Hey do it now yeah hey

Hey, once I was a boogie singer

Playing in a rock and 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

To disco down and check out the show

Yeah they were

Dancin' and singin' and

movin' to the groovin'

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 till you die

Till you die

I tried to understand this

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

I said, I must go back there

(I got to go back)

And check to see if

things still the same

Yeah they was dancin' and singin'

and movin' to the groovin'

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 till you die

Till you die, ya

Till you die

Now first it wasn't easy

Changing rock and roll and minds

Yeah, things were getting shaky

I thought I'd have to leave it behind

But now it's so much better

I'm funking out in every way

But I'll never lose that feeling

Of how I learned my lesson that day

They shouted play that funky music

(Play that funky music)

Play that funky music

(You Gotta keep on playin' funky music)

Play that funky music

(Play that funky music)

Play that funky music

(Come and take you higher, ya)

Lay down and boogie and play that

funky music till you die