Korn

Released: October 5, 2004

Songwriter: Larry Blackmon Thomas Jenkins

Producer: Korn Toby Wright Jonathan Davis

[Verse 1]
Yo, pretty ladies around the world
Got a weird thing to show ya, so tell all the boys and girls
Tell your brother, your sister and your mama too
We're about to go down, and you know just what to do
Wave your hands in the air like you don't care
Glide by the people as they start to look and stare
Do your dance, do your dance, do your dance quick, mama
Come on, baby, tell me what's the word

[Chorus]
Oh, word up, everybody say
When you hear the call, you've got to get it on the way
Word up, it's the code word
No matter where you say it, you know that you'll be heard

[Verse 2]
Now all you sucker DJs who think you're fly
There's got to be a reason, and we know the reason why
You try to put on those airs and act real cool
But you got to realize that you're acting like fools
If there's music, we can use it, be free to dance
We don't have the time for psychological romance
No romance, no romance, no romance for me, mama
Come on, baby, tell me what's the word

[Chorus]
Oh, word up, everybody say
When you hear the call, you've got to get it on the way
Word up, it's the code word
No matter where you say it, you know that you'll be heard

[Chorus]
Word up, everybody say
When you hear the call, you've got to get it on the way
Word up, it's the code word
No matter where you say it, you know that you'll be heard
Word up, everybody say
When you hear the call, you've got to get it on the way
Word up, it's the code word
No matter where you say it, you know that you'll be heard

Bakersfield friends James “Munky” Shaffer, Reginald “Fieldy” Arvizu and David Silveria formed the funk-rock band LAPD in 1989 and moved to Los Angeles with another friend Brian “Head” Welch as their roadie. Later, with Welch as second guitarist, the band named themselves Creep and recorded a demo with pal Ross Robinson.

However, when Shaffer and Welch visited family in Bakersfield, they met Jonathan Davis who added a darker, goth-tinged edge to the band’s heavy groove. Robinson

The band wasn’t dark yet; it had, like, killer grooves and good riffs, but there was some happy edge to it. And when (Davis) walked into the room, it went dark and goth. Basically, during the first song, to audition in the rehearsal room, he started freaking the hell out [laughs]. You couldn’t hear his voice, but you felt chills all over your body, and it was instantly like, “Oh my God, yeah – he’s the one.”

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