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Artist: James Brown
Canonical path: /james-brown/gonna-have-a-funky-good-time
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Gonna Have A Funky Good Time
Read Gonna Have A Funky Good Time lyrics by James Brown on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Gonna Have A Funky Good Time
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Ahhhhhhhhh do it, yeah!
Clap my body,
Her body,
My body,
Clap your body,
My body,
Her body,
Clap my body,
Her body,
My body,
Clap your body,
My body,
Clap your body,
My body!
Alright!
We're gonna have a funky good time [Repeat x5]
Take 'em up,
We gotta take you higher!
We're gonna have a funky good time [Repeat x3]
Take 'em up,
We gotta take you higher!
Bad!
You can take us up all the way.
Yeah!
You take us up.
Take us up!
Make me high,
Make me high,
Make me high,
A natural high,
A ghetto high,
Giant high,
High,
High,
Nothin'but high,
Downright high,
Everybody high,
Need to get high,
Down high,
Yo high...
Bad, bad, bad, bad,
Bad, bad, bad, bad,
Bad, bad, bad, bad,
Bad, bad, bad, bad...
Give them a big round of applause,
Hear what I say:
Give 'em a big round of applause.
Take 'em up.
Got to take 'em higher.
We gotta take 'em higher!
We're gonna have a funky good time [Repeat x7]
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