One Nation Under A Groove

Album: One Nation Under A Groove (1978)
Charted: 9 28
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  • So wide you can't get around it
    So low you can't get under it
    So high you can't get over it
    (So high you can't get over it)
    This is a chance
    This is a chance
    To dance your way
    Out of your constrictions
    (Tell sucka!)

    Here's a chance to dance our way
    Out of our constrictions
    Gonna be freakin'
    Up and down
    Hang-up alley way
    With the groove our only guide
    We shall all be moved
    Ready or not, here we come
    Gettin' down on

    The one which we believe in (one nation under a groove)
    Gonna get in on my good foot, good God (gettin' down just for the funk)
    'Bout time I got down one time (one nation and we're on the move)
    (Nothin' can stop us now) ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay-ee!

    Feet don't fail me now
    Givin' you more of what you're funkin' for
    Feet don't fail me now
    Do you promise to funk?
    The whole funk, nothin' but the funk

    Ready or not, here we come
    Gettin' down on the one which we believe in
    Here's my chance to dance my way
    Out of my constrictions

    Yeah
    (You can dance away)

    Feet don't fail me now
    Here's a chance to dance
    Our way out of our constrictions
    Gonna be groovin' up and down
    Hang up alley way
    Groove our only guide
    We shall all be moved
    Feet don't fail me now (ha ha)
    Givin' you more of what we're funkin' for
    Feet don't fail me now

    Here's my chance to dance my way
    Out of my constrictions
    Givin' you more of what you're funkin' for (feet don't fail me now)
    (Feet don't fail me now)
    Do you promise to funk, the whole funk
    Nothin' but the funk

    One nation under a groove
    Gettin' down just for the funk of it
    One nation and we're on the move
    Nothin' can stop us now
    (Nothin' can stop us now)
    (One nation)

    One nation under a groove
    Gettin' down just for the funk of it
    One nation (one nation) and we're on the move
    Nothin' can stop us now

    Do you promise to funk?
    Do you promise to funk? Hah
    Do you promise to funk? Hah
    Do you promise to funk, the whole funk?

    One nation under a groove
    Gettin' down just for the funk of it
    One nation and we're on the move
    Nothin' can stop us now
    One nation under a groove
    Gettin' down just for the funk of it
    One nation and we're on the move
    Nothin' can stop us now
    (Nothin' can stop us now)

    One nation under a groove (here's my chance to dance my way)
    Gettin' down just for the funk of it (out of my constriction)
    One nation and we're on the move
    Nothin' can stop us now
    Uh hah hah hah

    Do you promise to funk, the whole funk?
    Nothin' but the funk

    You can't stop us now (one nation under a groove)
    Gettin' down just for the funk of it
    (One nation under a groove)
    One nation and we're on the move
    (Gettin' down just for the funk of it) nothin' can stop us now

    One nation and we're on the move
    One nation under a groove
    (Nothin' can stop us now)
    Gettin' down just for the funk of it (feet don't fail me now)
    One nation and we're on the move
    Nothin' can stop us now (feet don't fail me now)

    One nation under a groove
    (One nation under a groove)
    Gettin' down just for the funk of it
    (Gettin' down just for the funk of it)
    One nation and we're on the move (one nation and we're on the move)
    Nothin' can stop us now

    You can't stop us now
    Giving you more of what we're funkin' for
    (Giving you more of what you're funkin' for)
    Feet don't fail me now
    Gotta keep it on the good foot, good God, ha

    One nation under a groove
    Gettin' down just for the funk of it
    One nation and we're on the move
    Nothin' can stop us now (one time)
    One nation under a groove (givin' you more of what you're funkin' for)
    Gettin' down just for the funk of it Writer/s: Garry Shider, George Clinton, Walter Morrison
    Publisher: Wixen Music Publishing
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Comments: 5

  • Rodwms from Hillsborough, NjI worked with Bernie Worrell and it was released as Funkadelic because this was during the period when there were some legal entanglements with the names "Parliament" and "Bootsy's Rubber Band"...
  • Ross from Dunn, NcThis is quite possibly the funkiest song I've ever heard. George Clinton is a genius.
  • Donna from College Station, TxNo 1 on Soul Singles chart for the song "One Nation Under A Groove" Oct 1978, source Billboard hits of 10 years ago this week Oct 8, 1988

    NOTE: I may have sent this one in to you twice.
  • Dev01d from Wollongong, AustraliaWhy is there no 'Maggot Brain' on here? It's like one of the best guitar solos of all time.
  • Anonymous from Electric LadylandIt's too bad that this is the only Funkadelic song on the site, they are a good band. Great album, although this isn't the albums best song.
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