Let's take it to the stage de Funkadelic

La letra de la canción "Let's take it to the stage" de Funkadelic es una expresión única del estilo irreverente y audaz que caracteriza al funk. Con un tono provocativo y desafiante, la canción invita a dejar atrás los convencionalismos y entregarse al ritmo pegajoso y enérgico del funk. A través de metáforas extravagantes y humorísticas, la letra juega con ideas subversivas sobre el sexo, la liberación y la diversión desenfrenada.

La canción comienza con un llamado a la acción: "Have no fear, MacFunk is here. Ha". Este verso establece un tono de confianza y autoafirmación, alentando a los oyentes a sumergirse en la música sin reservas. A lo largo de la canción, se hacen referencias jocosas al acto sexual ("He funked her so hard they saw some smoke") y se desafían las convenciones sociales establecidas ("Funk used to be a bad word").

El coro, interpretado por el grupo con intervenciones habladas de George Clinton y otros, refuerza el mensaje de orgullo funky y libertad individual. La repetición de frases como "Sitting in the woods upon a log" junto con exclamaciones como "Talkin' 'bout you the Godfather" añaden capas de ironía y humor absurdo a la canción.

La narrativa se vuelve aún más surrealista con versos como "Little miss muffet sat on her tuffet snorting some THC / Along came a spider", fusionando cuentos infantiles con referencias al consumo de drogas en un collage psicodélico que encapsula la rebeldía inherente al funk.

Datos curiosos sobre esta canción apuntan a su recepción crítica mixta debido a su contenido explícito y provocador. Sin embargo, ha sido celebrada por su innovación musical dentro del género del funk, que desafía las normas establecidas tanto sonoras como líricamente.

En conclusión, "Let's take it to the stage" es una pieza musical atrevida e ingeniosa que captura la esencia del funk en su máxima expresión. Con letras descaradas e instrumentación groovy, Funkadelic crea un himno funky lleno de humor subversivo y liberación emocional, desafiando las limitaciones impuestas por la sociedad para proclamar con orgullo: "Say it loud, I'm funky and I'm proud".

Hi-ya ("oh yeah" played backwards)
Hey Sloofus, (yeah) tell us something good, let's take it to the stage, sucker
Have no fear, (get it on) MacFunk is here. Ha
Doin' it to the max
Slick Brick How's your loose booty?
Laughin' atcha
Let me tighten it up
Get it on
Yeah

Everybody funking and don't know how
They shoulda seen the bull when he funked the cow
He funked her so hard they saw some smoke
He said, let's get in the bed and funk like folks
Laughin' at ya (ha)
Funk used to be a bad word

(Chorus)
(sung by the group, spoken with stuff from George and others)
Sittin in the woods upon a log
Finger on the trigger
My eyes on a hog
And I sat back.
Laughin atcha

(Say it loud)
Sittin in the woods upon a log
(I'm funky and I'm proud)
Finger on the trigger
My eyes on a hog
And I sat back
(Talking 'bout you the Godfather)
Laughin atcha
(Godmother)
Sittin in the woods upon a log
(Grandfather Heh)
Finger on the trigger
(Fool and the Gang)
My eyes on a hog
And I sat back.
(They call us the funk mob)
Laughin atcha
(Dig)
(Get it on)

Little miss muffet sat on her tuffet snorting some THC
Along came a spider, slid down beside her
Said: what's in the bag bitch
She said I'm laughin' at ya, ha, ha
(Hey Fool and the Gang)
Funk used to be a bad word
(Let's get it on Let's take it to the stage)
Motherfunk you
Hit it

Sittin in the woods upon a log
(Good god)
Finger on the trigger
My eyes on a hog
And I sat back.
(Earth, hot air, and no fire)
Laughin atcha
(They call us the funk mob)
Ha, ha, ha, ha

Sittin in the woods upon a log
Finger on the trigger
My eyes on a hog
And I sat back.
(In your loose booty)
Laughin atcha
(Ha Dig)
Slick and the family you doing?
Let's take it higher
Hey us something good
Ha ha ha

(Laaaallala, lalalala) Those Crazios (Crazios)
New type thing (New type thing)
Brand new funk (Brand new funk)
Ha
Crazier than a sex maniac in a whorehouse with a credit card

Say it loud, I'm funky and I'm proud (doing it to death)
Say it loud, I'm funky and I'm proud (ha ha ha)

Sittin in the woods upon a log
(Get it)
(Hey Sloofus)
Finger on the trigger
My eyes on a hog
(Tell us something good)
And I sat back.
(Let's take it to the stage)
Laughin atcha

(Funk used to be a bad word)
(Hey where's the godfather at?)
Sittin in the woods upon a log
Finger on the trigger
(Now everybody trying to get down)
My eyes on a hog
And I sat back.
(Tell him, when in doubt, vamp)
Laughin atcha
(Ha, ha, ha)
(On the one)

Sittin in the woods upon a log
(Tricky Dick wasn't worried about no incriminating Watergate)
Finger on the trigger
My eyes on a hog
(Information being on those tapes)
And I sat back.
(That sucker didn't want y'all to dig on him trying to cop)
Laughin atcha
(An ounce of that p-blow)

Sittin in the woods upon a log
(Now he's a-laughin' at )
Finger on the trigger
My eyes on a hog
And I sat back.
(They call us the funk mob)
Laughin atcha
('Cuz they funky in the White House too.)
(Let's take it to the stage, y'all)
(Hit it)