Desmond Dekker

Hippopotamus

you all hippocrit
you all hippopatimus
you all hippocrit (you)
you all hippocrit
you all hippopatimus
you all hippocrit (yeeii)

you na fe guan so
you na fe gullun so

you took u moo-gin
wicked and bad mind it ka knivin' (yeah)
you took u moo-gin
wicked and bad mind it ka knivin' (yeeii)

i-ii--i-i

(düdeldüdel düdü)

you all hippocrit
you all hippopatimus
you all hippocrit (you)
you all hippocrit
you all hippopatimus
you all hippocrit (yeeii)

you na fe guan so
you na fe gullun so

what goes up, son, must come down
what goes up, son, must come down

you all hippocrit
you all hippopatimus
you all hippocrit (you)
you all hippocrit
you all hippopatimus
you all hippocrit

you took u moo-gin
wicked and bad mind it ka knivin' (yeah)
you took u moo-gin
wicked and bad mind it ka knivin' (you)

you all hippocrit
you all hippopatimus
you all hippocrit (you)
you all hippocrit
you all hippopatimus
you all hippocrit (you)

you ca lung so it's serious
if you ca lung so it's serious

when it's over
if you ca lung so it's serious
(You Baby)
if you ca lung so it's serious
(Baby Baby)
if you ca lung so it's serious
when it's over
if you ca lung so it's serious