This song is notorious for the line, “Kick out the jams, motherf–kers,” shouted by lead singer Rob Tyner before the music kicks in. This line appears on the uncensored version of the album; a clean version where it is replaced with, “Kick out the jams, brothers and sisters,” was used on the single a...
[Intro: Rob Tyner]
Kick out the jams, motherfuckers!
Yeah! I, I, I, I, I'm gonna
I'm gonna kick 'em out, yeah
[Verse 1]
Well, I feel pretty good, and I guess that I could
Get crazy now, baby
'Cause we all got in tune a-when my dressing room
Got hazy now, baby
I know how you want it, child, hot, quick and tight
The girls can't stand it when you're doin' it right
[Chorus]
Let me up on the stand
And let me kick out the jam
Yes, kick out the jams
I want to kick 'em out
[Verse 2]
Yes, I'm starting to sweat and now my shirt's all wet
What a feeling
In the sound that abounds and resounds and rebounds
Off the ceiling
You gotta have it, baby, you can't do without
When you get that feeling, you gotta sock 'em out
[Chorus]
Put that mic in my hand
And let me kick out the jam
Yes, kick out the jams
I want to kick 'em out
[Ad libs]
Ah-ooh
Yeah, ha
Alright, baby
Alright, alright, alright, alright, come on
Alright, alright, alright, yeah
Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh
[Verse 3]
So you got to give it up, you know you can't get enough
Miss McKenzie
'Cause it gets in your brain, it drives you insane
With the frenzy
The wigglin' guitars, girl, the crash of the drums
Makes you wanna keep-a-rockin' 'til morning comes
[Chorus]
Let me be who I am
And let me kick out the jam
Yes, kick out the jams
I done kicked 'em out
Kick Out the Jams was written by Michael Davis (USA) & Dennis Thompson & Fred Smith & Wayne Kramer & Rob Tyner.
Kick Out the Jams was produced by Bruce Botnick & Jac Holzman.
MC5 released Kick Out the Jams on Sat Feb 01 1969.