Yo pretty ladies

around the world

Got a weird thing to show you

so tell all the boys and girls

Tell your brother, your sister

and your mamma too

We're about to go down

and you know just what to do

Wave your hands in the air

like you don't care

Glide by the people as they

start to look and stare

Do your dance, do your dance,

do your dance quick mamma

Come on baby tell me what's the word

Word up

Up up

everybody say

When you hear the call you've

got to get it underway

Word up

Up up

it's the code word

No matter where you say it

you know that you'll be heard

Now all you sucker DJ's

who think you're fly

There's got to be a reason

and we know the reason why

You try to put on those airs

and act real cool

But you got to realize

that you're acting like fools

If there's music we can use it

be free to dance

We don't have the time

for psychological romance

No romance, no romance,

no romance for me mamma

Come on baby tell me what's the word

Word up

Up up

everybody say

When you hear the call you've

got to get it underway

Word up

Up up

it's the code word

No matter where you say it

you know that you'll be heard

Word up

Up up

everybody say

When you hear the call you've

got to get it underway

Word up

Up up

it's the code word

No matter where you say it

you know that you'll be heard

Word up

Up up

everybody say

When you hear the call you've

got to get it underway

Word up

Up up

it's the code word

No matter where you say it

you know that you'll be heard