The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and the lyrics, although more obliquely) are about bored, rebellious youth with nothing better to do than get into trouble. If you see the movie, these lyrics will make more sense. It's a great movie if you grew up in the 70s/80s you'll definitely remember some of these characters from your own life. Fun fact, after writing the song, Van Halen decided not to let the movie use it.
(Jump off) Timbo and Joey Crack about to flip
Yeahhhhhh, flip
Yeahhhhhh, flip
Yeahhhhhh, flip
Yeahhhhhh, oh
Get up, get get, get down
You ain't come to party muh'fucker just sit down
Get up, get up, get up, get up
Get up, get up, get up, get up
She's bad, she's bad, she's bad I know she's bad
Everybody get up
Get up, get up, get up, get up
Get up, get up, get up, get up
Guess who's back?
They call me Pillsbury dough-bwoyyyy
'Cause they know I really get that dough bwoyyyy
Dropped "Lean Back," it was so propers
Then I had to circle back with some mo' choppers
Mo' guns, mo' nines, whole lotta, money
Mo' biggie sing it with me, "mo' problems"
Uhh, it's the BX finest, cook coke crack
Baby please rewind this, and yeah I know I'm hot
You don't need to remind us, ladies
"Your royal penis is clean, your highness"
Uhh, I can't do nuttin' right these days
Got chicks mad at me 'cause I lost some weight
Timbo and coke
And we 'bout to haunt the town in the sky blue ghost
New York Damn I hate to brag and boast
But "I'm richhhh," Timbaland bring in the chorus
Everybody get up
Get up, get get, get down
You ain't come to party muh'fucker just sit down
Get up, get up, get up, get up
Get up, get up, get up, get up
Everybody get up
Get up, get get, get down
You ain't come to party muh'fucker just sit down
Get up, get up, get up, get up
Get up, get up, get up, get up
Everybody get up
She's bad, she's bad, she's bad I know she's bad
Everybody get up
Get up, get up, get up, get up
Get up, get up, get up, get up
You about to witness, greatness at it's prime
You should tape this
Matter fact, go 'head, congratulate us
Rucker, three-peat champ, see us Lakers (whattup Reem?)
Homey please don't hate us
She said that she was single, yo leave or make up, damn
I'm out in L.A. within a week
Honies go to size C, from and they cut (aowwww)
V.A. is you wit me now
Couple bricks of that yay and it's Philly-bound, feel me now
I'd rather die in prison, than to be a broke nigga
Live my life in the kitchen, into bakin' pies
One of my addictions, on the mound
95 mile per hour pitches, volleyball servin' 'em
The iron is itchin'
To straighten any nigga out tryin to diss on crack
Get up, get get, get down
You ain't come to party muh'fucker just sit down
Get up, get up, get up, get up
Get up, get up, get up, get up
Everybody get up
Get up, get get, get down
You ain't come to party muh'fucker just sit down
Get up, get up, get up, get up
Get up, get up, get up, get up
Everybody get up
She's bad, she's bad, she's bad I know she's bad
Everybody get up
Get up, get up, get up, get up
Get up, get up, get up, get up
She's bad, she's bad, she's bad I know she's bad
Everybody get up
Get up, get up, get up, get up
Get up, get up, get up, get up
She's bad like MJ's sister
I ain't gotta talk fast, give a day and I'll twist her
Ain't gotta be celebrity to get with me, shit
I fuck bitches that look worse than
As long as they head right and ass fat
I put a pillow over they face and ass that, crack
'Bout to cruise down your avenue
In the back of that cad, think collateral
Ain't no tellin' what this clip and the mac'll do
Ask Timb, I got the beat by kidnappin' Maganoo
In other words don't fool with us
Aiyyo Timbaland, tell 'em what to do
Everybody get up
Get up, get get, get down
You ain't come to party muh'fucker just sit down
Get up, get up, get up, get up
Get up, get up, get up, get up
Everybody get up
Get up, get get, get down
You ain't come to party muh'fucker just sit down
Get up, get up, get up, get up
Get up, get up, get up, get up
Everybody get up
She's bad, she's bad, she's bad I know she's bad
Everybody get up
Get up, get up, get up, get up
Get up, get up, get up, get up
Crack
Yeahhhhhh, flip
Yeahhhhhh, flip
Yeahhhhhh, flip
Yeahhhhhh, oh
Get up, get get, get down
You ain't come to party muh'fucker just sit down
Get up, get up, get up, get up
Get up, get up, get up, get up
She's bad, she's bad, she's bad I know she's bad
Everybody get up
Get up, get up, get up, get up
Get up, get up, get up, get up
Guess who's back?
They call me Pillsbury dough-bwoyyyy
'Cause they know I really get that dough bwoyyyy
Dropped "Lean Back," it was so propers
Then I had to circle back with some mo' choppers
Mo' guns, mo' nines, whole lotta, money
Mo' biggie sing it with me, "mo' problems"
Uhh, it's the BX finest, cook coke crack
Baby please rewind this, and yeah I know I'm hot
You don't need to remind us, ladies
"Your royal penis is clean, your highness"
Uhh, I can't do nuttin' right these days
Got chicks mad at me 'cause I lost some weight
Timbo and coke
And we 'bout to haunt the town in the sky blue ghost
New York Damn I hate to brag and boast
But "I'm richhhh," Timbaland bring in the chorus
Everybody get up
Get up, get get, get down
You ain't come to party muh'fucker just sit down
Get up, get up, get up, get up
Get up, get up, get up, get up
Everybody get up
Get up, get get, get down
You ain't come to party muh'fucker just sit down
Get up, get up, get up, get up
Get up, get up, get up, get up
Everybody get up
She's bad, she's bad, she's bad I know she's bad
Everybody get up
Get up, get up, get up, get up
Get up, get up, get up, get up
You about to witness, greatness at it's prime
You should tape this
Matter fact, go 'head, congratulate us
Rucker, three-peat champ, see us Lakers (whattup Reem?)
Homey please don't hate us
She said that she was single, yo leave or make up, damn
I'm out in L.A. within a week
Honies go to size C, from and they cut (aowwww)
V.A. is you wit me now
Couple bricks of that yay and it's Philly-bound, feel me now
I'd rather die in prison, than to be a broke nigga
Live my life in the kitchen, into bakin' pies
One of my addictions, on the mound
95 mile per hour pitches, volleyball servin' 'em
The iron is itchin'
To straighten any nigga out tryin to diss on crack
Get up, get get, get down
You ain't come to party muh'fucker just sit down
Get up, get up, get up, get up
Get up, get up, get up, get up
Everybody get up
Get up, get get, get down
You ain't come to party muh'fucker just sit down
Get up, get up, get up, get up
Get up, get up, get up, get up
Everybody get up
She's bad, she's bad, she's bad I know she's bad
Everybody get up
Get up, get up, get up, get up
Get up, get up, get up, get up
She's bad, she's bad, she's bad I know she's bad
Everybody get up
Get up, get up, get up, get up
Get up, get up, get up, get up
She's bad like MJ's sister
I ain't gotta talk fast, give a day and I'll twist her
Ain't gotta be celebrity to get with me, shit
I fuck bitches that look worse than
As long as they head right and ass fat
I put a pillow over they face and ass that, crack
'Bout to cruise down your avenue
In the back of that cad, think collateral
Ain't no tellin' what this clip and the mac'll do
Ask Timb, I got the beat by kidnappin' Maganoo
In other words don't fool with us
Aiyyo Timbaland, tell 'em what to do
Everybody get up
Get up, get get, get down
You ain't come to party muh'fucker just sit down
Get up, get up, get up, get up
Get up, get up, get up, get up
Everybody get up
Get up, get get, get down
You ain't come to party muh'fucker just sit down
Get up, get up, get up, get up
Get up, get up, get up, get up
Everybody get up
She's bad, she's bad, she's bad I know she's bad
Everybody get up
Get up, get up, get up, get up
Get up, get up, get up, get up
Crack
Lyrics submitted by ButNeverOutgunned
Everybody Get Up Lyrics as written by Timothy Mosley Joseph Cartagena
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Word Collections Publishing, REACH MUSIC PUBLISHING, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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