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Desmond Dekker – Hippopotamus lyrics
Skinheads, all you skinheads
C'mon, let's move and groove, ohh

You all hypocrite, you all hippopotamus, you all hypocrite, you
You all hypocrite, you all hippopotamus, you all hypocrite, yeah

You nah fe gwan so
You nah fe galang so

What goes up, sir, must come down
What goes up, sir, must come down
You too commutive
Wicked and bad minded, conniving


You all hypocrite, you all hippopotamus, you all hypocrite, you
You all hypocrite, you all hippopotamus, you all hypocrite, yeah

You nah fe gwan so
You nah fe galang so


What goes up, sir, must come down
What goes up, sir, must come down
You too commutive
Wicked and bad minded, conniving

You too commutive
Wicked and bad minded, conniving

You nah fe gwan so
You nah fe galang so
(Hippopotamus)

You nah fe gwan so
(You all hypocrite, you all hippopotamus)
You nah fe galang so
(You all hypocrite, you all hippopotamus)

You nah fe gwan so
(You all hypocrite, you all hippopotamus)
You nah fe galang so
(You all hypocrite, you all hippopotamus)

You nah fe gwan so
(You all hypocrite, you all hippopotamus)
You nah fe galang so
(You all hypocrite, you all hippopotamus)
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Songwriters: DESMOND DEKKER
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