Turn the beat around

Love to hear percussion

Turn it upside down

Love to hear percussion

Love to hear it

Blow horns, you sure sound pretty

Your violins keep movin' to the nitty gritty

When you hear the scratch of the guitars scratchin'

Then you'll know that rhythm carries all the action, woah

Turn the beat around (turn it around)

Love to hear percussion

Turn it upside down

Love to hear percussion

Love to hear it (got to hear it)

Turn the beat around

Love to hear percussion

(Move your feet when you feel the beat, yeah)

Turn it upside down

Love to hear percussion

Love to hear it

Flute player play your flute 'cause

I know that you wanna get your thing off

But you see I've made up my mind 'bout it

It's got to be the rhythm, no doubt about it, woah, woah

'Cause when the guitar player start playing

With the syncopated rhythm, with the scratch, scratch, scratch

Makes me wanna move my body, yeah, yeah, yeah

And when the drummer starts beating that beat

He nails that beat with the syncopated rhythm

With the rat, tat, tat, tat, tat, tat on the drums, hey

Turn the beat around (ooh, I'm talking 'bout the beat)

Love to hear percussion

Turn it upside down

Love to hear percussion (love to hear the beat, na, na)

Love to hear it

Love to hear it

Love to hear it

Love to hear it

Turn the beat around

Love to hear percussion

Turn it upside down (turn it upside down)

Love to hear percussion

Love to hear it

Turn the beat around

Love to hear percussion (got to hear it)

Turn it upside down

Love to hear percussion

Turn the beat around (turn it around, yeah)

Love to hear percussion (love to hear it)

Turn it upside down

Love to hear percussion

Turn the beat around