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Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’ – Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson

Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’ lyrics

Language
English
Level
Beginner
Released
1982
Genre
Pop
Length
6:03

  1. I said you wanna be startin' somethin'

  2. You got to be startin' somethin'

  3. I said you wanna be startin' somethin'

  4. You got to be startin' somethin'

  5. It's too high to get over (yeah, yeah)

  6. Too low to get under (yeah, yeah)

  7. You're stuck in the middle (yeah, yeah)

  8. And the pain is thunder (yeah, yeah)

  9. It's too high to get over (yeah, yeah)

  10. Too low to get under (yeah, yeah)

  11. You're stuck in the middle (yeah, yeah)

  12. And the pain is thunder (yeah, yeah)

  13. I took my baby to the doctor

  14. With a fever, but nothin' he found

  15. By the time this hit the street

  16. They said she had a breakdown

  17. Someone's always tryin'

  18. To start my baby cryin'

  19. Talkin', squealin', lyin'

  20. Sayin' you just want to be startin' somethin'

  21. I said you wanna be startin' somethin'

  22. You got to be startin' somethin'

  23. I said you wanna be startin' somethin'

  24. You got to be startin' somethin'

  25. It's too high to get over (yeah, yeah)

  26. Too low to get under (yeah, yeah)

  27. You're stuck in the middle (yeah, yeah)

  28. And the pain is thunder (yeah, yeah)

  29. It's too high to get over (yeah, yeah)

  30. Too low to get under (yeah, yeah)

  31. You're stuck in the middle (yeah, yeah)

  32. And the pain is thunder (yeah, yeah)

  33. You love to pretend that you're good

  34. When you're always up to no good

  35. You really can't make him hate her

  36. So your tongue became a razor

  37. Someone's always tryin'

  38. To keep my baby cryin'

  39. Treacherous, cunnin', declinin'

  40. You got my baby cryin'

  41. I said you wanna be startin' somethin' (hee!)

  42. You got to be startin' somethin'

  43. I said you wanna be startin' somethin'

  44. You got to be startin' somethin'

  45. It's too high to get over (yeah, yeah)

  46. Too low to get under (yeah, yeah)

  47. You're stuck in the middle (yeah, yeah)

  48. And the pain is thunder (yeah, yeah)

  49. It's too high to get over (yeah, yeah)

  50. Too low to get under (yeah, yeah)

  51. You're stuck in the middle (yeah, yeah)

  52. And the pain is thunder (yeah, yeah)

  53. You're a vegetable (you're a vegetable)

  54. You're a vegetable (you're a vegetable)

  55. Still they hate you (still they hate you)

  56. You're a vegetable (you're a vegetable)

  57. You're just a buffet (you're just a buffet, you're a vegetable)

  58. You're a vegetable (you're a vegetable)

  59. They eat off of you (they eat off of you, you're a vegetable)

  60. You're a vegetable, ow!

  61. Billie Jean is always talkin'

  62. When nobody else is talkin'

  63. Tellin' lies and rubbin' shoulders

  64. So they called her mouth a motor

  65. Someone's always tryin'

  66. To start my baby cryin'

  67. Talkin', squealin', spyin'

  68. Sayin' you just want to be startin' somethin'

  69. I said you wanna be startin' somethin'

  70. You got to be startin' somethin'

  71. I said you wanna be startin' somethin'

  72. You got to be startin' somethin'

  73. It's too high to get over (yeah, yeah)

  74. Too low to get under (yeah, yeah)

  75. You're stuck in the middle (yeah, yeah)

  76. And the pain is thunder (yeah, yeah)

  77. It's too high to get over (yeah, yeah)

  78. Too low to get under (yeah, yeah)

  79. You're stuck in the middle (yeah, yeah)

  80. And the pain is thunder (yeah, yeah)

  81. You're a vegetable (you're a vegetable)

  82. You're a vegetable (you're a vegetable)

  83. Still they hate you (still they hate you)

  84. You're a vegetable (you're a vegetable)

  85. You're just a buffet (you're just a buffet, you're a vegetable)

  86. You're a vegetable (you're a vegetable)

  87. They eat off of you (they eat off of you, you're a vegetable)

  88. You're a vegetable, ow!

  89. Ow!

  90. Hee hee, ha-ha, ooh!

  91. If you can't feed your baby (yeah, yeah)

  92. Then don't have a baby (yeah, yeah)

  93. And don't think maybe (yeah, yeah)

  94. If you can't feed your baby (yeah, yeah)

  95. You'll be always tryin'

  96. To stop that child from cryin'

  97. Hustlin', stealin', lyin'

  98. Now baby's slowly dyin'

  99. I said you wanna be startin' somethin'

  100. You got to be startin' somethin'

  101. I said you wanna be startin' somethin'

  102. You got to be startin' somethin'

  103. It's too high to get over (yeah, yeah)

  104. It's too low to get under (yeah, yeah)

  105. You're stuck in the middle (yeah, yeah)

  106. And the pain is thunder (yeah, yeah)

  107. It's too high to get over (yeah, yeah)

  108. It's too low to get under (yeah, yeah)

  109. You're stuck in the middle (yeah, yeah)

  110. And the pain is thunder (yeah, yeah)

  111. Lift your head up high

  112. And scream out to the world

  113. "I know I am someone"

  114. And let the truth unfurl

  115. No one can hurt you now

  116. Because you know what's true

  117. Yes, I believe in me

  118. So you believe in you

  119. Help me sing it

  120. Ma-ma-se, ma-ma-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa (hoo-hoo)

  121. Ma-ma-se, ma-ma-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa (hee-hee-hee)

  122. Ma-ma-se, ma-ma-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa (hee-hee-hee)

  123. Ma-ma-se, ma-ma-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa

  124. Ma-ma-se, ma-ma-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa (help me sing it babe)

  125. Ma-ma-se, ma-ma-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa (hee-hee-hee)

  126. Ma-ma-se, ma-ma-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa

  127. Ma-ma-se, ma-ma-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa (yeah, sing it to the world)

  128. Ma-ma-se, ma-ma-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa (sing it out loud)

  129. Ma-ma-se, ma-ma-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa (hoo-hoo)

  130. Ma-ma-se, ma-ma-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa

  131. Ma-ma-se, ma-ma-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa (help me sing it)

  132. Ma-ma-se, ma-ma-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa

  133. Ma-ma-se, ma-ma-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa (hoo-hoo)

  134. Ma-ma-se, ma-ma-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa (hee-hee-hee)

  135. Ma-ma-se, ma-ma-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa (help me sing it)

  136. Ma-ma-se, ma-ma-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa (hoo-hoo)

  137. Ma-ma-se, ma-ma-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa (hee-hee-hee)

  138. Ma-ma-se, ma-ma-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa

  139. Ma-ma-se, ma-ma-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa (sing it to the world)

  140. Ma-ma-se, ma-ma-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa

  141. Ma-ma-se, ma-ma-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa

  142. Ma-ma-se, ma-ma-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa

  143. Ma-ma-se, ma-ma-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa

  144. Ma-ma-se, ma-ma-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa

  145. Ma-ma-se, ma-ma-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa

  146. Ma-ma-se, ma-ma-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa

  147. Ma-ma-se, ma-ma-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa

  148. Ma-ma-se, ma-ma-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa (hoo-hoo)

  149. Ma-ma-se, ma-ma-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa (hee-hee-hee)

  150. Ma-ma-se, ma-ma-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa (hee-hee-hee)

  151. Ma-ma-se, ma-ma-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa

  152. Ma-ma-se, ma-ma-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa (help me sing it, babe)

  153. Ma-ma-se, ma-ma-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa (hee-hee-hee)

  154. Ma-ma-se, ma-ma-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa (yeah)

  155. Ma-ma-se, ma-ma-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa (sing it to the world)

  156. Ma-ma-se, ma-ma-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa (sing it out loud)

  157. Ma-ma-se, ma-ma-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa (hoo-hoo)

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Key vocabulary

it's
it isA1
love
deep careA1
make
create or produceA1
vegetable
plant foodA1
want
desireA1
what's
what isA1
world
Earth; everyone around usA1
wanna
want to
startin
beginning
somethin
something (informal)

About this song

Michael Jackson was an American singer known for his groundbreaking role in the development of pop music, alongside R&B and funk-pop. He rose from the Jackson 5 to a dominant solo career marked by albums Off the Wall and Thriller and by major singles including “Billie Jean” and “Beat It.”

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Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’

I said you wanna be startin' somethin'

You got to be startin' somethin'

I said you wanna be startin' somethin'

You got to be startin' somethin'

It's too high to get over (yeah, yeah)

Too low to get under (yeah, yeah)

You're stuck in the middle (yeah, yeah)

And the pain is thunder (yeah, yeah)

It's too high to get over (yeah, yeah)

Too low to get under (yeah, yeah)

You're stuck in the middle (yeah, yeah)

And the pain is thunder (yeah, yeah)

I took my baby to the doctor

With a fever, but nothin' he found

By the time this hit the street

They said she had a breakdown

Someone's always tryin'

To start my baby cryin'

Talkin', squealin', lyin'

Sayin' you just want to be startin' somethin'

I said you wanna be startin' somethin'

You got to be startin' somethin'

I said you wanna be startin' somethin'

You got to be startin' somethin'

It's too high to get over (yeah, yeah)

Too low to get under (yeah, yeah)

You're stuck in the middle (yeah, yeah)

And the pain is thunder (yeah, yeah)

It's too high to get over (yeah, yeah)

Too low to get under (yeah, yeah)

You're stuck in the middle (yeah, yeah)

And the pain is thunder (yeah, yeah)

You love to pretend that you're good

When you're always up to no good

You really can't make him hate her

So your tongue became a razor

Someone's always tryin'

To keep my baby cryin'

Treacherous, cunnin', declinin'

You got my baby cryin'

I said you wanna be startin' somethin' (hee!)

You got to be startin' somethin'

I said you wanna be startin' somethin'

You got to be startin' somethin'

It's too high to get over (yeah, yeah)

Too low to get under (yeah, yeah)

You're stuck in the middle (yeah, yeah)

And the pain is thunder (yeah, yeah)

It's too high to get over (yeah, yeah)

Too low to get under (yeah, yeah)

You're stuck in the middle (yeah, yeah)

And the pain is thunder (yeah, yeah)

You're a vegetable (you're a vegetable)

You're a vegetable (you're a vegetable)

Still they hate you (still they hate you)

You're a vegetable (you're a vegetable)

You're just a buffet (you're just a buffet, you're a vegetable)

You're a vegetable (you're a vegetable)

They eat off of you (they eat off of you, you're a vegetable)

You're a vegetable, ow!

Billie Jean is always talkin'

When nobody else is talkin'

Tellin' lies and rubbin' shoulders

So they called her mouth a motor

Someone's always tryin'

To start my baby cryin'

Talkin', squealin', spyin'

Sayin' you just want to be startin' somethin'

I said you wanna be startin' somethin'

You got to be startin' somethin'

I said you wanna be startin' somethin'

You got to be startin' somethin'

It's too high to get over (yeah, yeah)

Too low to get under (yeah, yeah)

You're stuck in the middle (yeah, yeah)

And the pain is thunder (yeah, yeah)

It's too high to get over (yeah, yeah)

Too low to get under (yeah, yeah)

You're stuck in the middle (yeah, yeah)

And the pain is thunder (yeah, yeah)

You're a vegetable (you're a vegetable)

You're a vegetable (you're a vegetable)

Still they hate you (still they hate you)

You're a vegetable (you're a vegetable)

You're just a buffet (you're just a buffet, you're a vegetable)

You're a vegetable (you're a vegetable)

They eat off of you (they eat off of you, you're a vegetable)

You're a vegetable, ow!

Ow!

Hee hee, ha-ha, ooh!

If you can't feed your baby (yeah, yeah)

Then don't have a baby (yeah, yeah)

And don't think maybe (yeah, yeah)

If you can't feed your baby (yeah, yeah)

You'll be always tryin'

To stop that child from cryin'

Hustlin', stealin', lyin'

Now baby's slowly dyin'

I said you wanna be startin' somethin'

You got to be startin' somethin'

I said you wanna be startin' somethin'

You got to be startin' somethin'

It's too high to get over (yeah, yeah)

It's too low to get under (yeah, yeah)

You're stuck in the middle (yeah, yeah)

And the pain is thunder (yeah, yeah)

It's too high to get over (yeah, yeah)

It's too low to get under (yeah, yeah)

You're stuck in the middle (yeah, yeah)

And the pain is thunder (yeah, yeah)

Lift your head up high

And scream out to the world

"I know I am someone"

And let the truth unfurl

No one can hurt you now

Because you know what's true

Yes, I believe in me

So you believe in you

Help me sing it

Ma-ma-se, ma-ma-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa (hoo-hoo)

Ma-ma-se, ma-ma-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa (hee-hee-hee)

Ma-ma-se, ma-ma-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa (hee-hee-hee)

Ma-ma-se, ma-ma-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa

Ma-ma-se, ma-ma-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa (help me sing it babe)

Ma-ma-se, ma-ma-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa (hee-hee-hee)

Ma-ma-se, ma-ma-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa

Ma-ma-se, ma-ma-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa (yeah, sing it to the world)

Ma-ma-se, ma-ma-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa (sing it out loud)

Ma-ma-se, ma-ma-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa (hoo-hoo)

Ma-ma-se, ma-ma-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa

Ma-ma-se, ma-ma-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa (help me sing it)

Ma-ma-se, ma-ma-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa

Ma-ma-se, ma-ma-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa (hoo-hoo)

Ma-ma-se, ma-ma-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa (hee-hee-hee)

Ma-ma-se, ma-ma-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa (help me sing it)

Ma-ma-se, ma-ma-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa (hoo-hoo)

Ma-ma-se, ma-ma-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa (hee-hee-hee)

Ma-ma-se, ma-ma-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa

Ma-ma-se, ma-ma-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa (sing it to the world)

Ma-ma-se, ma-ma-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa

Ma-ma-se, ma-ma-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa

Ma-ma-se, ma-ma-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa

Ma-ma-se, ma-ma-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa

Ma-ma-se, ma-ma-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa

Ma-ma-se, ma-ma-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa

Ma-ma-se, ma-ma-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa

Ma-ma-se, ma-ma-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa

Ma-ma-se, ma-ma-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa (hoo-hoo)

Ma-ma-se, ma-ma-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa (hee-hee-hee)

Ma-ma-se, ma-ma-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa (hee-hee-hee)

Ma-ma-se, ma-ma-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa

Ma-ma-se, ma-ma-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa (help me sing it, babe)

Ma-ma-se, ma-ma-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa (hee-hee-hee)

Ma-ma-se, ma-ma-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa (yeah)

Ma-ma-se, ma-ma-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa (sing it to the world)

Ma-ma-se, ma-ma-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa (sing it out loud)

Ma-ma-se, ma-ma-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa (hoo-hoo)