So, yo, thank God for Parliament
(Shorty B)
Yeah, you can do it, Humpty, don't be shy
But think back, when Bootsy's Rubber Band hit the stage
It's time to wake you up so I begin to suture
To the Aqua boogie, with a giggle and squirm
The Mothership landing in DC
Trojan on my tip and won't trip
Funk used to be a bad word to you
So would you, could you funk, do you wanna
Ga-ga goo-ga, ga-ga goo-ga, ga-ga goo-ga
'Cause without him there would be no me
But Shock G, come and reminisce with Shorty B
There's Michael Hampton at one end of the stage
I just put the funk back in showbiz, y'all
So free your dull-ass mind your funky ass will follow
About the articulation from my lips
Yo, I got Knee-Deep bumping in my trunk
I rap around the mic like Fuzzy
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I grab the funk by the neck and let it take me
Banging out Maggot Brain with Eddie Hazel
Ain't nothing but a party, y'all, haha
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Yeah, wanna send a shout out to Shock G
Everybody funky knows that they was heaven sent
With the Parker, not Paisley
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With the Underground, with the P-funk in the sound
With the star-shaped bass, he'd send the crowd into a rage
I'm like Al Capone on the microphone
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Haha, once again, 1991, Shorty B
Yo, I remember that and you do too
You might imagine me funky though like Cupid
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But red hot lover's got the loose booty
No head, no backstage Pass
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I'm kind of cosmic like Vernon
(Nah, they couldn't get none)
And if Prince is on my tip it don't phase me
And if you ain't funky you will learn
See pop ain't where I'm coming from
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I go platinum, for the very first time I wrote my rhyme
I won't bite though just to write a funky rhyme
Do that stuff like you knew
All the homies in the hood that I can flow
What is this? This is a tribute to the Mob
I'm blasting lyrics through your dome, all through your home
George and Bootsy, what a hell of a crew
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She was fine, sweet with a touch of class
And don't forget that everything is on the one
Humpty-Hump and the Horny Horns why don't you blow for me
And if it ain't gots the P it ain't down
Now I remember back when everything was On the One
So Flash your lights in the air
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She said, I know the drummer can you let me in?
And don't forget that the funk Mob is everywhere
Your funk is watered down, in other words it's kinda shallow
There's funk in everything you do so don't be stupid
Yeah, Jerry Hodge is in the booth kicking it
Hitting you off with mfstbc [unverified]
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Like Too Short, too many funky words sooth me
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But like Ice Cube said, once again it's on
So here we go, I'm about to show
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Devoid of funk so my set don't slop
And if I ask to funk are you gonna
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I'm from the old school of funk
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And like Starchild and Grady
Stitch you up, and then I mend your wounds
I confess you've got to clean your chest
Tell the guitar player that I brought my friends
My lyrics amaze the vital juices, wanna do me
And if you're down with the funk, that's me and you
And now that I just took you back to the future
Get up to get down, I said I'd rather be with you
So haul to the left and don't forget to bring your Bop Gun
The Mothership connection and the rest of the pack
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I couldn't stop myself writing a funky rap or two
He would always call the Mothership down for you
Stop, look up, and what do you see?
You know that I was born one of the Funkentelechy
This is not a trivia or a quiz
Get stopped, cream always rises to the top
Still kicking it for the Acorn posse
And George'll be the first to tell you when the funk's gone
Don't be standing on the verge of gettin' it on
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But since you've been lost, yo, I've been so lost too
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Let me take you back a little further than that
(Yo, I'm tripping)
