Sly & The Family Stone - I Want to Take You Higher

I Want to Take You Higher" is a song by the soul/rock/funk band Sly and the Family Stone, the B-side to their top 30 hit "Stand!". Unlike most of the other tracks on the Stand! album, "I Want to Take You Higher" is not a message song; instead, it is simply dedicated to music and the feeling one gets from music. Like nearly all of Sly & the Family Stone's songs, Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart was credited as the sole songwriter.

Lyrics:
[Intro]
Hey, hey, hey

[Verse 1]
Beat is gettin' stronger
Music gettin' longer, too
Music is a-flashin' me
I want to, I want to, I want to take you higher
I wanna take you higher
Baby, baby, baby, light my fire
I wanna take you higher

[Refrain]
Boom laka-laka-laka
Boom laka-lak-goon-ka boom
Hey, hey, hey, hey

[Verse 2]
Beat is nitty-gritty
Sound is in your city, too
Music's still flashin' me
Don't ya, don't ya, don't, don't, don't ya wanna get higher?
Don't ya wanna get higher?
Baby, baby, baby, light my fire (Woo)
I wanna take you higher

[Refrain]
Boom laka-laka-laka
Boom laka-lak-goon-ka boom
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Boom laka-laka-laka
Boom laka-laka-laka
Boom laka-laka-laka
Boom laka-laka-laka
Boom laka-laka-laka
Boom laka-laka-laka
Boom laka-laka-laka
Boom laka-laka-laka
Boom laka-laka-laka
Boom laka-laka-laka
Boom laka-laka-laka
Boom laka-laka-laka
Boom laka-laka-laka

[Bridge]
Higher
Higher
Higher
Higher
Higher (Won't ya light my fire?)
Higher (Woo, yeah)
Higher (Wanna take you higher)
Higher
[Refrain]
Hey, hey, hey

[Verse 3]
Beat is there to make you move
Sound is there to help you groove
Music's still flashin' me
Take your places
I wanna take you higher (Higher, higher)
Wanna take you higher (Higher, higher)
Baby, baby, baby, light my fire (Woo, higher, higher)
I wanna take you high, high, high, high, high, high, high, high (Higher, higher)

[Refrain]
Boom laka-laka-laka
Boom laka-lak-goon-ka
Boom laka-laka-laka
Boom laka-laka-laka
Boom laka-laka-laka
Boom laka-laka-laka
Boom laka-laka-laka
Boom laka-laka-laka
Boom laka-laka-laka
Boom laka-laka-laka
Boom laka-laka-laka
Boom laka-laka-laka
Boom laka-laka-laka
Boom laka-laka-laka
Boom laka-laka-laka
Boom laka-laka-laka
Boom laka-laka-laka
Boom laka-laka-laka
[Bridge]
Higher (Let me take you)
Higher (Do you wanna go)
Higher (With me, me)
Higher (And you, you)
Higher (Won't ya light my fire?)
Higher (Woo, yeah)
Higher (Wanna take you higher)
Higher

[Refrain]
Boom laka-laka-laka
Boom laka-laka-laka
Boom laka-laka-laka
Boom laka-laka-laka
Boom laka-laka-laka
Boom laka-laka-laka
Boom laka-laka-laka
Boom laka-laka-laka
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Boom laka-laka-laka
Boom laka-laka-laka
Boom laka-laka-laka
Boom laka-laka-laka
Boom laka-laka-laka
Boom laka-laka-laka
Boom laka-laka-laka

[Bridge]
Higher (Do you feel it?)
Higher (Yeah)
Higher
Higher
Higher (Don't you wanna go higher?)
Higher (Woo)
Higher (I wanna take you higher)
Higher (Yeah, yeah)

[Refrain]
Boom laka-laka-laka
Boom laka-laka-laka
Boom laka-laka-laka
Boom laka-laka-laka
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Boom laka-laka-laka
Boom laka-laka-laka
Boom laka-laka-laka
Boom laka-laka-laka
Boom laka-laka-laka
Boom laka-laka-laka
Boom laka-laka-laka
Boom laka-laka-laka
Boom laka-laka-laka
Boom laka-laka-laka

[Bridge]
Higher (Always was a tripper)
Higher (Never was a slipper)
Higher (Hey, uh)
Higher (I wanna take you higher)
Higher (Yeah, yeah)
Higher (I wanna take you higher)
Higher
Higher

[Refrain]
Boom laka-laka-laka
Boom laka-laka-laka
Boom laka-laka-laka
Boom laka-laka-laka
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Boom laka-laka-laka
Boom laka-laka-laka
Boom laka-laka-laka
Boom laka-laka-laka
Boom laka-laka-laka
Boom laka-laka-laka
Boom laka-laka-laka

[Outro]
Everybody higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher, higher
Higher