Dec. 15, 19751 viewer58.6K views
Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker) Lyrics
Tear the roof off, we're gonna tear the roof off the mothersucker
Tear the roof off the sucker
Tear the roof off, we're gonna tear the roof off the mothersucker
Tear the roof off the sucker
Tear the roof off, we're gonna tear the roof off the mothersucker
Tear the roof off the sucker
Tear the roof off, we're gonna tear the roof off the mothersucker
Tear the roof off the sucker
You've got a real type of thing going down, gettin' down
There's a whole lot of rhythm going round
You've got a real type of thing going down, gettin' down
There's a whole lot of rhythm going round
Ow, we want the funk
Give up the funk
Ow, we need the funk
We gotta have that funk
Ow, we want the funk
Give up the funk
Ow, we need the funk
We gotta have that funk
La la la la la
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo, owww!
La la la la la
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo, owww!
Tear the roof off the sucker
Tear the roof off, we're gonna tear the roof off the mothersucker
Tear the roof off the sucker
Tear the roof off, we're gonna tear the roof off the mothersucker
Tear the roof off the sucker
Tear the roof off, we're gonna tear the roof off the mothersucker
Tear the roof off the sucker
You've got a real type of thing going down, gettin' down
There's a whole lot of rhythm going round
You've got a real type of thing going down, gettin' down
There's a whole lot of rhythm going round
Ow, we want the funk
Give up the funk
Ow, we need the funk
We gotta have that funk
Ow, we want the funk
Give up the funk
Ow, we need the funk
We gotta have that funk
La la la la la
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo, owww!
La la la la la
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo, owww!
You've got a real type of thing going down, gettin' down
There's a whole lot of rhythm going round
You've got a real type of thing going down, gettin' down
There's a whole lot of rhythm going round
Ow, we want the funk
Give up the funk
Ow, we need the funk
We gotta have that funk
Ow, we want the funk
Give up the funk
Ow, we need the funk
We gotta have that funk
La la la la la
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo, owww!
La la la la la
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo, owww!
We're gonna turn this mother out
We're gonna turn this mother out
You've got a real type of thing going down, gettin' down
There's a whole lot of rhythm going round
You've got a real type of thing going down, gettin' down
There's a whole lot of rhythm going round
You've got a real type of thing going down, gettin' down
There's a whole lot of rhythm going round
You've got a real type of thing going down, gettin' down
There's a whole lot of rhythm going round
There's a whole lot of rhythm going round
You've got a real type of thing going down, gettin' down
There's a whole lot of rhythm going round
Ow, we want the funk
Give up the funk
Ow, we need the funk
We gotta have that funk
Ow, we want the funk
Give up the funk
Ow, we need the funk
We gotta have that funk
La la la la la
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo, owww!
La la la la la
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo, owww!
We're gonna turn this mother out
We're gonna turn this mother out
You've got a real type of thing going down, gettin' down
There's a whole lot of rhythm going round
You've got a real type of thing going down, gettin' down
There's a whole lot of rhythm going round
You've got a real type of thing going down, gettin' down
There's a whole lot of rhythm going round
You've got a real type of thing going down, gettin' down
There's a whole lot of rhythm going round
Ow, we want the funk
Give up the funk
Ow, we need the funk
We gotta have that funk
Ow, we want the funk
Give up the funk
Ow, we need the funk
We gotta have that funk
Ow, we want the funk
Give up the funk (Let us, in we'll tear this mother out)
Ow, we need the funk
We gotta have that funk
Ow, we want the funk
Give up the funk (Let us, in we'll tear this mother out)
Ow, we need the funk
We gotta have that funk
Ow, we want the funk
Give up the funk
Ow, we need the funk
We gotta have that funk
Ow, we want the funk
Give up the funk
Ow, we need the funk
We gotta have that funk
Ow, we want the funk
Give up the funk
Ow, we need the funk
We gotta have that funk
Give up the funk
Ow, we need the funk
We gotta have that funk
Ow, we want the funk
Give up the funk
Ow, we need the funk
We gotta have that funk
Ow, we want the funk
Give up the funk (Let us, in we'll tear this mother out)
Ow, we need the funk
We gotta have that funk
Ow, we want the funk
Give up the funk (Let us, in we'll tear this mother out)
Ow, we need the funk
We gotta have that funk
Ow, we want the funk
Give up the funk
Ow, we need the funk
We gotta have that funk
Ow, we want the funk
Give up the funk
Ow, we need the funk
We gotta have that funk
Ow, we want the funk
Give up the funk
Ow, we need the funk
We gotta have that funk
Ow, we want the funk (We're gonna turn this mother out)
Give up the funk
Ow, we need the funk (We're gonna turn this mother out)
We gotta have that funk
Ow, we want the funk (We're gonna turn this mother out)
Give up the funk
Ow, we need the funk (We're gonna turn this mother out)
We gotta have that funk
Ow, we want the funk
Give up the funk
Ow, we need the funk (Let us in we'll tear this mother out)
We gotta have that funk
Ow, we want the funk
Give up the funk
Ow, we need the funk (Let us in we'll tear this mother out)
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
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, owww!
La la la la la
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo, owww!
(You've got a real type of thing going down, gettin' down)
You've got a real type of thing going down, gettin' down
There's a whole lot of rhythm going round
You've got a real type of thing going down, gettin' down
There's a whole lot of rhythm going round
Ow, we want the funk
Give up the funk
Ow, we need the funk (Let us in we'll tear this mother out)
We gotta have that funk
Give up the funk
Ow, we need the funk (We're gonna turn this mother out)
We gotta have that funk
Ow, we want the funk (We're gonna turn this mother out)
Give up the funk
Ow, we need the funk (We're gonna turn this mother out)
We gotta have that funk
Ow, we want the funk
Give up the funk
Ow, we need the funk (Let us in we'll tear this mother out)
We gotta have that funk
Ow, we want the funk
Give up the funk
Ow, we need the funk (Let us in we'll tear this mother out)
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
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, owww!
La la la la la
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo, owww!
(You've got a real type of thing going down, gettin' down)
You've got a real type of thing going down, gettin' down
There's a whole lot of rhythm going round
You've got a real type of thing going down, gettin' down
There's a whole lot of rhythm going round
Ow, we want the funk
Give up the funk
Ow, we need the funk (Let us in we'll tear this mother out)
We gotta have that funk
About
Genius Annotation
If you listen to “Give up the Funk” as a single, outside the context of Mothership Connection, it’s just a good funk dance track with lyrics that seem to serve no purpose beyond rallying you to the dance floor. In the Mothership Connection story, though, this is the climax of an alien invasion.
Earth is the funkiest place in the universe (“P. Funk” & “Mothership Connection”). A group of aliens from a planet that is desperately short on funk offer to buy Earth’s funk but fail (“Unfunky UFO” & “Supergroovalisticprosifunkstication”). Now, in “Give up the Funk”, the aliens are driven to such desperation that they threaten to tear the roof off the mother anywhere that humans are getting down.
Charted at number fifteen in 1976.
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Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning
- 6.Testify
- 7.Mr. Wiggles
- 11.Prelude
- 12.Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker)
- 13.Chocolate City
- 14.Funkentelechy
- 19.Ride On
- 21.Rumpofsteelskin
- 22.Agony of Defeet
- 23.Funkin’ for Fun
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December 15, 1975
Songs That Sample Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker)
Funky Sound (Tear The Roof Off) by The Sequence, Turn This Mutha Out by MC Hammer, More Bounce by Heavy D (Ft. The Boyz (Hip-Hop)), The Landing (of the Holy Mothership) by Parliament, More Bounce by Heavy D & The Boyz, Get Off My Back by Public Enemy, È Qui La Festa? by Jovanotti, 4Kikz by MC Zappa, Niggaz Trippin' by 2nd II None (Ft. AMG, DJ Quik & Hi-C (Compton)) & New Jack Swing by Wreckx-N-Effect
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Back to Bass-iks by Zapp, Wikka Wrap (12" Stereo Extended Play Single) by The Evasions, Showdown Rehearsal Live by Starchild & 2nd Showdown Crew, Who Am I (What's My Name)? by Snoop Dogg (Ft. Jewell), Tear It Off by Method Man & Redman, We Wants To Fuck by No Face, King Kunta by Kendrick Lamar, Wikka Wrap by The Evasions, Glockappella by CeeLo Green, Standing On the Top (Part 1/Single Version) by The Temptations (Ft. Rick James), Standing on the Top by Rick James (Ft. The Temptations) & Standing On The Top by The Temptations (Ft. Rick James)
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