Mutabaruka

The Monkey Lyrics



The monkey speaks his mind



Three monkey sat on a coconut tree

Discussing things has they are said to be

Said one to the other, now listen you two

There is a certain rumour that cant be true

That man descended from our noble race

The very idea is a big disgrace

No monkey ever deserted his wife

Nor her baby and ruin her life

Yeah..the monkey speaks his mind



And you never known a mother monk

To leave her baby causing it to plunk

Nor pass them on one to another

Till they scarcely knew who was their mother

Yeah...the monkey speaks his mind



And another thing you will never see

A monkey build a fence around a coconut tree

And let all the coconuts go to waist

Forbidding all other monkeys to come and taste

Now if I build a fence around this tree

Starvation will cause you to steal from me

Yeah..the monkey speaks his mind



Here is another thing a monkey wont do

Go out at night and get on a stew

Or use a gun a club or a knife

To take another monkey's life



Yes man descended the worthless bum

But my god brothers from us he did not come



Yeah..the monkey speaks his mind