Turn the beat around lyrics
by Gloria Estefan

Turn it up, turn it up, turn it upside down
Turn it up, turn it up, turn it upside down
Turn it up, turn it up, turn it upside down
Turn it up, turn it up, turn it upside down

Turn the beat around
Love to hear percussion
Turn it upside down
Love to hear percussion
Love to hear it

Blow horns, you sure sound pretty
Your violins keep movin' to the nitty gritty
But when you hear then scratch of the guitar scratchin'
Then you'll know that rhythm carries all the action, oh yeah

(Turn the beat around) Turn it around
(Love to hear percussion) Mamamamama
(Turn it upside down) Turn it up, turn it up, turn it upside down
(Love to hear percussion) Yeaheah
(Love to hear it) Got to hear it

(Turn the beat around) Turn around, around, around, now go
(Love to hear percussion) Move your feet when you feel the beat, yeah
(Turn it upside down) Hey yeah!
(Love to hear percussion) Well
(Love to hear it)

Flute player play your flute 'cause
I know you want to get your thing off
But you see I've made up my mind about it
It's got to be the rhythm, no doubt about it, oho

When the guitar player starts playing
With the syncopated rhythm, with the scratch, scratch, scratch
Makes me wanna move my body yeah, yeah, yeah

And when the drummer starts beating that beat
He nails that beat with the syncopated rhythm
With the rat, tat, tat, tat, tat on the drums, hey yeaheah

(Turn the beat around) Turn it around and around and around
(Love to hear percussion) Oho, yeaheah
(Turn it upside down) Hey yeah!
(Love to hear percussion) Mamamamama
(Love to hear it, love to hear it) Yeah, oooh
(Love to hear it) Oho (Love to hear it) Yeaheah

Turn it up, turn it up, turn it upside down
Turn it up, turn it up, turn it upside down
Turn it up, turn it up, turn it upside down
Turn it up, turn it up, turn it upside down

(Turn the beat around) Turn the beat around
(Love to hear percussion) Turn the beat around now
(Turn it upside down) Heyey yeaheah
(Love to hear percussion) Mamamamama

Mamama, mamama, mamamamamama
Mamama, mamama, mamamamamama

(Turn the beat around) Heyey yeah
(Love to hear percussion) Move your feet when you feel the beat, yeah
(Turn it upside down) Yeah, yeah, yeah
(Love to hear percussion)

(Turn the beat around) Turn the beat around, oh yeah
(Love to hear percussion)
(Turn it upside down) Turn it upside down
(Love to hear percussion) Love to hear it!
 

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