met this girl
She's someone, a cutie pie
She really turned me on
[Verse 8]
She happened to ask me for a dance
I didn't want to blow my one and only chance
When the jam began to play
These are the only words I can think of to say
[Verse 9]
I expected to go out
Have a good time with my friends
And find myself some piece of mind
[Verse 10]
How was I to know that I would meet someone?
A gorgeous girl that'd turn out to be a waste of time
[Verse 11]
She told me her last name was Jones
Women go on lots of phones
She said that she would give me the world if I let her be my girl
She said if she became my wife
A family would choose my life
I shook my head, and these are the very words I said
[Verse 12]
Who wants to be like (Hey)
Who wants to be like the Jones? (Well)
Don't want to be like, don't want to be like the Jones
Who wants to be like
(Oh, yeah, yeah)
Who wants to be like the Jones?
[Verse 13]
I don't want to be like the Jones
Who wants to be like (Don't want to be)
Who wants to be like the Jones? (I don't want to be)
Don't want to be like, don't want to be like the Jones
Who wants to be like (Don't want to be)
Who wants to be like the Jones? (I don't want to be)
I don't want to be like the Jones, hey
[Verse 14]
The Jones
I don't want to be like the Jones
Who wants to be like
Who wants to be like the Jones?
[Verse 15]
Who wants to be like
Who wants to be like the Jones?
Who wants to be like
Who wants to be like the Jones?
[Verse 16]
Who wants to be like
Who wants to be like the Jones?
Written by: Alton "Wokie" Stewart

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