Dah pretty ladies around the world 
Got a weird thing to show you, 
So tell all the boys and girls. 
Tell your brother, your sister 
And mama too, cause they’re 
About to go down 
And you’ll know just what to do. 

Wave your hands in the air 
Like you don’t care, glide by 
The People as they start to look and stare. 
Do you dance, do your dance quick 
Mama, come on baby, tell me what’s 
The Word, ah – word up, 
Everybody say when you hear the call 
You got to get it underway, 
Word up, it’s the code word, 
No matter where you say it, 
You’ll know that you’ll be heard. 

Now all you sucker. D.J.’s 
Who think you’re fly 
There’s got to be a reason 
And we know the reason why. 
And act real cool 
But you got to realise 
That you’re acting like fools. 
If there’s music we can use it 
We need to dance. 
We don’t have that time 
For psychological romance 
No romance 
No romance 
No romance for me mama 
Come on baby tell me what’s the word. 
Ah – word up, 
Everybody say when you hear the call 
You got to get it underway. 

Dial “L” for low... 
Come on, all you people say... 
Word up – word up