everybody's got a thang

Singer:james brown

hah

huh! look here

everybody

don't you worry 'bout what i got to do

just keep tryin'

keep on tryin' to make it through

do your best

sister and brother

don't you ever look back

'cause your life is on the line

stay on the right track

huh! look here: i'm in it to win it

and i do know me

nothing's gonna stop this soul

just you wait and see

lookit here

hey!

when you're doin' bad

you're all by yourself

and when you're doin' good

help comes from everybody else

shut your lips

huh

i said

shut your mouth

and close your lips

keep on doin' the latest trip

the trip

ha!

everybody

who got a thang?

who got a thang? who got a thang?

who got a thang? who got a thang?

who got a thang?

the preacher got a thang

got a thang

i got a thang

police got a thang

the pope got a thang

i got a thang

the kids got a thang

politicians got a thang

who got a thang?

who got a thang? aah

leroy

play that funky thang

ah

play that funky thang leroy

uh

down. lookit here!

when you're doin' bad

then you're all by yourself

when you're doin' good

help comes from everybody else

so shut your mouth and close your lips

keep on groovin' the latest trip

trip

trip

do your best

brother and sister

don't you ever lay back

because your life is on the line

stay on the right track

come on!

i got a thang

i need a thang

do your thang

i need a thang

nobody else's thang

do your thang

nobody can beat you doin' your thang

hold your head up high

be proud

do your thang

everybody do your thang

and then make it funky

do your thang

do your thang

do it

do it

do it

oww

everybody do your thang

who got a thang? who got a thang?

who got a thang? who got a thang?

everybody's got a thang

everybody's got a thang

everybody's got a thang

the teacher

how 'bout a preacher

politician

reposition

everybody's got a thang

everybody's got a thang

then what's your thang?

now

tell me!

join me now

say it!

help me prove

who got a thang?

i got a thang!

Lyric Context: everybody's got a thang - james brown