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Kung Fu Fighting Lyrics

Everybody was kung-fu fighting
Those cats were fast as lightning
In fact it was a little bit frightning
But they fought with expert timing

They were funky China men from funky Chinatown
They were chopping them up and they were chopping them down
It's an ancient Chineese art and everybody knew their part
From a fainting to a slip and kicking from the hip

Everybody was kung-fu fighting
Those cats were fast as lightning
In fact it was a little bit frightning
But they fought with expert timing

There was funky Billy Chin and little Sammy Chung
He said here comes the big boss, lets get it on
We took a bow and made a stand, started swinging with the hand
The sudden motion made me skip now we're into a brand knew trip

Everybody was kung-fu fighting
Those cats were fast as lightning
In fact it was a little bit frightning
But they did it with expert timing

(repeat)..make sure you have expert timing
Kung-fu fighting, had to be fast as lightning
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tali On Jul 11, 2002
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You are both overlooking the innate beauty of the poetic motif which Mr. Douglas has employed here; the brilliant rhymes of 'fighting', with 'lightning', and, finally and most especially, 'timing'.

Yeh it is a cool song, Reminds me of '70's crime dramas...it's def got that melodramatic thing to it.

Cover art for Kung Fu Fighting lyrics by Carl Douglas

i think this is a great song, i love to do martial arts whilst listening to it. i think the lyrics are cool.

Cover art for Kung Fu Fighting lyrics by Carl Douglas

This is basically my theme song. I love it, the beat's so funky. It's a good song to dance to...or do martial arts to.

Cover art for Kung Fu Fighting lyrics by Carl Douglas

wow 3 comments on this that sucks i love this song but hey i think the meening clear just wanna say I LOVE THIS SONG especially wen its in simpsons.......ah good times :D

Cover art for Kung Fu Fighting lyrics by Carl Douglas

This is such a fun and such an awesome song, words can not describe how cool this song is. I love to dance around and do martial art imitations to it with my friends. so fun and such a good party song

Cover art for Kung Fu Fighting lyrics by Carl Douglas

yeah, this song always makes me laugh... a lot of fun!

Cover art for Kung Fu Fighting lyrics by Carl Douglas

Haha true true, wickedest when-you're-hyper song.. haha especially when you're all alone... wooo! HIYA!

Cover art for Kung Fu Fighting lyrics by Carl Douglas

I have always HATED this song, and unfortunately it played on radio stations for months after it first hit the airwaves! Wish to drive me crazy? Play this song and crank the volume!

Ok

Cover art for Kung Fu Fighting lyrics by Carl Douglas

Funky^^

Cover art for Kung Fu Fighting lyrics by Carl Douglas

The meaning to the song was to make fun of all of the Martial Arts movies and TV shows that suddenly sprang to existence from Bruce Lee and his popularity in that time. (Especially since Bruce made his movies super cheap as a snark to the studio's that would not consider him a true "actor" just because he was oriental!) They even used two of the character's names from his movies! (Funky Billy Chin and Little Sammy Choung) so it's a spoof of a spoof about being RACIST targeted at the very huge midwestern RACIST white community!
So it's like putting a quail into a chicken into a duck into a turkey into a goose! Also because a Black man was doing a song about a yellow man fooling the white man!

If for no other great reason I shall always LOVE this song for playing on the RACISTS! Scotty

 
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