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Bop Gun (Endangered Species)

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Nov. 28, 19771 viewer8.7K views

Bop Gun (Endangered Species) Lyrics

Hmm!
Yeah!
Oooooh, yeahhh-aayy!

En garde!
Defend yourself!
Movin' right on you, baby!
En garde!
Defend yourself!
Bound to get down, (down!) baby

Turn me loose
We shall overcome
Where did you get that Funk from, huh?

Turn them on
They're spoiling the fun
Let's shoot them with the Bop Gun

En garde!
Defend yourself!
Movin' right on 'round, (hey baby)
We got to get over the hump (x4)
En garde!
Defend yourself!
Bound to get down, baby (hey!)
Turn me loose
Let me shoot them with the Bop Gun, ha, hmm

Endangered species (x3)
Let me shoot them with the Bop Gun
Endangered species (x4)

We got to get over the hump (x4)

When the Syndrome is around (on guard!)
Don't let your guard down
All you've got to do is
Call on the Funk, ohhh

En garde!
Defend yourself!
We shall overcome
Where did you get that Funk from?
They're spoiling the fun
Shoot them with my Bop Gun
Ohh, hey baby
En garde!
Protect yourself!
Movin' in on you, baby
I don't think you hear me
I said they're spoiling the fun
We shall overcome
We got to shoot them with the Bop Gun
Hey, babe
Bound to get down
Closing in on you
When the Syndrome is around
Don't let your guard down
All you got to do is
Call on the Funk (moving in on you, baby)

To dance is a protection
Funk is your connection
All you got to do is
Funk and dance

En garde!
Protect yourself!
En garde!
Defend yourself!

Endangered species (x5)
Shoot them with the Bop Gun
Endangered species (x7)
You got to shoot them with the Bop Gun
Endangered species (x6)
You got to shoot them with the Bop Gun

When the Syndrome is around
Don't let your guard down
All you've got to do is
Call on the Funk
En garde!
Defend yourself!
Movin' in on you
Turn me loose
We shall overcome
Where'd you get that Funk from, huh?
I still said they're spoiling the fun
I oughta shoot them with my Bop Gun
Hey, babe
Turn me loose, huh
Watch me get over the hump, ha!
Hey, babyyy

I got to get over the hump (x10) (we got to get over the hump)
En garde!
Hey babe
I got to get over the hump (x4) (got to get over the hump)
En garde!
I got to get over the hump
Watch me! I'm gonna shoot them with my Bop Gun
I got to get over the hump (x8) (I got to get over the hump, hey baby)
En garde!
Ooh
I got to get over the hump (x9) (I got to get over the hump)
En garde!
Shoot them with my Bop Gun
I got to get over the hump (x9)
Hey babe, hey babe, ohh!
En garde!
Defend yourself
I'm gonna shoot them with my Bop Gun
I got to get over the hump (x8)
Watch me!

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Genius Annotation

A treatise on the transcendent powers of music and dance, especially found in the pure joy and sense of release one can feel in dancing your ass off. Especially important to consider in the framework of American racial history and the Civil Rights movement specifically. George Clinton is on record as saying that he is more aligned with Hippies than Black Panthers, philosophically speaking, and that comes through in this song. While it is difficult for many (probably even Dr. Funkenstein himself) to totally invalidate the political stance and the willingness to bear arms of the Black Panthers and the militancy of the Black Power movement, this song and its message seem to suggest that weaponized funk (and this song is no doubt one of the deadliest grooves of all time) can be the most effective means of attaining true equality and justice for ALL. After all, despite all the personal differences which make life colorful, one thing we all have deep down inside is THE FUNK, and we are all capable of reaching The One in time.

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