Funky monkey rockabye baby on the tree tops where the rain drops fluky like the tail of a whale, tales from monkeys without tails Cranky lanky he's a junkie, smoking dope until he chokes, risky frisky and drinkin whiskey dying young is just another hoax Funky Monkey (kumain ng saging) Funky Monkey (sumabit sa baging) Fun-ky Mon-key! Sweet riffs and and funky licks, kanabiz and a bag of tricks Like a fuel injected pump, these monkeys make me wanna jump Funky monkey rockabye baby on the tree trops where the rain drops Fluky like the tail of a whale, tales from monkey's without tails Funky monkey rockabye baby on the treetops where the raindrops keep fallin on my head & I said to myself, "Have I read the books on the shelf?" 'cause this is how we do it, real funky, I figured if you would really wanna know then I'm a show you how it's done gee whiz, this is the style run the 1/4 mile under a minute I get in it, like the Stylistics I'm on the case of Jimi Hendrix, 1966, my cheeks are full of lipstick Wipe it off with a soft tissue paper I wanna be great, no rephrase that I wanna be greater! Like the tail of the whale, tales from monkeys w/out tails Funky monkey, a funky junkie, risky frisky and drinkin whiskey keep smokin on dope until he chokes, because dyin young is just another hoax another scam, act like a ham, caught stealin a cheat on the final exam the tricks of the trade is to crank funky licks, sweet riffs and a bag of tricks funky junkie with a bandana, funky monkey eat a banana (funky ng ina mo!)