Hey, do it now, huh

Yeah, hey

Hey, once I was a boogie singer

Playing in a rock 'n' roll band

I never had no problems, yeah

Burning down the one-night stands

Then everything around me, yeah

It got to start to feeling so low

And I decided quickly, yes, I did, heh

To disco down and check out the show

Yeah, they were dancing and singing

And moving to the grooving

And just when it hit me

Somebody turned around and shouted...

"Play that funky music, white boy

Play that funky music right

Play that funky music, white boy

Lay down the boogie and play that funky music 'til you die" (heh, heh)

'Til you die, yeah, uh

Here, here, ha

Well, I tried to understand this (yeah)

Heh, I thought that they were out of their minds

How could I be so foolish? How could I?

To not see I was the one behind?

So still I kept on fighting

Well, losing every step of the way (hey, what'd you do?)

I said, "I must go back there," I got to go back

And check to see if things still the same

Yeah, they were dancing and singing

And moving to the grooving

And just when it hit me

Somebody turned around and shouted...

"Play that funky music, white boy (yeah)

Play that funky music right, oh

Play that funky music, white boy

Lay down the boogie and play that funky music 'til you die" (heh)

'Til you die (yeah)

Oh, 'til you die

Gonna play some electrified funky music, yow

Ah, ha, ha

Hey, wait a minute, now first it wasn't easy

Changing rock 'n' roll and minds

Yeah, things were getting shaky (yeah)

I thought I'd have to leave it behind, uh

Ooh, but now it's so much better, it's so much better

I'm funking out in every way

But I'll never lose that feeling, no, I won't

Of how I learned my lesson that day

When they were dancing and singing

And moving to the grooving

And just when it hit me

Somebody turned around and shouted

"Play that funky music, white boy

Play that funky music right

Play that funky music, white boy

Lay down the boogie and play that funky music 'til you die" (heh)

'Til you die (yeah)

Oh, 'til you die, yeah

Come on, let's go!

(They shouted, "play that funky music") play that funky music

(Play that funky music) you gotta keep on playing funky music

(Play that funky music) play that funky music

(Play that funky music) come on and take you higher

Play that funky music, white boy

Play that funky music right, yeah

Play that funky music, white boy

Play that funky music right, yeah

Play that funky music (white boy)

Play that funky music (right, yeah)

Play that funky music (honky)

Play that funky music (right, ha)

Play that funky...