star generation

james brown

way in the middle of the night

yeah

down in the ghetto

even again

yeah

in the mornin'

ow

did you ever hear a story

about a funky kid slick?

he was raised in the ghetto

but he couldn't dance a lick

when he finished school

he got a job from 9 to 5

yeah

just walkin' the line

tryin' to stay alive

on night on his way home

from a hard day at work

heard a funky sound

ow

made his funky feet jerk

came from a field and

all those flashing lights

and the music set the cold chill

right out of the night

(star generation

sleeping over the land)

funky kid slick

wanna be

something better than a cotton-picking man

(all he ever really wanted

was a

chance to get down)

and be a superstar

(and be a superstar

with the disco

disco

disco crowd)

yeah

let the man do his thing

oh

he stood there and listened

yeah

and the beat began to pound

and his body was rocking

from the funky

funky funky sound

so he learned all the dances

from the kids on the block

hah!

to be the star of the disco

look at him rock

watch him rock

rock-rock-rock-rock-rock

rock

ow!

aaah

watch him rock

watch him rock

make it boogie!

star generation

a real dancing machine

this finky kid slick

dances on a solo team

all he ever really wanted

was a

chance to get down

and be a superstar

(and be a superstar

with the disco

disco

disco crowd)

with the disco

disco crowd!

star

star generation

star

star generation

yaaa-how!

new york city

yeah

l.a. atlanta

miami

washington

yeah

boston

good god

ow! schucks!

chicago

houston

take that

phoenix

yeah

augusta

ga. jb's!

(star

star generation)

woo-woo-woo

woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-whoah!

yaaa-how!

star generation

sleeping over the land

funky kid slick

wanna be a man

all he ever really wanted

was a

chance to get down

and be a superstar

(and be a superstar

with the disco

disco

disco crowd)

with the disco

disco crowd!

let the man

the man. ah

now he's a star of the discotheque

across the land

he was born to get down

now he's a man

the star generation

of the discotheque

sho-nuff goes by the name

of funky kid slick

watch him dance

watch him jam

watch him jam

god damn!

get down

shake your booty

yeah

now he's a star of the disco

all across the land

he was born to get down

get down

and now he's a man

this star generation of a discotheque

is known all over the world

he's known all over the world

and it's funky

funky

funky kid slick!

ah. yes he is

yeah!

all over the land

all over the land

ah

all over the land

wow-wow-wow-wow-wow-wow-wow-wow-wow-wow-wow!

aaaah!

wow-wow-wow-wow-wow-wow-wow!

join me!

wow-wow-wow!

go

go

go!

get it! get it! get it!

get it fella! get it lady!

yaw-aw-aw-aw-aw

get it

fella!

get it lady! get it lady!

do it!

do your stuff

do your stuff

do your

do your

do your

do your

ha ha

ha!

get it fella

get it lady.