Funk is my mother, George is my father

Obsessed with creating another author

Now I remember back when everything was On the One

(Nah, they couldn't get none)

Let me take you back a little further than that

The Mothership Connection and the rest of the pack

But think back, when Bootsy's Rubber Band hit the stage

With the star-shaped bass, we send the crowd into a rage

Stop, look up, and what do you see?

The Mothership landing in DC

So, yo, thank God for Parliament

Everybody funky knows that they was heaven sent

There's Michael Hampton at one end of the stage

Banging out Maggot Brain with Eddie Hazel

Yo, I remember that and you do too

He would always call the Mothership down for you

Ga-ga goo-ga, ga-ga goo-ga, ga-ga goo-ga

Yeah, you can do it, Humpty, don't be shy

But Shock G, come and reminisce with Shorty B

You know that I was born one of the Funkentelechy

Humpty-Hump and the Horny Horns why don't you blow for me



[Chorus x4]

Tales of the F-U-N-K-Y, tales of the funky



She said, I know the drummer can you let me in?

Tell the guitar player that I brought my friends

She was fine, sweet with a touch of class

No Head, No Backstage Pass

Funk used to be a bad word to you

I couldn't stop myself writing a funky rap or two

So Free Your dull-ass Mind your funky Ass Will Follow

Your funk is watered down, in other words it's kinda shallow

Get Up to Get Down, I said I'd Rather Be With You

George and Bootsy, what a hell of a crew

But since you've been lost, yo, I've been so lost too

So Flash your Lights in the air

And don't forget that the funk Mob is everywhere

Don't be Standing On the Verge of Gettin It On

And George'll be the first to tell yo