Rip it up-artist: little richard from "little richard-king of rock 'n' roll" -tvp records tvp 1026-peak billboard position # 17 in 1956-words and music by robert a. blackwell and john s. marascaicosaturday night and i just got paidi'm a fool about my money, don't try to save.my heart says "go go, have a time"saturday night and i'm feelin' fine.i'm gonna rock it up, *whoo*rip it upi'm gonna shake it upgonna ball it upi'm gonna rock itand ball tonight.well almost 'bout ten i'll be flying highi'll rock on out unto the skyi don't care if i spend my doughtonight i'm gonna be one happy souli'm gonna rock it up, *whoo*rip it upi'm gonna shake it upgonna ball it upi'm gonna rock itand ball tonight, ("aww"-scream)<instrumental interlude>saturday night and i just got paidi'm a fool about my money, don't try to save.my heart says "go go, have a time"saturday night and i'm feelin' fine.i'm gonna rock it up, *whoo*rip it upgonna shake it upgonna ball it upi'm gonna rock itand ball tonight.well almost 'bout ten i'll be flying highi'm gonna rock on out unto the skyi don't care if i spend my doughtonight i'm gonna be one happy souli'm gonna rock it up, *whoo*gonna rip it upi'm gonna shake it upgonna ball it upi'm gonna rock itand ball tonight.well, it's saturday night and i just got paidi'm a fool about my money, don't try to save.my heart says "go go, have a time"saturday night and i'm feelin' finefadei'm gonna rock it upi'm gonna rip it up*whoo* = little richard's trademark scream which is almost impossible to spelltranscribed by robin hoodthese lyrics were transcribed from the specific recording mentioned aboveand do not necessarily correspond with lyrics from other recordings, sheetmusic, songbooks or lyrics printed on album jackets.