Stroke Rick James

[Intro]
This groove is so serious, yeah
It's a stroke thang, baby, ah yeah
It's a strokin' thang, oh baby
Come on

[Verse 1]
I never claimed to be an angel or a saint (Nah)
I never claimed to be the devil 'cause I ain't
I never thought that I could even make it back
I visit hell sometimes, and all I found was crack (Lots of crack, baby)
I spent some time inside a penitentiary (Folsom)
And all I did was think and eat and watch TV
(And lift weights, and play cards, and talk shit)
When I got out, I did just what I had to do (Took care of my business)
Went in the studio and wrote some funk for you

[Chorus]
I got up (I got up, I got up)
I was strokin' (Strokin', yeah baby, yeah)
So serious (o serious, so serious)
It was no joke
(Oh no, yeah, it wasn't no joke, man)

Dance! Groove ain't no joke, y'all
Dance, come on!
Yeah, dance your ass off