The fourth track on Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch’s debut album interpolates Maurice Starr’s “Bout Time I Funk U“ from 1979 and features backing vocals sung by New Kids on the Block’s Donnie Wahlberg and Jordan Knight.
[Intro]
Ah, yeah
(It’s bout time I funk you, baby)
It’s about that time, baby
Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch are in the house
You know what I’m saying?
(It’s bout time I funk you, baby)
Yo, baby boy, you with it?
(Yeah)
Cool, here we go
[Hook]
Bout time I funk you, baby
Bout time I funk you, baby
[Verse 1]
Well, it’s about that time that we start this thing
You want funk?
Well, what the hell you’d think I’d bring?
Something crusty, something rusty or junky?
Come on, I make it funky
So funky that the girls start shaking their butts
So nasty that it’s driving me nuts
Come on, baby, you know what to do
‘Cause Marky Mark is gonna funk you
[Hook]
Bout time I funk you, baby
(I’m gonna make it real funky for you)
(I’m gonna make it real-)
Bout time I funk you, baby
(I’m gonna make it real funky for you)
(I’m gonna make it real funky for you)
[Verse 2]
You’ve waited years for something juicy and wet
Well, I’ma give you something you will never forget
Hey ladies, you wanna know how to please me?
Easy, sleazy
You don’t tease me, baby
I wanna dance with you
You ain’t with it?
Well, then forget you
I’ll find another honey who’s ready and willing to do the do
‘Cause Mark’s gonna funk her, too
[Hook]
Bout time I funk you, baby
(I’m gonna make it real funky for you)
(I’m gonna make it real-)
Bout time I funk you, baby
(I’m gonna make it real funky for you)
(I’m gonna make it real funky for you)
[Bridge: Marky Mark, Donnie Wahlberg, (Jordan Knight)]
I like your hips
Yeah, I like those hips, baby
I like your eyes
(Hey, yeah, yeah)
I love those big, brown eyes
I like your lips
I love those juicy, red lips, baby
I like your @*#!
(Hey, yeah, hey, yeah)
That’s not all I like
Get busy
[Instrumental]
[Breakdown]
Yo DJ D, break it down one time
We’re getting funky
(Ain’t it funky)
Funky
(Ain’t it funky)
We’re getting funky
(Ain’t it funky)
Funky
(Ain’t it funky)
I’m gonna make it real funky for you
[Verse 3: Marky Mark, Donnie Wahlberg]
Yo Marky Mark, why don’t you give a shoutout to the fellas?
You’re taking all their girlies and they’re starting to get jealous
That’s cause all night long
You’ve been sitting around, doing nothing
So get off your butts and stop frontin’
You’re acting like a wallflower, what a crime it is
Come here, boy, let me show you what time it is
Fellas, this is your chance to find romance
So stop sitting around and just dance
Feel the beat, move and get loose
See a fly cutie and seduce
Don’t be shy, guy, you gotta try
Spot that honey, now look in her the eye
Now slide on in for the kill
Stop sweating, man you gots to chill
Grab a girl by the hand, you know what to do
Get funky while the Funky Bunch funks you
[Interlude]
(It’s bout time I funk you, baby)
Ah, yeah
You wanna funk, I gave it to you, baby
Come on
(It’s bout time I funk you, baby)
Yo, we’re gonna wind up one more time
Check it out
[Hook]
Bout time I funk you, baby
(I’m gonna make it real funky for you)
(I’m gonna make it real-)
Bout time I funk you, baby
(I’m gonna make it real funky for you)
[Outro: Marky Mark, Donnie Wahlberg]
Everybody get funky
(Just give me the funk)
Just give me the funk, now, yeah
(To the funk you up)
I’m gonna funky, funk you up, yeah
(Just give me the funk)
(To the funk you up
Just give me the funk)
Just give me the funk, now
(To the funk you up
Just give me the funk)
Bout Time I Funk You was written by Larry Johnson & Michael Jonzun & Donnie Wahlberg & Mark Wahlberg.
Bout Time I Funk You was produced by Leo Okeke & Mark Wahlberg & Donnie Wahlberg.
Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch released Bout Time I Funk You on Tue Jul 23 1991.