King Of The Bongo Lyrics
papa was quuen of the congo
deep down in a djungle
i started bangin' my first bongo
every monkey'd like to be
in my place instead of me
cause i'm the king of bongo, baby
i'm the king of bongo bong
where there is a lot of sound
from the djungle to the city
looking for a bigger crown
so i play my boogie
for the people of big city
but they don't go crazy
when i'm bangin' on my boogie
king of the bongo bong
hear me when i come, baby
king of the bongo
king of the bongo bong
making too much dirty sound
they say there is no place for little monkey in this town
nobody'd like to be
in my place instead of me
cause nobody go crazy
when i'm bangin' on my boogie
king of the bongo bong
hear me when i come, baby
king of the bongo
king of the bongo bong
all that swing belongs to me
i'm so happy there's nobody
in my place instead of me
i'm a king without a crown
hanging loose in a big town
but i'm the king of bongo, baby
i'm the king of bongo bong
king of the bongo bong
hear me when i come, baby
king of the bongo
king of the bongo...
How do you mean that Five, coming out of your shell and being introduced to the bigger world?
I've always thought that it's about migration, or maybe refugees, and maybe especially about african people. About how they come from their own lifes, their world, in a total different world, with people who are not interested in them and don't appreciate their special identity and culture. He is very happy and proud with his life, but the people from the country where he ends up don't understand what is special about him, and they prejudice immediately everything that is different about him. They are racists too, because they call him a clown and a monkey, so to me that sounds that they don't see him as a real person, but something less. Just because they judge him in advance and don't even try to get to know him. In the last part, I get the idea that he went back to his hometown and his own life, where he feels good and where no people reject him or ridicule him.
Maybe it's meant to people who want to go to the north to look for a better life there, to tell them that the image of the rich, nice west is not so nice at all as they think.
Touché! That's what I see in the lyrics too. The last part to me means that after the sadness of not being special anymore, he realizes that despite the fact that "nobody wants to be in my place instead of me" could be actually good; no matter what the (rather racist) people in the big town think, he´s still a special human being and his culture is just as important as any other else.
Touché! That's what I see in the lyrics too. The last part to me means that after the sadness of not being special anymore, he realizes that despite the fact that "nobody wants to be in my place instead of me" could be actually good; no matter what the (rather racist) people in the big town think, he´s still a special human being and his culture is just as important as any other else.
That´s a great song, Manu is a genius.
That´s a great song, Manu is a genius.
i love this song, it's so cool...but were is the rest of the song? the french part!
the french part is actually the song that follows it on the cd called "je ne t'aime plus"........:D
lol funny song :D
crazy! great song
This song is so cute! I love it!
i think the french part goes like: i love you no longer, my love i love you no longer, every day but hey, what do i know
And that's true !!! :) Je ne t'aime plus mon amour, je ne t'aime plus tous les jours, je ne t'aime plus mon amour, je ne t'aime plus tout les jours... this song is so cute, i love the accent of manu Chao, his english is so cute. Did you konw that is has AIDS ans that the following song is in part about it ?
what about AIDS?
this song is so beautiful.
sure "funny song" but with meaningful lyrics. talks about coming out of your shell and being introduced to the bigger world.