Lyrics
White Boys Got Rhythm
Words and Music by John Sawoski and Paul Nahay
GIRLS: White Boys got rhythm
White Boys got soul
White Boys got rhythm
BOTH: Everybody waltz!
FX: One, two, three!
JOHN: Do the rap waltz!
PAUL: Let's jam!
JOHN: Everybody clap your hands!
PAUL: Do the rap waltz!
JOHN: Make a move!
PAUL: Come dance the White Boys' funky groove!
BOTH: Everybody waltz!!!
JOHN: Now, Caucasians, as a rule, aren't known for having rhythm
It seems the Good Lord in His wisdom just didn't put it in 'em
PAUL: But the White Boys From New Jersey are a notable exception
We got the beat from the thumping that preceded our conception.
JOHN: Our piano teachers emphasized the study of the classics
So we obeyed, and made no waves, pursuing musical scholastics
PAUL: Until the day when we combined a waltz together with a rap beat
And the concoction really rocked 'n' knocked our socks off
JOHN: It was quite neat
PAUL: It's a convoluted systematic rhythm
JOHN: Johann Strauss is in his grave, but this would flip him
PAUL: We took layered polyrhythmic anacruses,
JOHN: Hemiolas, arses, icti, and Watusi
PAUL: Then we added compound metrical durations
JOHN: In the most outrageous rhythmic combinations
PAUL: But the reason for this all is not complex:
BOTH: We simply want more opportunities for sex
JOHN: Do the rap waltz!
PAUL: Let's jam!
GIRLS: White Boys got rhythm!
JOHN: Everybody clap your hands!
GIRLS: White Boys got soul!
PAUL: Do the rap waltz!
JOHN: Make a move!
GIRLS: White Boys got rhythm!
PAUL: Come dance the White Boys' funky groove!
BOTH: Everybody waltz!!!
JOHN: Its been awhile since a waltz went all the way to Number One
PAUL: So when the White Boys From New Jersey rocked a waltz,
the world was stunned
JOHN: Ever since our song monopolized the airwaves of the nation
BOTH: Weve induced a massive case of musical intoxication
PAUL: All the kids are really grooving to our funky kickin cadence
JOHN: As we savor the affections of adoring nubile maidens
Whod have thought that we could meet
so many babes whod make our nights sweet
PAUL: By permuting syncopated variations on a white beat?
PAUL: It's a convoluted systematic rhythm
JOHN: Johann Strauss is in his grave, but this would flip him
PAUL: We took layered polyrhythmic anacruses,
JOHN: Hemiolas, arses, icti, and Watusi
PAUL: Then we added compound metrical durations
JOHN: In the most outrageous rhythmic combinations
PAUL: But the reason for this all is not complex:
BOTH: We simply want more opportunities for sex
JOHN: Do the rap waltz!
PAUL: Let's jam!
GIRLS: White Boys got rhythm!
JOHN: Everybody clap your hands!
GIRLS: White Boys got soul!
PAUL: Do the rap waltz!
JOHN: Make a move!
GIRLS: White Boys got rhythm!
PAUL: Come dance the White Boys' funky groove!
BOTH: Everybody waltz!!!
JOHN: Welcome to Jumpin John
PAUL: And Pumpin Pauls
BOTH: Dance studio
GIRL: Lets dance!
PAUL: Anyone can do it
JOHN: Theres really nothing to it
PAUL: Just follow our lead:
JOHN: On the downbeat you jump up
GIRL: Jump it!
PAUL: On the upbeat you pump down
GIRL: Pump it!
JOHN: So get on your feet, get with the beat
PAUL: Four, five, six!!!
FX: One!
GIRL: Jump it! Pump it!
FX: Two!
GIRL: Pump it!
PAUL: Get off your rump! Get off on the thump!
JOHN: Slip and slide and bump!
PAUL: Push it! Come on!
GIRL: Push it!
PAUL: Use your tush!
JOHN: Itll make your blood boil.
GIRL: Give it to me baby. Oh yeah.
BOTH: Oom-Pah-Pah!!!
PAUL: It's a convoluted systematic rhythm
JOHN: Johann Strauss is in his grave, but this would flip him
PAUL: We took layered polyrhythmic anacruses,
JOHN: Hemiolas, arses, icti, and Watusi
PAUL: Then we added compound metrical durations
JOHN: In the most outrageous rhythmic combinations
PAUL: But the reason for this all is not complex:
BOTH: We simply want more opportunities for sex
JOHN: Do the rap waltz!
PAUL: Let's jam!
GIRLS: White Boys got rhythm!
JOHN: Everybody clap your hands!
GIRLS: White Boys got soul!
PAUL: Do the rap waltz!
JOHN: Make a move!
GIRLS: White Boys got rhythm!
PAUL: Come dance the White Boys' funky groove!
BOTH: Everybody waltz!!!
JOHN: Do the rap waltz!
PAUL: Just do it!
GIRLS: White Boys got rhythm!
PAUL: We're groovin' hard...
JOHN: So don't poo-poo it!
GIRLS: White Boys got soul!
JOHN: It's not Beethoven's Fifth, or Tchaikovsky's Sixth...
GIRLS: White Boys got rhythm!
BOTH: But it helps the White Boys get their kicks.
WOMEN: (Screams)
I want John!
I want Paul!
Ooh, baby, you've got rhythm
GIRLS: White Boys got rhythm!
© & (P) 1994 John Sawoski & Paul Nahay, P.O. Box 7060, Beverly Hills, CA 90212
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