Hey, funky, funky North Philly
That's where I used to live
There's a street in North Philly
Name of the street
Is funky, funky Diamond Street
Hey, funky, funky Diamond Street
On down the street
There's an apartment building
Name of the apartment building
Is funky, funky apartment building
Hey, hey
Funky, funky apartment building
Hey, let me hear everytime
In this aprtment building
There's a staircase
Name of the staircase
Is funky, funky staircase, hey
Ease to the saxophone solo
Go ahead, play
Funky, funky saxophone solo
In the funky, funky apartment
Yeah, at the end of the staircase
There's an apartment
Name of the apartment
Is funky, funky (pad)
How'd you know
Funky, funky pad
Open the door
Get a whiff of the smell
All the food that's been
Cooked in all them greens
Black-eyed peas, fried chicken
Fried fish and everything
In the next room
There's a bed
Name of the bed
Funky, funky bed
Play that organ
In my funky, funky apartment
Funky, funky bed, yeah
I wanna rest my head
On the funky, funky bed
Cause I been working hard
Eight hours a day
Sweating hard
Gonne rest my head
Name of my head
Funky, funky (head)
Yes, indeed
Gonna put down
And rest my head
Got to go to work in the morning
Just let me rest my...
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