Turn the beat around Love to hear the percussion Turn it upside down Love to hear the percussion Love to hear it Blow horns you sure sound pretty Your violins keep movin' to the nitty gritty When you hear the scratch of the guitars scratchin' Then you'll know that rhythm carries all the action Whoa Turn the beat around(Turn it around, yeah) Love to hear the percussion(yeah yeah hey hey!) Turn it upside down(hey hey hey hey yeah) Love to hear the percussion(my my my my my) Love to hear it (GOT TO HEAR IT!) Turn the beat around(go on go on go on girl!) Love to hear the percussion(move your feet when you feel the beat, yeah) Turn it upside down(HEY! yeah yeah) Love to hear the percussion(whoa!) Love to hear it Flute player play your flute 'cause I know that you want to get your thing off But you see I've made up my mind about it It's got to be the rhythm, no doubt about it, whoa whoa 'Cause when the guitar player start playing With the syncopated rhythm, with the scratch, scratch, scratch Makes me wanna move my body yeah, yeah, yeah And when the drummer starts beating that beat He nails that beat with the syncopated rhythm With the rat, tat, tat, tat, tat, tat on the drums, hey! Turn the beat around(ooooh im talkin' 'bout the beat) Love to hear the percussion(Ah my my my my my) Turn it upside down(ooooh yeah) Love to hear the percussion(love the hear the beat nah nah) Love to hear it Love to hear it(WHOA!) Love to hear it Love to hear it(HEY....!!) Turn the beat around Love to hear the percussion Turn it upside down Love to hear the percussion Love to hear it Love to hear it(x2)