Listen, I wanna tell y'all
Something y'all doing but
You just don't know it, baby
Listen to me now

Funky walk
The funky walk

Listen, New York City
125th Street
Everybody I meet
Lord, have mercy
Doing it

They're doing it
Yes, they are
They're doing it
Yes, they are
They're doing it
Yes, they are

The funky walk
Lord, have mercy
Funky walk, listen

They're doing it
Listen, in Buffalo
In Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Chicago, too

Listen, Boston
In Baltimore
Washington, D.C.
In Memphis too

Listen, Alabama
Jump back
They're doing it
Lookie here
In Detroit, get back

They're doing it
Yes, they are
They're doing it
Yes, they are
They're doing it
Yes, they are

The funky walk
Lord, have mercy
Funky walk, listen

In Cleveland, Ohio
Detroit, lord, have mercy
On up the line
Lookie here

Houston, Texas
Don't you know
They're walking tall
Everybody, look here

Listen
Wilson Pickett's doing it
The great Jimmy Smith...