Standing On The Top

(album: Throwin' Down - 1982)

Yi yi yi, yi yi yi yi

When you're on the top
There's no place
You can really go
But down, down, down

People on the street
Congratulate you
They say they love the way
You sound, well

When you're on the low
No one wants to chit or chat
Or even know your name

Your agent's never there
Your manager has ripped you off
And gone somewhere
Standing on the top

Standing on the top, top
On the top getting down, yeah
Standing on the top, yeah, top
On the top getting down

[Temptations sing:]
Standing on the top
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Standing on the top
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

When you're on the top
Everyone you meet they
Wanna be your
Long lost friend

They say how great you are
A superstar but do you
Have any money to lend
(Hey, man, can you loan me a few bucks?)

When you're on the low
Where do all the freaks
And fancy people go
I don't know
(I don't know)

People sit and stare
Asking crazy questions
Do you braid your hair
(And what's L-7 Square)

Standing on the top, top
On the top getting down, yeah
Standing on the top, top
On the top getting down, ho

Standing on the top, top
On the top getting down, yeah
Standing on the top, top
On the top getting down
Down, down, down

We understand it
Can you understand it
What I'm talking about
When I say that funk
Is here to stay

We understand it
If you understand it
Sing it, yeah, yeah

We understand it
When I say that funk
Is here to stay
Funk is here to stay

We want the funk
We want the funk
And nothing else will do
Nothing else will do, no

We want the funk
Ooh, ooh, ooh
We want it back
Nothing but the punk funk

We want the funk, ooh
We want the funk
And nothing but the funk

We want the funk
(We want the funk)
I was saying that
We want the funk

We want the funk
We want the funk
And nothing else
But the funk will do
We want the funk
And nothing else will do

We want the funk
We want the funk
And nothing else will do
We want the funk
And nothing else will do

We want the funk
We want the funk
And nothing else will do
We want the funk
And nothing else will do...