Word up (up up) everybody say Word up (up up) it's the code word No matter where you say it you know that you'll be heard When you hear the call you've got to get it on the way Come on baby tell me what's the word Yo pretty ladies around the world Got a

'Do it slow' I don't know Alabama's gotten me so upset Tennessee made me lose my rest And everybody knows about Mississippi goddam But that's just the trouble The name of this tune is Mississippi goddam And I mean every word of it Can't you see it

'Do it slow' I don't know Alabama's gotten me so upset Tennessee made me lose my rest And everybody knows about Mississippi goddam But that's just the trouble The name of this tune is Mississippi goddam And I mean every word of it Can't you see it

White lightnin' hit the family tree But the words were a slurrin' comin' off of her lips Actin' civilzed didn't seem to matter Everybody got to showin' their hiney includin' me Lord I'd never known Granny to take her a sip And it dawned on me It was the

All over the world, everybody got the word Everybody everywhere is gonna feel tonight All over the world Everybody got the word Everybody all around the world, gotta tell you what I just heard There's gonna be a party all over the world I got a message

Everybody say When you hear the call It's the code word No matter where you say it Come on, baby tell me what's the word You've got to get it underway You know that you'll be heard