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Bongo Bong Lyrics

Artist: Manu Chao
Album: The Next Best Thing Soundtrack

Mama was queen of the mambo
Papa was king of the Congo
Deep down in the jungle
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
I went to the big town
Where there is a lot of sound
From the jungle 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' in my boogie
I'm the "king of the bongo, king of the bongo bong"
Hear me when I come
King of the bongo, king of the bongo bong
They say that I'm a clown
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
I'm the king of the bongo, king of the bongo bong
Hear me when I come
"King of the bongo, king of the bongo bong"
Bangin' on my bongo 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, king of the bongo bong
Hear me when I come, baby, king of the bongo, king of the bongo bong

Comments/Interpretations
by Niels on 5/23/2008 1:38pm Je ne t'aime plus mon amour, je ne t'aime tous les jours..
by Danijela on 6/5/2008 3:32am This is very cool song it's my favourite :)
by Amy on 6/5/2008 4:04pm its an awesome song but sounds liek it has an underlying message/it could be interperatted as something dirty...anyone else??
by jennifer on 6/23/2008 10:31pm bad ass song..totally my fav...
by sara on 7/3/2008 5:59am <3
by Manu on 7/6/2008 12:04pm I honestly think that this song is so...stupid...well, but not in a negative way...it's always great fun to hear the song in the radio..
by xe6 on 7/21/2008 4:34pm very high song
by ALax on 8/5/2008 12:17pm always so refreshing to hear such a simple song..im sick of all the messages were being fed..one as happy go lucky as this is great..and if im missing some underlying message..i dont wanna know about it
by [Gb.]MoonL\|ght on 8/12/2008 8:07pm Awesome song i lUV iT ! xD
by raulillo on 8/26/2008 4:03pm que buena rola y qe buena pagina ...okas xp
by ed on 8/26/2008 8:55pm yup, i agree.. i think it has a dirty meaning too
by TekiOner_ncvs familia on 9/3/2008 9:26am nice song!the best of clandestino i think!keep up manu
by jonathan on 9/5/2008 11:34am me gustas..... great song!!
by lucija on 9/16/2008 6:35am aaaaaaaa
by ooga on 9/16/2008 6:24pm i love it i want to eat it.
by Andie on 9/23/2008 11:45am I loved Manu immediately when I heard this song years ago, and I can never get enough of it!!! MANU ES EL REY!!!
by Jinn on 9/28/2008 5:43pm I doubt theres any message in it, he was probably just high when he wrote it.
by cynn on 11/6/2008 9:02am my boyfriend showed this artist to me end ever since ive been in love with manu chao!!! this song is wonderfulll
by lundey on 11/11/2008 10:09am this is sooo sad song :_( it's about little monkey who was rocking out his bongo and every1 loved him, then he had moved to the city but nobody was entertained by his bonging. ppl in big town just doesn't understand his talent
by chris on 11/16/2008 8:50pm dosent this sound like an awesome song to get high to!!!!!!!!??????????
by Jo on 11/17/2008 7:35am u guys need to chill out, chatin bout how sad it is cus of a little monkey and oh it might be dirty, its a song, makes you move, thats all its for, feel the move stop trying to interpret it by trying to gather meanings from each song, tut tut .
by squishy on 11/30/2008 4:56pm The dude that said the song was about a sad monkey was definitely right. I totally agree. Prople just didn't understand the poor monkey. He really should've stayed in the Congo.
by fluffy on 11/30/2008 6:16pm Lundey is definitely right about the monkey. People just didn't understand his talent. I think the poor monkey should've stayed in the Congo where he was really appreciated.
by simon on 12/1/2008 3:37pm Nice song.. manu chao got skillz ^^
by Emil on 12/1/2008 4:29pm i love all tour music :) particulary bongo bong & men gustas tu :b
by LINK on 1/4/2009 11:57pm manu chao rocks, cant wait till they come again to Tijuana
by LB on 1/16/2009 1:26pm i love this song n0n
by Ur Mum on 1/28/2009 4:33pm Song is just about a monkey that plays bongos and is master of the bong! What more can there be?
by Jessica on 2/4/2009 1:52pm I love this song very much....
by MUTAITO on 2/5/2009 5:57pm ME GUSTA MUCHO
by vivi on 2/15/2009 2:57pm i loooooove this song!!!!!!!
by Baleinte on 2/23/2009 1:37pm best song for smoking weed xD
by phil on 2/27/2009 6:55pm this songs cool but i h8 how atthe end they just say Je ne t'aime plus mon amour, je ne t'aime tous les jours 4 like half an hour
by EnLaCalle on 2/28/2009 2:07pm Knowing his music, Manu does NOT sing about "a little monkey". I think he's making fun of Mobutu, the former dictator of the Congo. Mobutu was known to be a "clown" at the beginning, but then became a "one man rule," (notice the "I'm so happy there's no body in my place"). I think he juxtapositions the little monkey with the figure of the dictator, who was such a large man.
by King on 3/5/2009 10:41pm yes, this one is the very HIGH
by zifthis on 3/16/2009 3:12pm kickass !!!!
by Micheal on 4/3/2009 8:28pm keep your hands up the whole time you listen to it. This is my 2009 song!!!
by uschi :) on 5/19/2009 10:39am looove it <3
by ZuP-Guh on 5/31/2009 4:36pm its a great song.. its cool to sing about the king without a crown :P ))
by Nikhil on 7/12/2009 10:04am first heared the song at my aunts place, continued listening to it 50 more times
by Patty on 7/20/2009 8:02pm This song is about Manu being so respected and praised in Europe and Latin America but when he went to the United States many people could care less about his music and message... it's pretty simple, Robbie Williams did a cover to this song, and had the same problem with being a mega star in Britain but when he came to the US he did not receive much praise.
by chui on 9/16/2009 1:37pm piquense el culo putos mentirosos jajajaj vayanse a la verga jajajza
by barbara on 9/28/2009 3:23pm oh my god..the best!:)
by lala on 10/8/2009 3:39pm more than the lyrics the sounds......... so high y tambn hablo español... esta es una buena muy buena cancion...
by Guess who I am on 11/3/2009 9:25am I love that song! And Clandestino too.
by Marianna on 11/4/2009 8:28am celkom dobra pesnicka .... bavi ma ... je to sranda

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