you gotta keep it pumpin' you gotta keep it pumpin' you gotta keep it pumpin' you gotta keep it pumpin' I went out looking for a good place but everywhere I went was dull I went here, and I went there but I never found the stuff but then I met this boy that said he had the perfect place that I would just love, yeah he took me in ooh, let me tell you girlfriend the place was jumping and it was sho'nuff pumpin' you gotta keep it pumpin' you gotta keep it pumpin' you gotta keep it pumpin' you gotta keep it pumpin' I found my spot nothing about the place seemed dull and the stuff I was looking for I found the stuff the sound was hot like I never heard before the bass was booming there were people all over the dance floor then I met another guy and he asked me would I like to dance he showed me steps I never seen before I walked in ooh, let me tell you girlfriend the place was jumping and it was sho'nuff pumpin' you gotta keep it pumpin' you gotta keep it pumpin' you gotta keep it pumpin' you gotta keep it pumpin' that's the way I like it I like it when it's pumpin' that's the way I like it I like it when it's pumpin' that's the way I like it I like it when it's pumpin' that's the way I like it I like it when it's pumpin' if you got a groove that you like and you like it a lot pump it up, pump it up you know the place with the bass in the neighbourhood hot spot pump it up, pump it up to the girl in the blue tell me what 'cha gonna do pump it up, pump it up and to the negro in red tell me what I said pump it up, pump it up you gotta keep it pumpin' you gotta keep it pumpin' you gotta keep it pumpin' you gotta keep it pumpin'