Hey do it now yeah hey
once, there was a funky singer
playin' in a rock & roll band
and never had no problems yeah
burnin' down one night stands
and everything around me, yeah
got to stop to feelin' so low
and i decided quickly, yes i did
to disco down and check out the show
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 that boogie and play that funky music till you die
till you die , oh yeah

i tried to understand this
i thought that they were out of their minds
how could i be so foolish
to not see i was the one behind
so still i kept on fighting
loosing every step on the way
i said i must go back there
and check to see if things still the same

when 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 that boogie and play that funky music till you die
till you die , oh till you die (till you die)

hey wait a minute
now first it wasn't easy
changin' rock & roll and minds
and things were getting shaky
i thought i'd have to leave it behind
but now its so much better
(its so much better )
i'm funking out in every way
but i'll never lose that feelin'
(no i won't)
of how i learned my lesson that day

and there 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 that boogie and play that funky music till you die
till you die , till you die
(oh till you die)

they shouted play that funky music
play that funky music
play that funky music
gotta keep on playin' funky music
play that funky music ( fade )
play that funky music white boy
play that funky music right