Standing On The Verge Of Getting It On (1974)

(Special editing props to Mike "Vampidemic" Theiss)

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Track List (links jump to lyrics for that song):

Red Hot Mama
Alice In My Fantasies
I'll Stay
Sexy Ways
Standing On The Verge Of Getting It On
Jimmy's Got A Little Bit Of Bitch In Him
Good Thoughts, Bad Thoughts



Red Hot Mama

{G Clinton, G Cook} Chelsea Music Pub Ltd

{spoken:}
A luscious bitch she is, true
But it's not nice to fool mother nature
The proud mother of god like all ho's
Is jealous of her own shadow
Who is this young Vic Tanny bitch
Who wish to be queen for a day?
Who would sacrifice the great grandsons and daughters of her jealous mother
By sucking their brain until their ability to think was amputated
By pimping their instincts
Until they were fat, horny and strung-out
In a neurotic attempt to be queen of the universe
Who is this bitch?

{sung:}
Red hot mama from Louisiana
Thumbin' her way to Savannah
She been cooped up too long

Red hot mama lookin' to the city
Taxi dancers and big time spenders
She's been groovin'

Red hot mama was gettin' down
Scoping the places where fun to be found
She was smokin'

Ride on, red hot mama
Girl, you sure look good to me
Ride on, red hot mama
Girl, you sure look good to me
Ride on, red hot mama
Girl, you sure look good to me
Ride on, red hot mama
Girl, you sure look good to me

Red hot mama was really bad
She was badder than bad, bad as she want to be

Red hot mama was a real gas
Doin' it good and doing it fast
She was smokin'

Whoa, {etc}!

Ride on red hot mama
Girl, you sure look good to me
Ride on red hot mama
Girl, you sure look good to me
(Come on baby!)
Ride on red hot mama
Girl, you sure look good to me
(Right on!)
Ride on red hot mama
Girl, you sure look good to me

Be my dog!
You look good, girl
Carry on!
Hey!
Get funky?

Hey baby
Be my dog

Come on, baby!
Red hot mama
Right on
Play, boy
Play on



Alice In My Fantasies

{G Clinton, G Cook}

Hey baby, be my dog!
Owwww!
Alice in my fantasies, uh
Promised to do all kind of freaky things to me
Said she would, uh, suck my soul, if I'd lick her emotion
The freak said I would even owe her my devotion

She said she'd, uh, cover me with, uh, strawberries
And pretend that I'm a shortcake
I said, "Uh, not by the hair of my chinny chin chin"

OWWW!!!
Yeah!!!
Hey!!!

Alice in my fantasies
Promised to do all kind of things to me
Said she would, uhh, suck my soul if I'd lick her emotion
And that I would even owe her my devotion

I saidm "Uh, lady, be my dog and I'll be your tree
And you can pee on me."
Mama said never eat yellow snow
So away we go!

Huh, huh, huhh, huhh, huhh, huuuuuuhhh, huuuuhhhh!!!! Heyyy!!!

Be my dog!
Hey!
Baby
They call it mental masturbation
?



I'll Stay

{G Clinton, G Cook} Bridgeport Music

I'll stay

I'll stay
For she'll be coming back
You know her head went out to play
She'll get over that
I know that my reward
When she returns
Woo-woo!
Keeps me hanging on
I'll stay

I'll stay
Though friends they ridicule
You know for her there is no substitute
Talk I can endure (I must endure)
But that's alright, mother says "Son"
Know my reward
When she returns (whoo-whoo)
She'll still come home, whoaah
Keeps me hanging on
I'll stay

Ba ba-ba-ba
Ba-ba-ba
Ba-ba doo-whoo whoo-whoo
Ba ba-ba-ba
Ba-ba-ba
Ba-ba doo-whoo whoo-whoo
Ba ba-ba-ba
Ba-ba-ba
Ba-ba doo-whoo whoo-whoo
{continues to end}

You know her head went out to play
That's all right
The girl will get over that
Lord, my reward is gonna be much greater
Every night, lord, is gonna replace her
And if another girl decides she wants to go home
Wait right there
Wait right here
Wait right here
I ain't goin' nowhere
Wait right here
Wait right here
I'm gonna stand right here
On this ground and wait
Hey hey hey hey



Sexy Ways

{G Clinton, G Cook} Bridgeport Music

I just want to say
That I love your sexy ways
I love you girl
Oh, I love you girl
Hey!

I just want to say
That I need you in so many ways
Baby, you're a turn-on
Oh, you turn me on

I love all of you
And you sure enough got a lot
I want to help you use
What you got

I
Oh, I
I
Oh, I
Baby!

I just want to say
That I love your sexy ways
Come on and thrill me, mama
Oh, thrill me girl
Hey!

I just want to say
That I need you in so many ways
I just want to fffffoooo
All over you

I love all of you
And you sure enough got a lot
I want to help you use
What you got

I
Oh, I
I
Oh, I

Dih-dih-dih dih-dih diby-diby doo-doo-doo-doo
I
I,
Oh, I
(x3)

Oh, baby
Hey, I love you girl
Oh, I love you girl, hey!
I just want to say that I need you in so many ways
Baby you're a turn-on, you turn me on
Oh, you do turn me on

I love all of you
And you sure enough got a lot
I want to help you use
What you got

I
Oh, I
I
Oh, I

Dih-dih-dih dih-dih diby-diby doo-doo-doo-doo
I
I,
Oh, I
(x2)

Oh baby!

Dih-dih-dih dih-dih diby-diby doo-doo-doo-doo
I
I,
Oh, I
(X2)
Baby!

Dih-dih-dih dih-dih diby-diby doo-doo-doo-doo
I
I,
Oh, I



Standing On The Verge of Getting It On

{G Clinton, G Cook} Bridgeport Music

{spoken}
Hey lady, won't you be my dog
And I'll be your tree
And you can pee on me!
(x3)

We will do you no harm
Other than pee in your afro

Hey lady, won't you be my dog
And I'll be your tree
And you can pee on me!

{sung}

Even if you don't dig it
Don't mean it's not the thing or thing to do
It could be just for you

Even if you don't feel it
Right now don't mean someday it'll turn you out
You'll be out of sight

You really shouldn't ought to fight it
The music is designed to do no harm
It's just for you

With just a little bit of effort
I can, and well we might, just turn you on

Even if you don't admit it
The time for change is here and here we are
We're just for you

Stick us in your ear and dig us
One time, one time, one time, one time and see
We're just for you

You really shouldn't ought to fight it
The music is designed to do no harm
We're just for you

With just a little bit of effort
I can and will we might just turn you on

Music is designed to free your funky mind
We have come to help you cope
Out into another reality
You will be
Through our music we bring you hope

Us is what time it is

People, what you doing?
Standing on the verge of gettin' it on
Really gettin' it on
(x3)

Song out tonight
Oh, my soul is out tonight
There's a song out tonight
Y'all, come on

There's a song out tonight
Oh, my soul is out tonight
There's a song out tonight
Y'all, come on

(one more time!)

There's a song out tonight
Oh, my soul is out tonight
There's a song out tonight
Y'all, come on

Us is what time it is

Even if you don't dig it
Don't mean it's not the thing or thing to do
Could be just for you

You really shouldn't ought to fight it
The music is designed to do no harm
We're just for you

People, what you doing?
Standing on the verge of gettin' it on
Really gettin' it on
(x2)

People, doing, yeah?
Standing on the verge of gettin' it on
Really gettin' it on

People, what you doing, yeah?
Standing on the verge of getting it on
Really getting it on

Standing on the verge of getting it on
Really getting it on



Jimmy's Got A Little Bit Of Bitch In Him

{G Clinton, G Cook} Bridgeport Music

Jimmy's got a little bit of bitch in him
The bitch in him
Upsets the Jim
Jimmy's got a little bit of bitch in him
The bitch in him
Outweighs the Jim
Jimmy's got a little bit of she in he
But when he pee, he see

Reality can be a-stiff sometimes
But then again it can be flexible
Depending on the angle of the dangle
Increased by the heat of the meat
And with the proposition that all men are not created equal
So why frown?
Yeah, even the sun go down
We'll call it mixed emotions for now
Play on, Jimmy

Jimmy's got a little bit of bitch in him
The bitch in him
Upsets the Jim
Jimmy's got a little bit of bitch in him
The bitch in him
Outweighs the Jim
Jimmy's got a little bit of she in he
But when he pee, he see

Reality can be a-hard
But then again it can be a-swinging
Like I said, depending on the angle of the dangle
Increased by the heat of the meat
And with the proposition that all men are not created equal
So why frown?
Even the sun go down
We'll call it mixed emotions for now

Jimmy's got a little bit of bitch in him
The bitch in him
Upsets the Jim
Jimmy's got a little bit of bitch in him
The bitch in him
Outweighs the Jim



Good Thoughts, Bad Thoughts

{G Clinton, G Cook} Bridgeport Music

Travel like a king
Listen to the inner voice
A higher wisdom is at work for you
Conqering the stumbling blocks come easier
When the conqueror is in tune with the infinite
Every ending is a new beginning
Life is an endless unfoldment
Change your mind, and you change your relation to time

You can find the answer
The solution lies within the problem
The answer is in every question
Dig it?
An attitude is all you need to rise and walk away
Inspire yourself
Your life is yours
It fits you like your skin

The oak sleeps in the acorn
The giant sequoia tree sleeps in its tiny seed
The bird waits in the egg
God waits for his unfoldment in man
Fly on, children
Play on

You gravitate to that which you secretly love most
You meet in life the exact reproduction of your own thoughts
There is no chance, coincidence or accident
In a world ruled by law and divine order
You rise as high as your dominant aspiration
You descend to the level of your lowest concept of your self
Free your mind and your ass will follow

The infinite intelligence within you knows the answers
Its nature is to respond to your thoughts
Be careful of the thought-seeds you plant in the garden of your mind
For seeds grow after their kind

Play on, children

Every thought felt as true
Or allowed to be accepted as true by your conscious mind
Take roots in your subconscious
Blossoms sooner or later into an act
And bears its own fruit
Good thoughts bring forth good fruit
Bullshit thoughts rot your meat
Think right, and you can fly
The kingdom of heaven is within
Free your mind, and your ass will follow

Play on, children
Sing on, lady

Yeah