Turn the beat around
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Love to hear the percussion
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Turn it upside down
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Love to hear the percussion
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Love to hear it
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Blow horns you sure sound pretty
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Your violins keep movin' to the nitty gritty
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When you hear the scratch of the guitars scratchin'
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Then you'll know that rhythm carries all the action
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Woah yeah
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Turn the beat around (turn it around)
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Love to hear the percussion (yeah yeah yeah)
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Turn it upside down
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Love to hear the percussion
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Love to hear it (got to hear it)
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Turn the beat around
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Love to hear the percussion
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Turn it upside down (hey yeah)
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Love to hear the percussion
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Love to hear it
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Flute player play your flute 'cause
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I know that you want to get your thing off
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But you see I've made up my mind about it
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It's got to be the rhythm, no doubt about it, woah woah
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'Cause when the guitar player start playing
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With the syncopated rhythm, with the scratch, scratch, scratch
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Makes me want to move my body yeah, yeah, yeah
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And when the drummer starts beating that beat
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He nails that beat with the syncopated rhythm
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With the rat, tat, tat, tat, tat, tat on the drums, hey
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Turn the beat around (I'm talking about the beat)
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Love to hear the percussion
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Turn it upside down
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Love to hear the percussion (love to hear the beat now)
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Love to hear it
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Love to hear it
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Love to hear it
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Love to hear it
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Turn the beat around
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Love to hear the percussion
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Yeah
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Turn it upside down
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Love to hear the percussion
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Woah
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Love to hear it
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Turn the beat around, ooh
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Love to hear the percussion (got to hear it)
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Turn it upside down
+
Love to hear the percussion
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Turn the beat around
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Love to hear the percussion (love to hear it)
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Turn it upside down
+
Love to hear the percussion
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Turn the beat around
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