Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'

WANNA BE STARTIN’SOMETHIN’  MICHAEL JACKSON

KEY OF E (played the same also in A)

(CHORUS)


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I said you wan-na be start-in' some-thin'

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You got to be start-in' some-thin'

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I said you wan-na be start-in' some-thin'

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You got to be start-in' some-thin'

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It's too high to get o-ver (yeah, yeah)

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Too low to get un-der (yeah, yeah)

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You're stuck in the mid-dle (yeah, yeah)

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And the pain is thun-der (yeah, yeah)

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It's too high to get o-ver (yeah, yeah)

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Too low to get un-der (yeah, yeah)

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You're stuck in the mid-dle (yeah, yeah)

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And the pain is thun-der (yeah, yeah)



Verse 1

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I took my ba-by to the doc-tor

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With a fev-er, but noth-ing he found

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By the time this hit the street

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They said she had a break-down

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Some-one's al-ways try-in' to 

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start my ba-by cry-in'

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Talk-in', squeal-in', ly-in'

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Say-in' you just wan-na be start-in' some-thin'

(CHORUS)

Verse 2 same as 1
You love to pretend that you're good
When you're always up to no good
You really can't make him hate her
So your tongue became a razor
Someone's always tryin' to keep my baby cryin'
Treacherous, cunnin', declinin'
You got my baby cryin'

(CHORUS)
(BRIDGE)

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You're a veg-ta-ble, you're a veg-ta-ble

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Still they hate you, you're a veg-tab-le

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You're a buf-fet, you're a veg-ta-ble

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They eat off of you, you're a veg-ta-ble

Verse 3 same as 1
Billie Jean is always talkin'
When nobody else is talkin'
Tellin' lies and rubbin' shoulders
So they called her mouth a motor
Someone's always tryin' to start my baby cryin'
Talkin', squealin', spyin',
Sayin' you just wanna be startin' somethin'

(CHORUS)
(BRIDGE)

Verse 4 same as 1
If you can't feed your baby (yeah, yeah)
Then don't have a baby (yeah, yeah)
And don't think maybe (yeah, yeah)
If you can't feed your baby (yeah, yeah)
You'll be always tryin'
To stop that child from cryin'
Hustlin', stealin', lyin'
Now baby's slowly dyin'

(CHORUS)

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Lift your head up high

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And scream out to the world

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I know I am some-one

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And let the truth un-furl

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No one can hurt you now

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Be-cause you know what's true

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Yes, I be-lieve in me

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So you be-lieve in you

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Help me sing it, ma ma se
Ma ma sa, ma ma coo sa
Ma ma se, ma ma sa,
Ma ma coo sa