Stone City Band, Hi! - Rick James

Testing, testing.

1, 2, testing

Okay, we’re ready

Well alright, you freaks!

Get ready to jump when he calls, here he is

Mr Funk Prophet, Rick James and the Stone City Band!

Let’s get stoooned, tonight!

Sing!

Stone City Band, won’t you funk us all along

Won’t you funk us on down?

Stone City Band, let the show begin

Because we love your sound

Stone City Band, won’t you funk us all on up

Won’t you funk us on down?

Stone City Band, let the show begin

Because we love your sound

Come on!

Ow!

Play on, play on!

Uh-uh, don’t stop now!

Showtime, y’all!

Where all you Stone City citizens, smokin' more

And conjuring less, Get on this

Sing!

We are Stone City Band… (smokin', smokin', smokin')

We are so part of the city they call ghetto land

I wanna say it again.

Everybody sing:

We are Stone City Band…

…the music, that we’re playing

Remember what I’m saying, that we

Understand it, understand it, understand it… understand it!

Uh!

But what more can one man do, well

To take away all this city’s sadness?

You’re playing a funky tune

I’m gon' play it for ya

And make it funky on this city’s madness…

I said yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Sing it out!

We’re a Stone City Band!

I wanna say it again

Come on girls, keep on singing

Do-do-do-do, do-do-do

Do-do-do-doo…

Won’t you give them now?

Alright, alright!

Now we spell the name, alright!