[Instrumental Intro]

[Verse 1: Dennis Edwards]

Well, he specializes in talkin' trash

Carries himself like the world's biggest spender but ain't never got no cash

The clothes he wear are second to none

He's a Jack of all trades and a master of none

Agrees with everything he knows nothin' about

So he doesn't feel left out

Secondary, all the things in life he really wants

Being in is his thing so he's gotta keep up his front

[Chorus: The Temptations, Dennis Edwards]

Plastic man (Woohoo, ooh-hoo)

Tryin' to get over any way he can

Plastic man (Ah, ah-ha)

Tryin' to get over any way he can

[Instrumental Break]

[Bridge: Dennis Edwards, Damon Harris, Melvin Franklin, The Temptations]

Let me tell you about him

He's a, he's a, he's a self-preservationist, yes he is

Let me hear you say yeah, yeah, yeah

And a super-conversationalist, yes, he is

Let me hear you say yeah, yeah, yeah

Well, he always borrows, never lends

He says, "Get off me, man! I'm with him, let me in!"

Says he's willing to stick through thick and thin

But when the chips are down, people find him if you can

(Plastic man)

Claim to fame he has none

Friends in this world, maybe one

He hates being just another face in the crowd

Giving another brother five and talkin' loud

[Chorus: The Temptations]

Plastic man

Tryin' to get over any way he can

Plastic man

Tryin' to get over any way he can

[Instrumental Break]

[Bridge: The Temptations]

I guess you know he does a little, uh, dippin' and dabbin'

In a game they call backstabbin' (Plastic man)

You better stop your fantasizin'

And start, buh-buh-boom-boom, to realizin' that

Black is black and white is white

Wrong is wrong, hey, and right is right

[Chorus: The Temptations, Dennis Edwards, Eddie Kendricks]

Plastic man (Woohoo, ooh-hoo)

Tryin' to get over any way he can

Plastic man (Woo, hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo)

Tryin' to get over any way he can

Plastic man (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

Tryin' to get over any way he can (Woohoo)

Plastic man

Tryin' to get over any way he can