[Intro: Wolfman Jack, Rakim]
That's right, this is gonna be the greatest record of the year
Pump up the volume
Pump up the volume
Pump up the volume
Check it out

[Verse 1: Reverend Jesse Jackson, Rakim, Tony Fisher]
Brothers and sisters!
Pump up the volume
You're gonna get yours!
Brothers and sisters!
Pump up the volume
Pump that bass
Brothers and sisters
Pump up the volume
You're gonna get yours!
Brothers and sisters!
Pump up the volume
Pump, pump me up!

[Interlude: T-Money]
Do it!
Do it! Do it!

[Break: Fred Wesley]
Yeah, yeah!
Yeah, yeah!

[Bridge: T-Money, James Brown]
Gotta go now, gotta gotta go now
Gotta go now

Here we go, c'mon

Watch me!
Watch me!

Let's do it!
Do it!
Do it!
Do it!
Ow!

[Chorus: Rakim]
Pump up the volume
Pump up the volume
Pump up the volume
Dance, dance

[Verse 2: Unknown]
Rhythmic, systematic, world control
Magnetic, genetic, demands your soul
Rhythmic, systematic, world control
Magnetic, genetic, demands your soul
Rhythmic, systematic, world control
Magnetic, genetic, demands your soul
Rhythmic, systematic, world control
Magnetic, genetic, demands your soul


It's just-oh!
It's just-oh!
It's just-oh! It's just-oh!
It's ju- it's ju- it's just begun!
Oh!

[Break: Tim Bryant]
Put the needle on the record
Put the needle on the record
Put the needle on the record
Put the needle on the record
Put the needle on the record
When the drumbeats go like this

[Chorus: Rakim]
Pump up the volume
Pump up the volume
Pump up the volume
Dance, dance