Said you wanna be startin' somethin', ya gotta be startin'somethin'.
I said you wanna be startin' somethin', ya gotta be startin'somethin'.
It's too high to get over and too low to get under,
You're stuck in the middle and the pain is thunder.

I took my baby to the doctor with a fever but nothin' he found.
By the time this hit the street they said she had a break down.
Someone's always tryin', start my baby cryin',
Talkin' squealin' lyin', say'n' you just wanna be startin'somethin'.

I said you wanna be startin' somethin', ...
It's too high to get over and too low to get under.
You're stuck in the middle and the pain is thunder.

Billie Jean is always talkin' when nobody else is talkin'.
Tellin' lies and rubbin' shoulders so they called her mouth amotor.
Someone's always tryin' to start my baby cryin',
Talkin' squealin' spyin', sayin' you just wanna be startin'somethin'.

I said you wanna be startin' somethin', ...

You're a veg'table, you're a veg'table,
Still they hate you, you're a veg'table.
You're just a buffet, you're a veg'table.
They eat off of you, you're a veg'table.

If you can't feed you baby, then don't have a baby,
And don't think maybe if you can't feed your baby.
You'll be always tryin' to stop that child from cryin'
Hostlin' stealin' lyin' - now baby's slowly dyin'.

I said you wanna be startin' somethin', ...
It's too high to get over and too low to get under. ...

Lift your head up high and scream out to the world,
I know I am someone and let the truth unfurl
No one can hust you now, because you know what's true,
Yes, I believe in me, so you believe in you.
Help me sing it: Mama se, mama sa, mama coo sa. ...
Mama se, mama sa, mama coo sa, mama se, mama sa, mama coo sa,...