I was strung out on Bach   And Beethoven was my thing   I dug jazz, I dug rock   Anything with a swing      But I ran into a friend   Who told me there was so much more   Find the void that you missed   There is plenty to explore      We want to take you, Cholly, when we go   (You wanna take me?)   We'd like to take you, Cholly, when we roll   (Well, if you'd play me just a little bit more)   But if we play you just a little more   (Maybe I will)   We'd love to take you, Cholly, when we go      You know right about that time   I started to analyze what they were trying to tell me   They said, "Come on, Cholly   We want to take you somewhere"   I didn't know where they was trying to take me   Next thing I know they were saying something like this      Funk, gettin' ready to go   Funk gettin' ready to roll   Funk, gettin' ready to go   Funk gettin' ready to roll      Funk gettin' ready to go   Funk gettin' ready to roll   Funk gettin' ready to go   Funk gettin' ready to roll      I would dance, I would sing   I would get lost in my dreams   I would fly but never too high   'Cause my funk deserted me      Now that the door is open wide   And all my funk just can't hide   With the syndrome left behind   No, my funk just can't hide      We like to take you, Cholly, when we go   We like to take you, Cholly, when we roll   (They promise they would play it one more time)      We'd like to take you, Cholly, when we go   You know it was in my head, it was in my feet      Funk gettin' ready to go   Funk gettin' ready to roll   Funk gettin' ready to go   Funk gettin' ready to roll      Funk gettin' ready to go   Funk gettin' ready to roll   Funk gettin' ready to go   Funk gettin' ready to roll      Funk gettin' ready to go   Funk gettin' ready to roll   Funk gettin' ready to go