Standing On The Top

Ya-ya, ya-ya-ya, ya-ya

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 (Oh, yeah)

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[Verse 2: David Ruffin and

Eddie Kendricks

]

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!

Yeah, ooh!

Standing on the top ... top!

On the top getting down, yeah

Standing on the top ... top!

On the top getting down, down, down, downStanding on the top (

Sing!

)

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

(Well, well, well, well, well, well)

Standing on the top (

Well

)

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

(Standing on the top getting down)

Can you understand it (We understand it)

Can you understand it, what I'm talkin' about

When I say that funk is here to stay

(We understand it)

Can you understand it what I'm talkin' about

The funk is here to stay, oh (We understand it)

If you understand it, say "Yeah" (Yeah, 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 the funk Nothing but the punk funk)

We want the funk

(Ooh ... we want the funk And nothing but the funk)

We want the funk[The Temptations,

Eddie Kendricks

,

Melvin Franklin

, and (Mary Jane Girls)]

(We want the funk All we're saying is we want the funk)

We want the funk

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) We want the funk

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

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

We want the funk and nothing else will do

(We want the funk)

We want the funk and nothing else will do

Standing on the top

Standing on the top (Yeah)

Hey, what you say; do you like your funk this way?

Hey, what you say (We like it, we like it)

Hey, what you say; do you like your funk this way?

Hey, what you say (We like it, we like it)

Hey, what you say; do you like your funk this way?

Hey, what you say (We like it, we like it)

Hey, what you say; do you like your funk this way?

Hey, what you say (We like it, we like it)

BLOW! [Horn solo] BLOW! BLOW!

Standing on the top (BLOW! BLOW!)

Standing on the top (Ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh)

Hey, what you say; do you like your funk this way?

Hey, what you say (Do you like it?) (Yeah)

Hey, what you say; do you like your funk this way?

Hey, what you say

Hey, what you say; do you like your funk this way?

Hey, what you say (Yoooo, ho)

Hey, what you say; what you say; what you say

Hey, what you say; what you say; what you say (Say what?)

We want the funk

(We want the funk and nothing else)

We want the funk

(We want the funk and nothing else)

We want the funk

(We want the funk and nothing else)

We want the funk

(We want the funk and nothing else)

Mmm-hmm, everybody, in this place tonight

If you feel the funk, and you feel all right

Say "Hey...what you say" (Hey, what you say)

(We want the funk and nothing else)

Hey, what you say

(We want the funk and nothing else)

Hey, what you say

(We want the funk and nothing else)

(We want the funk) Hey, what you say...