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Wiggle

from Funkinism by Mama Tokus

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There are too many songs about romance. What about songs about nature?

I wrote this tune to celebrate the natural funk that animals have.

We all gotta wiggle, right?

lyrics

INTRO
Hey all you creatures! You better get down with me.
We are getting down.

VERSE 1
Salmon gotta swim (we gotta wiggle) - Bird gotta fly (we gotta wiggle)
Whale gotta sing (we gotta wiggle) - Ant gonna carry (we gotta wiggle)
Moth gotta flap (we gotta wiggle) - Beetle gotta flip (we gotta wiggle)
Mole gotta dig, ya dig, ya dig - We gotta wiggle.

BRIDGE

VERSE 2
Hen gotta lay (we gotta wiggle) - Sloth gotta snooze (we gotta wiggle)
Mantis gotta pray (we gotta wiggle)
Koala just chews & chews & chews
Amoeba gotta split (we gotta wiggle) - Doggie gotta slobber (we gotta wiggle)
Bonobo he gotta go-go - We gotta wiggle.

BRIDGE
Humans are creatures but we ain’t neighbourly
We don’t fly, we don’t share, we live separately
Somebody teach us what it is to be
On a level with a baby gazelle, a black mamba and a manatee


CHANT x 2
Hands, paws, wings & fingers
Wave ‘em all about like there ain’t no difference
Teeth, claws, flippers and fur
Coming on like the creatures we are, we gotta get down
[2nd time]
Come on and do the animal dance, we gotta get down

BRIDGE

VERSE 3
Well the hornet he hum. And the lemur they stare
The rabbit they run. And the squid they squirt
Waterboatman gotta row
Starfish garfish monkfish funkfish
Catfish flatfish, this fish that fish. Fresh fish
All gotta wiggle wiggle wiggle

CODA
Come on do the dance, Come on do it
Come on do the dance - Do it, do it

Come on do the dance (somebody teach us)
Come on do it (humans are creatures)
Come on do the dance (somebody reach us)
Do it, do it

credits

from Funkinism, released March 1, 2023
COMPOSER-PRODUCER: Mama Tokus
VOCALS: Mama Tokus
KEYS: Mama Tokus
LOOPSTATION OPERATOR: Mama Tokus

CO-PRODUCER: Kristian Sharpe
ENGINEER: Doc at PMC Studios, Plymouth, Devon, UK

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Mama Tokus Totnes, UK

I do loads of things with music and words and I’m motivated to make joy in the world, so I incorporate humour and positivity in my shows and creations.
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