Hey, funky, funky North Philly
That's where I used to live

There's a street in North Philly
Name of the street
Is funky, funky Diamond Street
Hey, funky, funky Diamond Street

On down the street
There's an apartment building
Name of the apartment building
Is funky, funky apartment building

Hey, hey
Funky, funky apartment building

Hey, let me hear everytime

In this aprtment building
There's a staircase
Name of the staircase
Is funky, funky staircase, hey

Ease to the saxophone solo
Go ahead, play
Funky, funky saxophone solo
In the funky, funky apartment

Yeah, at the end of the staircase
There's an apartment
Name of the apartment
Is funky, funky (pad)

How'd you know
Funky, funky pad

Open the door
Get a whiff of the smell
All the food that's been
Cooked in all them greens
Black-eyed peas, fried chicken
Fried fish and everything

In the next room
There's a bed
Name of the bed
Funky, funky bed

Play that organ
In my funky, funky apartment

Funky, funky bed, yeah
I wanna rest my head
On the funky, funky bed

Cause I been working hard
Eight hours a day
Sweating hard
Gonne rest my head

Name of my head
Funky, funky (head)
Yes, indeed

Gonna put down
And rest my head
Got to go to work in the morning
Just let me rest my