[Verse 1] Wait a minute! Shake your arm, then use your form Stay on the scene like a sex machine You got to have the feeling sure as you're born Get it together, right on, right on
[Chorus] 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)
[Chorus] 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)
[Verse 3] Stay on the scene, like a sex machine! The way I like it is, is the way it is I got mine, (dig it!), he got his
[Chorus 2] Stay on the scene, like a lovin' machine Stay on the scene, like a lovin' machine Stay on the scene
[Verse 4] 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!
[Chorus] Get on up, get on up Get up, get on up Get up, get on up Get on up, get on up
[Chorus 2] Stay on the scene, like a lovin' machine Get up, get on up
[Bridge 2] Taste, (get on up) Bein', (get on up) Taste, (get on up) Bein', (get on up)
[Chorus] Get up, get on up Get up, get on up Stay on the scene, like a sex machine
[Verse 5] You gotta have the feelin, (get on up) Sure as you're born, (get on up) Get it together, right on, right on Right on, right on, (right on, right on)
[Outro] 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!) Hit it!
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This number, one of Brown’s most popular songs, was one of the very first tunes recorded with The J.B.’s as the backing band. The group featured a young Bootsy Collins on bass and his brother Phelps “Catfish” Collins on guitar.
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