"Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker)" is a 1976 song written by Jerome Brailey, George Clinton, and Bootsy Collins, and performed by Parliament, originally appearing on their album, Mothership Connection. It serves as one of six popular songs that comprise the on-ride soundtrack of the soundtrack, Guardians of the Galaxy - Mission: BREAKOUT! at Disney California Adventure.
Lyrics[]
Tear the roof off
We're gonna tear the roof off the mother sucker
Tear the roof off the sucker
Tear the roof off
We're gonna tear the roof off the mother sucker
Tear the roof off the sucker
Tear the roof off
We're gonna tear the roof off the mother sucker
Tear the roof off the sucker
Tear the roof off
We're gonna tear the roof off the mother sucker
Tear the roof off the sucker
You've got a real type of thing goin' down, gettin' down
There's a whole lot of rhythm goin' round
You've got a real type of thing goin' down, gettin' down
There's a whole lot of rhythm goin' round
Oww, we want the funk, give up the funk
Oww, we need the funk, we gotta have that funk
Oww, we want the funk, give up the funk
Oww, we need the funk, we gotta have that funk
La la la la la
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo oww
La la la la la
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo oww
You've got a real type of thing goin' down, gettin' down
There's a whole lot of rhythm goin' round
You've got a real type of thing goin' down, gettin' down
There's a whole lot of rhythm goin' round
Oww, we want the funk, give up the funk
Oww, we need the funk, we gotta have that funk
Oww, we want the funk, give up the funk
Oww, we need the funk, we gotta have that funk
La la la la la
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo oww
La la la la la
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo oww
We're gonna turn this mother out
We're gonna turn this mother out
You've got a real type of thing goin' down, gettin' down
There's a whole lot of rhythm goin' round
You've got a real type of thing goin' down, gettin' down
There's a whole lot of rhythm goin' round
You've got a real type of thing goin' down, gettin' down
There's a whole lot of rhythm goin' round
You've got a real type of thing goin' down, gettin' down
There's a whole lot of rhythm goin' round
Oww, we want the funk, give up the funk
Oww, we need the funk, we gotta have that funk
Oww, we want the funk, give up the funk
Oww, we need the funk, we gotta have that funk
Oww, we want the funk, give up the funk
Oww, we need the funk, we gotta have that funk
(Let us in, we'll tear this mother out)
Oww, we want the funk, give up the funk
Oww, we need the funk, we gotta have that funk
(Let us in, we'll tear this mother out)
Oww, we want the funk, give up the funk
Oww, we need the funk, we gotta have that funk
Oww, we want the funk, give up the funk
Oww, we need the funk, we gotta have that funk
Oww, we want the funk, give up the funk
Oww, we need the funk, we gotta have that funk
We want the funk, give up the funk
(We're gonna turn this mother out)
We need the funk, we gotta have that funk
(We're gonna turn this mother out)
We want the funk, give up the funk
(We're gonna turn this mother out)
We need the funk, we gotta have that funk
(We're gonna turn this mother out)
Oww, we want the funk, give up the funk
Oww, we need the funk, we gotta have that funk
(Let us in, we'll tear this mother out)
Oww, we want the funk, give up the funk
Oww, we need the funk, we gotta have that funk
(Let us in, we'll tear this mother out)
Oww, we want the funk, give up the funk
We need the funk, we gotta have that funk
We want the funk, give up the funk
We need the funk, we gotta have that funk
We want the funk, give up the funk
We need the funk, we gotta have that funk
La la la la la
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo oww
La la la la la
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo oww
(You've got a real type of thing goin' down, gettin' down)
You've got a real type of thing goin' down, gettin' down
There's a whole lot of rhythm goin' round
You've got a real type of thing goin' down, gettin' down
There's a whole lot of rhythm goin' round
Oww, we want the funk, give up the funk
Oww, we need the funk, we gotta have that funk
(Let us in, we'll tear this mother out)
External links[]
- "Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker)" on Wikipedia