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The Specials - Monkey Man (2015 Remaster)
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[Intro]
Rude boy, rude boy, rude boy, rude boy, rude boy
Dis one is for all di bouncers
Big, big, monkey man
[Refrain]
Aye-aye-aye, aye-aye-aye
Neva tell me
Hugging up a big monkey man
Aye-aye-aye, aye-aye-aye
Neva tell me
Hugging up a big monkey man
[Verse 1]
I neva saw you
I only heard of you
Hugging up a big monkey man
I neva saw you
I only heard dat you
Hugging up a big monkey man
[Verse 2]
It's no lie, it's no lie
Dem a tell me
Hugging up a big monkey man
It's no lie, it's no lie
Dem a tell me
Hugging up a big monkey man
[Verse 3]
Now I know that
Now I understand
Yuh turning a monkey pon me
Now I know that
Now I understand
Yuh turning a monkey pon me
[Refrain]
Aye-aye-aye, aye-aye-aye
Neva tell me
Hugging up a big monkey man
Aye-aye-aye, aye-aye-aye
Neva tell me
Hugging up a big monkey man
[Bridge]
La-la, la, la-la, la, la-la-la
La-la, la-la, la, la
La-la, la, la-la, la, la-la-la
Pressha
Wat a pressha, pressha ova me
La-la, la-la, la, la
Ah
[Verse 4]
I was on my way
To bam by di grass
Deh yah, see a monkey man a Whitehall
Wid ring pon him fingah
Bell pon him toes
Sing a likkle song, where eva he may
Caz he's a
Monkey
Caz he's a
Monkey
Caz he's a weedie-beedie, tweedie-beedie monkey man
[Refrain]
Aye-aye-aye, aye-aye-aye
Neva tell me
Hugging up a big monkey man
Aye-aye-aye, aye-aye-aye
Neva tell me
Hugging up a big monkey man
Written by:
Frederick Hibbert
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