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Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker)
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Tear the roof off
We're gonna tear the roof off the mother sucker
Tear the roof off the sucker
Tear the roof off
full 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
full lyrics... 
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Features Of This Song
funk roots
flat out funky grooves
heavy use of vocal harmonies
repetitive melodic phrasing
a busy horn section
extensive vamping
mixed acoustic and electric instrumentation
groove based composition
major key tonality
paired vocal harmony
prominent bass riffs
upbeat lyrics

These are just a few of the hundreds of attributes cataloged for this song by the Music Genome Project.
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We want the funk, give up the funk
There's a whole lot of rhythm goin' round
Tear the roof off
We need the funk, we gotta have that funk
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo oww
You've got a real type of thing goin' down, gettin' down
Publisher: BRIDGEPORT MUSIC INC
We're gonna turn this mother out
(We're gonna turn this mother out)
(Let us in, we'll tear this mother out)
Oww, we want the funk, give up the funk
Tear the roof off the sucker
Oww, we need the funk, we gotta have that funk
Tear the roof off
Oww, we need the funk, we gotta have that funk
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo oww
Songwriters: Jerome E Brailey, George Clinton, Bootsy Collins
Oww, we need the funk, we gotta have that funk
You've got a real type of thing goin' down, gettin' down
We need the funk, we gotta have that funk
We're gonna tear the roof off the mother sucker
There's a whole lot of rhythm goin' round
We need the funk, we gotta have that funk
Tear the roof off
Oww, we need the funk, we gotta have that funk
We need the funk, we gotta have that funk
You've got a real type of thing goin' down, gettin' down
(We're gonna turn this mother out)
Oww, we need the funk, we gotta have that funk
We're gonna turn this mother out
La la la la la
There's a whole lot of rhythm goin' round
You've got a real type of thing goin' down, gettin' down
Oww, we want the funk, give up the funk
(Let us in, we'll tear this mother out)
Oww, we want the funk, give up the funk
La la la la la
Oww, we want the funk, give up the funk
We're gonna tear the roof off the mother sucker
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
There's a whole lot of rhythm goin' round
We want the funk, give up the funk
Oww, we want the funk, give up the funk
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo oww
There's a whole lot of rhythm goin' round
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo oww
(Let us in, we'll tear this mother out)
You've got a real type of thing goin' down, gettin' down
Oww, we need the funk, we gotta have that funk
There's a whole lot of rhythm goin' round
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo oww
Oww, we need the funk, we gotta have that funk
Oww, we want the funk, give up the funk
(We're gonna turn this mother out)
La la la la la
Tear the roof off the sucker
Oww, we want the funk, give up the funk
Oww, we want the funk, give up the funk
We're gonna tear the roof off the mother sucker
We need the funk, we gotta have that funk
Oww, we need the funk, we gotta have that funk
(Let us in, we'll tear this mother out)
La la la la la
We want the funk, give up the funk
La la la la la
You've got a real type of thing goin' down, gettin' down
Tear the roof off the sucker
Oww, we need the funk, we gotta have that funk
You've got a real type of thing goin' down, gettin' down
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo oww
Oww, we want the funk, give up the funk
We're gonna tear the roof off the mother sucker
Oww, we want the funk, give up the funk
You've got a real type of thing goin' down, gettin' down
Oww, we want the funk, give up the funk
Oww, we want the funk, give up the funk
You've got a real type of thing goin' down, gettin' down
La la la la la
(You've got a real type of thing goin' down, gettin' down)
There's a whole lot of rhythm goin' round
We want the funk, give up the funk
There's a whole lot of rhythm goin' round
(We're gonna turn this mother out)
Oww, we need the funk, we gotta have that 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
You've got a real type of thing goin' down, gettin' down
Tear the roof off the sucker
There's a whole lot of rhythm goin' round
Oww, we need the funk, we gotta have that funk
Tear the roof off
Oww, we want the funk, give up the funk
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