They Don't Want Music

They don't want music, they don't know how to use it All they want is (a boom, boom, boom, boom) Hey y'all, John Coltrane yeah he plays the sax Me, myself I love to max Up in the studio laying tracks Burn it on the CD, melt the wax And now I'm feeling fine Coz 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 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 I don't know what you came to do I came to drop the funk on you Depends on that sonic sound But you know what? They don't want music (x2) They just want (a boom, boom, boom boom boom (x2)) They don't want music, they don't know how to use it They don't want music (x2) They don't want music, they don't know how to use it The good back horn They don't want music, they don't know how to use it All they want is (a boom, boom, boom, boom, boom boom boom) Ooh, la la aw wee wee Nowadays music is all about fee The soul is caged no bits now free Unless the rhyme was rocked by me I got the balls to bang (baw ba-ba-baw, ba-ba-baw, ba-baw bang) Yeah, steady, just doing my thang (steady, just steady, just doing my own thang) I just do it (ha!) 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 Do it, do it, do it Get up on the stage and release my fluid Do my thing, do it through the music Funkafied and therapeutic I don't know what you came to do I came to drop the funk on you Depends on that sonic sound But you know what? They don't want music (x2) They just want (a boom, boom, boom boom boom (x2)) They don't want music, they don't know how to use it They don't want music (x2) They don't want music, they don't know how to use it The good back horn They don't want music, they don't know how to use it All they want is (a boom, boom, boom, boom, boom boom boom) Wait a minute! You got to rock with the funk (if you wanna have a good time) (x2) You got to roll with the funk (if you wanna have a good time) (x2) You got to roll with the funk (if you wanna be sweet and fine, hey! Hey! Hey!) Rock with the punk (if you gonna have a good time) You got to roll with the funk (if you wanna have a good time) A woman that'll funk your horn now (gimme that funky horn!) Play that funky horn now (gimme that funky horn) Gimme that funky horn now (gimme that funky horn) Hey! Hey! Hey! You got to rock with the funk (if you wanna have a good time) You've got to roll with the funk (if you wanna have a good time) You got to dance with the funk (if you wanna be sweet and fine) I said I like to dance with the funk (if you wanna be sweet and fine) You've got to shake with the funk (if you wanna have a good time) Shaking shaking shaking with the funk (if you wanna have a good time) Gimme that funky horn (gimme that funky horn) I need that funky horn (I need that funky horn) Play that funky horn now (gimme that funky horn) A break down, a break down, a break, get down 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 People doing what you're doing People grooving with the music You've got to roll with the funk Roll with your funk (if you're wanna have a good time) R-O-double-L keep rolling with the funk (if you're wanna have a good time) And roll! To a funky place I'm rolling (where?) To a to a to a funky funky place I'm rolling! To a funky place I'll be there, I'll be there, I'll be there, I'll be there... It's funky, funk, funk, funk funky... --- They Don't Want Music - James Brown and Black Eyed Peas