Live performance 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝗨𝗽 (𝗜 𝗙𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝗟𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 A) 𝗦𝗲𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲 - Rome 1971: Teatro 10
𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐤𝐲 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫: 𝐀𝐧𝐧(𝓮) 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧
- "The Godfather of Soul": James Joseph Brown (Barnwell, 3 May 1933 – † Atlanta, 25 December 2006 - 73 yrs)
Recording of the the original version of “Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine”:
on April 25, 1970, at Starday King Studio in Cincinnati.
This video with famed band director and on-stage hypeman Bobby Byrd.
- Bobby Byrd - backing vocals, piano - (August 15, 1934 Toccoa, Georgia - † Loganville, Georgia September 12, 2007 - aged 73)
- Phelps "Catfish" Collins - lead guitar - (born October 17, 1943 – † August 6, 2010)
- Hearlon "Cheese" Martin - guitar
- William "Bootsy" Collins - bass guitar (born October 26, 1951- Cincinnati, Ohio)
- Fred Wesley - trombone (born July 4, 1943)
- St. Clair Pinckney - tenor saxophone (born September 17, 1930 – † February 1, 1999)
- Darryl ''Hasaan'' Jamison - trumpet
- Clayton "Chicken" Gunnells - trumpet
- John "Jabo" Starks - drums
- Don Juan "Tiger'' Martin - drums

LYRiCS:
Fellas, I'm ready to get up and do my thing (yeah go ahead!)
I wanta get into it, man, you know (go ahead!)
Like a, like a sex machine, man, (yeah go ahead!)
Movin' and doin' it, you know
Can I count it off? (Go ahead)
One, two, three, four!
Get up, (get on up)
Get up, (get on up)
Stay on the scene, (get on up), like a sex machine, (get on up)
Get up, (get on up)
Get up, (get on up)
Stay on the scene, (get on up), like a sex machine, (get on up)
Get up, (get on up)
Stay on the scene, (get on up), like a sex machine, (get on up)
Wait a minute!
Shake your arm, then use your form
Stay on the scene like a sex machine
You got to have the feeling sure as you're born
Get it together, right on, right on.
Get up, (get on up)
Get up, (get on up)
Get up, (get on up)
Hah!
Get up, (get on up)
Get up, (get on up)
Get up, (get on up)
Get up, (get on up)
You said, you said you got the,
You said the feeling,
You said the feeling you got to get
You give me the fever 'n' a cold sweat.
The way i like, it is the way it is,
I got mine 'n' don't worry 'bout his
Get up, (get on up)
Stay on the scene, (get on up), like a sex machine, (get on up)
Get up, (get on up)
Get up, (get on up)

Bobby! Should I take 'em to the bridge?
(Go Ahead!)
Take 'em on to the bridge!
(Take em to the bridge!)
Should I take 'em to the bridge?
(Yeah!)
Take 'em to the bridge?
(Go Ahead!)
Hit me now!
Come on!

Stay on the scene, like a sex machine!
The way I like it is, is the way it is
I got mine, (dig it!), he got his
Stay on the scene, like a lovin' machine
Stay on the scene, like a lovin' machine
Stay on the scene
I wanna count it off one more time now
(Go ahead!)
You wanna hear it like it did on the top fellas?
(Yeah!)
Hear it like it did on the top?
(Yeah!)
Hit it now!
Get on up, (get on up)
Get up, (get on up)
Get up, (get on up)
Get on up, (get on up)
Stay on the scene, (get on up), like a lovin' machine, (get on up)
Get up, (get on up)
Taste, (get on up)
Bein', (get on up)
Taste, (get on up)
Bein', (get on up)
Get up, (get on up)
Get up, (get on up)
Stay on the scene, (get on up), like a sex machine, (get on up)
You gotta have the feelin, (get on up)
Sure as you're born, (get on up)
Get it together, right on, right on
Right on, right on, (right on, right on)
Right on, right on, (right on, right on)
Right on, right on, (right on, right on)
Get up, (get on up)
Get up, (get on up)
And then, shake your money maker,
Shake your money maker,
Shake your money maker,
Shake your money maker,
Shake your money maker,
Shake your money maker,
Shake your money maker
Get up, (get on up)
Get up, (get on up)
Get up, (get on up)
Get up, (get on up)
Get up, (get on up)
Huh!
Get up, (get on up)
Get up, (get on up)
Get up, (get on up)
Can we hit it like we did one more time, from the top
Can we hit like that one more time
(One more time!)
One more time!
Let's hit it and quit! (Go ahead!)
Can we hit it and quit? (Yeah!)
Can we hit it and quit? (Yeah!)
Can we hit it and quit? (Yeah!)
Hit it!