Fellas, I'm ready to get up and do my thing (yeah, go ahead)
I wanna get into it, man, you know (go ahead)
Like a, like a sex machine, man (yeah, go ahead)
Movin', doin' it, you know
Can I count it off? (Go ahead)
One, two, three, four

Get up (get on up)
Get up (get on up)
Stay on the scene (get on up)
Like a sex machine (get on up)
Get up, get on up
Get up, get on up
Stay on the scene (get on up)
Like a sex machine (get on up)
Get up, get on up
Stay on the scene (get on up)
Like a sex machine (get on up)

Wait a minute
Shake your arm, then use your form
Stay on the scene like a sex machine
You got to have the feeling, soon as you're born
Get it together, right on, right on

Get up, get on up
Get up, get on up
Get up, get on up

Get up, get on up
Get up, get on up
Get up, get on up
Get up, get on up

You said, you said you got the
You said the feeling you got to get
You give me fever and a cold sweat
The way I like it is the way it is
I got mine, don't worry 'bout his

Get up, get on up
Stay on the scene (get on up)
Like a sex machine (get on up)
Get up, get on up
Get up, get on up

Bobby, should I take 'em to the bridge?
(Go ahead)
Take 'em on to the bridge
(Take 'em to the bridge)
Can I take 'em to the bridge?
(Yeah)
Take 'em to the bridge?
(Go ahead)
Hit me now
Come on

Stay on the scene, like a sex machine
The way I like it, is the way it is
I got mine, dig it, he's got his

Stay on the scene, like a lovin' machine
Stay on the scene, like a lovin' machine
Stay on the scene

I wanna count it off one more time now
(Go ahead)
You wanna hear it like it did on the top fellas?
(Yeah)
Hear it like it did on the top?
(Yeah)
Hit it now

Get on up, get on up
Get up, get on up
Get up, get on up
Get on up, get on up

Stay on the scene (get on up)
like a lovin' machine (get on up)
Get up, get on up

Taste (get on up)
Bein' (get on up)
Taste (get on up)
Bein' (get on up)

Get up, get on up
Get up, get on up
Stay on the scene, like a sex machine

You got to have the feelin' (get on up)
Soon as you're born (get on up)
Get it together, right on, right on
Right on, right on (right on, right on)
Right on, right on (right on, right on)
Right on, right on (right on, right on)

Get up (get on up)
Get up (get on up)
And then, shake your money maker
Shake your money maker
Shake your money maker
Shake your money maker
Shake your money maker
Shake your money maker
Shake your money maker

Get up, get on up
Get up, get on up
Get up, get on up
Get up, get on up
Get up, get on up

Get up, get on up
Get up, get on up
Get up, get on up

Can we hit it like we did one more time, from the top
Can we hit like that one more time
(One more time)
One more time
Let's hit it and quit (go ahead)
Can we hit it and quit? (Yeah)
Can we hit it and quit? (Yeah)
Can we hit it and quit? (Yeah)
Hit it


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Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine Lyrics as written by Bobby Byrd Ronald R. Lenhoff

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  • +2
    Song Meaning

    The song's about goin' at it consistently and tirelessly until the job is properly done... like a sex machine... duh? If you listen to the rhythm section, you can hear that they practice what they preach.

    Oh, and when he starts randomly yelling "taste" (which is hilarious, by the way) I think he's also saying "piano" not "being". But he's pronouncing it "piana". Which I think would fit in with the way he talks. Plus right after he says that he begins hammering on the "piana" like a maniac...

    joshson March 22, 2016   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    It's about fuckin'.

    pearcedon November 10, 2010   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    FREAKINGGG FANTASTIIIC NO COMMENTS WTFFFF GET UP,GET ON UP

    deludedon July 09, 2007   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    Call and response, roots of soul, irresistable rhythm. Often imitated but never replicated, King James at his very best. Get On Up!

    jlamberton April 08, 2013   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    Everybody likes a sex machine.

    beckdaveson January 11, 2016   Link
  • 0
    My Interpretation

    We're near or in the "Free Love" era of the 60s. Also Black power. I visualize a Mack Daddy (or Mack Momma) in the club or wherever having undeniable confidence to hook up with a sex partner, time and time again, like a machine. A sex machine. Sung and done only in the way the Godfather of Soul and the Master of Funk can do it.

    ultraskipon June 28, 2021   Link
  • -1
    General Comment

    sorry for longness >.

    Afrika Shoxon May 06, 2006   Link

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