(Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!)
Beat is gettin' stronger
Beat is gettin' longer too-oo-oo
Music's soundin' good to me
But I want to, said I want to
I want to take you higher
Yeah, let me take you higher
Baby, baby, let me light your fire
Ooo yeah, little bit higher
Boom-shaka-laka-laka
Boom-shaka-la-boonka-boo
(Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!)
Beat is nitty-gritty
Music's in your city too-oo-oo
Music's gettin' good to me
But now don't ya, I said don't ya
Don't ya want to get higher
Yeah, don't ya want to get higher
Baby, baby, let me light your fire
Ooo ha, little bit higher
Boom-shaka-laka-laka
Boom-shaka-la-boonka-boo
(Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!)
Come on baby (higher!)
Don't ya want to get high (higher!)
Ooo yeah! (higher!)
Light your fire (fire!)
Come on daddy (higher!)
A little bit higher (higher!)
I want to (higher!)
Said I want to light your fire (fire!)
Boom-shaka-laka-laka
Boom-shaka-la-boonka-boo
(Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!)
Beat is here to make you mo-ove
Music's here to help ya groo-oo-oove
Music's soundin' good to me
But take your places
I'm gonna take you higher (higher!)
Yeah, baby (higher!)
Gonna take ya higher (higher!)
Ooo yeah (higher!)
Little bit higher (higher!)
c'mon daddy (higher!)
A little bit (higher!)
(higher!)
(higher!)
(higher!)
(higher!)
(higher!)

sly and the family stone,
higher.

i heard the song as i rode by the american taxi building demolition and thought, i gotta play that song when i get home. i took a hot shower, buzzed my face and neck hair, put on my boxers, grabbed my red beat pill, popped it on youtube, and boogied between the hall mirror and the dining room table with renate laughing and penny cat looking like please don't come over here with that.