Rick James — Big Time Live in Long Beach July 1981

[Intro] Do-do-do-do-do, Do-do-do-do-do-do Big time [Verse 1] Listen up I wanted to be on a stage Where bright lights shine on me At Carnegie I polished up my act I knew the crowds would see I had the knack And that's a fact Glamour and fame Wasn't much more than a crazy game I had to play And now I got my wish I don't know if I can handle this You know what? But I think I'm — sing! [Chorus] I'm in the big time, big time And I know success is all mine, all mine, baby Big time, big time [Bridge] Do-do-do-do-do, Do-do-do-do-do-do Big time I'm in the big, big time Do-do-do-do-do, Do-do-do-do-do-do Big time Ayy, Long Beach Arena, give it up for funk I was born to funk I was born to funk and roll in the big time He was born to funk He was born to funk and roll in the big time I was born to funk I was born to funk and roll in the big time He was born to funk He was born to funk and roll in the big time [Interlude] HO! Break it down Ay, let me look at ya, break it down Well, what's happenin', L.A.? If you feel pretty good tonight, let me hear ya say "Hell yeah" You know what? This the first encounter of the funky kind we gonna do tonight And we like to get a groove going before we start the show off But I want you to know one thing: Before we leave, we gon' turn this muthafunka out Oh, hell yeah! Oh, hell yeah! Now listen up, L.A., put your hands together, I wanna look at ya Now, there seems to be some people out there who don't know what a party is You know what I'm sayin'? Hell yeah Let me break it down for ya You paid too much money to come in here and sit on your ass, right? So, the best thing to do is just have a good time, right? So, for all you cool people out there, all you L-7 people, here's what you do Raise your left hand, raise it high Now, pretend it's the Ku Klux Klan, now smack the shit out of it Keep that groove going There still seems to be some cool people in here tonight But we gon' change all that, break it down Listen up, keep that groove going, party people For all you people who still think it's old-fashioned to clap, here's another one for ya Cool people, take your left hand, hold it in the air Now, pretend it's that sucker down there in Atlanta killing all those Black children Now smack the shit out of it Now, people in the balcony, can you hear me? People over here, can you hear me? I wanna ask a question, Long Beach: Where's the party? (Party over here) Where's the party, Long Beach? (Party over there) Where's the party? (Party over here) Back over here, say, where's the party? (Party over there) Where's the party, L.A.? (Party over there) Where's the party over here? (Party over there) Everybody, where is the party? [Chorus] Big time, big time Success is all mine, all mine, baby Big time, big time Gonna have myself a time [Bridge] Do-do-do-do-do, Do-do-do-do-do-do Big time Do-do-do-do-do, Do-do-do-do-do-do Big time [Outro] I say, I say, I say, go 'head, go 'head (Go 'head) Go 'head (Go head) Go 'head (Go 'head) Go 'head (Go head) Go 'head