Start Me Up

You got to start me up

Start me up

Start me up

Come down, the S to the A-L-T

Come down, the Luv to the B-U-G

Come down, the Spin to the D-A-Rella

Come down, S-T-double E, the E in the V

Come down, the P to the E-P-A

Come down, Idolmakers in the house, how ya know?

Come down, to the Record Lord

Come down

Wait a minute, y'all, wait a minute

Let's get serious for a minute

Y'all havin' fun, I'm havin' fun

Everybody havin' fun

But you know those times when you get stressed out?

Everybody has a time in their life

When things doesn't always go right

It just gets harder every day

And it makes you wanna run away

And then, I wonder when it will end

Can I ever be myself again?

Yo, I got hopes, and I got trust

And I got you here to start me up

But it's been so long that I thought I lost you

And I felt my life was goin' nowhere without you

I feel so strong because I have you

Standin' by my side, baby, baby, you just got to

Start me up, you got to start me up

Start me up, you got to start me up

Start me up, you got to start me up

Start me up, you got to start me up

Now, why you lettin' them get you down?

Pushin' you around until now?

What's it gonna take till you realize?

When you gonna open up your eyes?

And how come you don't ever kiss me

Or even say how much you miss me?

But I got you and we got us

Together, we can start it

I'm fed up, word up (Fed up, dead up)

Got to keep my head up, don't stop or let up

You're sleepin' later, time to get your bed made up

Always on the loose until your dude get paid up

Paid up, wait up, I'm knockin', and I'm puffin'

Watch television all day, doin' nothing

Pushin' in your liver, looks like you're ready to deliver

Yo, Salt, I think it's a caesar

Start me up, you got to start me up

Start me up, you got to start me up

Start me up, you got to start me up

Start me up, you got to start me up

Well-a, well-a, w-h-h-hell-a

You're caught in the rain, but you forgot your umbrella

Ooh, what could you do punch-a-nella, punch-a-nella?

You're trapped in a cage like an ape called Magilla

And now, you're ready to throw in the towel, that's kinda foul

You don't give a hoot like a mute owl

That's not the way I know you to be

You used to be true to me, ooh-wee, what you used to do to me

Shows that you got a lot to offer

So brother, just get offa your butt because it's gonna cost ya

It rips me apart to see you like this

Me and you might just be able to fight this, so baby

Start me up, you got to start me up

Start me up, you got to start me up

Yo, wait a minute, yo, you gotta wait a minute (What up?)

You didn't think that you would hear the "yo" without the Turner Brothers in it?

Huh, I pull the rank like a lieutenant

So when I said start me up, girl, I meant it

You better set, set, set it off lady

The brothers from Haiti blowing a block, an M80

Serious, we get big, busy, and delirious

Say Pep, hit me off with the lyrics

Pepa ade donet, so people come follow

Now easy dibe gal, call me a yuh big mama

Stoppin' at the period and passing' pon the comma

So poom-poom break, save the drama for yuh fadda

'Cause me ruff, ruff and tuff and rugged, and stuff

Me might roll up a blunt and tek a likkle (Wah)

Lick shot and all, an uno will drop (Wah)

See my crutches never fail me

But it's been so long that I thought I lost you

And I felt my life was goin' nowhere without you

I feel so strong because I have you

Standin' by my side, baby, baby, you just got to

Start me up, you got to start me up

Start me up, you got to start me up

Start me up, you got to start me up

Start me up, you got to start me up