You got to start me up

Start me up

Start me up



Come down the S to the A L T

Come down the Luv to the B U G

Come down the Spin to the D A Rella

Come down S T double E the E in the V

Come down the P to the E P A

Come down Idolmakers in the house how ya know?

Come down to the Record Lord

Come down...



[Wait a minute y'all wait a minute

Let's get serious for a minute

Y'all havin' fun, I'm havin' fun

Everybody havin' fun

But you know those times when you get stressed out?]



Everybody has a time in their life

When things doesn't always go right

It just gets harder every day

And it makes you wanna run away

And then I wonder where it will end

Can I ever be myself again?

Yo, I got hopes, and I got trust

And I got you here to start me up



But it's been so long that I thought I lost you

And I felt my life was goin' nowhere without you

I feel so strong because I have you

Standin' by my side, baby, baby, you just got to



CHORUS



Start me up, you got to start me up

Start me up, you got to start me up

Start me up, you got to start me up

Start me up, you got to start me up



Now why you lettin' them get you down?

Pushin' you around until now?

What's it gonna take till you realize?

When you gonna open up your eyes?

And how come you don't ever kiss me

Or even say how much you miss me?

But I got you and we got us

Together we can start it up



I'm fed up (fed up), word up (dead up)

Got to keep my head up, don't stop or let up

You're sleepin