People Get Up and Drive Your Funky Soul Songtext
von James Brown

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Raise up, get yourself together
And drive that funky soul
Get up, get yourself together
And drive your funky soul

They′re doing it down in Nassau
And drive that funky soul
They're doing it by the beach haa
They′re driving that funky soul

New York get yourself together
And drive your funky soul
Let your body pop haa
And let your feelings flow

Raise up, get yourself together
And drive that funky soul


When I say Sagittarius
Drive that funky soul
When I say Pisces, holler
And drive your funky soul
When I say Gemini,haa
And drive that funky soul
When I say Capricorn, woah
Drive your funky soul
When I say Scorpio,Virgo
Drive your funky soul
If I say Cancer
Can you drive that funky soul
Raise up, get yourself together
And drive your funky soul
Slaughter, get on up, get yourself together
Drive that funky soul
Leo, get yourself together
And drive your funky soul
Aquarius, get yourself together
And drive that funky soul

Get yourself together
And drive that funky soul
Get up get yourself together
And drive that funky soul

Fred, get yourself together
And drive that funky soul
Drivin' drivin, I need some money
Do you need some money
Drive your funky soul

The cats on the corner
Drive that funky soul
The girl who's standing out there
Drive that funky soul

Raise up, get yourself together
And drive that
Raise up, get yourself together
And drive that funky
Fred, hit it!
Hit it! Hit it!


In Nassau, in Germany they say they′re driving that funky soul
In Georgia they′re driving that funky soul
They're driving that funky soul in Washington and Baltimore
Philadelphia, Detroit, Chicago
St Louis Houston, I said Dallas,Waco
Next door neighbor, they′re driving that funky soul

Raise up get yourself together
And drive your funky soul
Raise up, get yourself together
And drive that funky soul Drive it!

And I believe they're driving themselves
That funky soul
In Houston Texas, they′re getting themselves together
With the funky soul
In Mobile,Alabama they getting that funky soul
Raise up, get yourself together
And drive that funky soul

Los Angeles, raise up get yourself together
And drive that funky soul
Birmingham, raise up get yourself together
And drive that funky soul
On the Isle of Man get yourself together
Drive that funky soul

Raise up, get yourself together
And drive that funky soul
Going to get it, going to get it
Got to get some money and drive that funky soul
Got to get some money, got to get some money
I need a little money, oh yeah
A little bit of money
Fred, I need one million,two million, three million
Brother(Yeah)Will one million be enough(Better get two)
(But since the man got three, we better get you to three, you understand Cmon the three of them)
Can we use the three Take 'em on home Fred, take ′em
Get up get yourself together
And drive that funky soul

There it is,there it is
There it is
Raise up
Raise up
Raise up
Raise up
Raise up
Raise up
Raise up

Raise on up get yourself together
And drive that funky soul
Raise up get yourself together
And drive that funky soul

You don't miss nothing you never had
But you miss so much you wish you could get, haa
I guess you can put that together
It takes a man to find a woman
It takes a woman to find what a man used to be

Get up
Get on up
Get yourself together drive that funky soul
Everybody needs somebody drive that funky soul
Everybody needs somebody drive that funky soul
Get up, get yourself together drive your funky soul

Get up
Get yourself together
Drive that funky soul
Get up
Get yourself together
Drive that funky soul

Raise up