The Cocoa Boys - Prince

Over on the east side across the river

There was a band called Coco Boys

The leader was a brother named Franky, hmph

He was the ladies' pride and joy

Yes he was

Now Franky had a brother named Joe

And they shared the high-part harmonies

Joe played the bass, Franky played guitar

And people, I mean they was 2 funky

And every Sunday night up on the main strip

There always was a battle, a musical battle of the bands

And if U had the courage, if U had the style, if U had a different trip

U would have an extra hundred dollars n ur hands

Hahaha

I was n a band called Sandra Dee

And honey, we were a sight 4 moral eyes

Everybody n the band had blonde hair, natural or otherwise

There was an argument as 2 who was gonna go on 1st

I guess U could say the Coco Boys won

Yeah

Cuz they had a trombone player the size of a house

Who considered whoopin' punks like us fun

Shit

The show started

The lights were turned off, «Turn 'em off»

And n the distance the horns blared

The band was on the stage

I could sorta see Franky smilin'

Needless 2 say he was, he was sorta scary

Hehe, shit

A single light called up 3 men or was it 2?

He had a 2-man horn section walkin' thru the front door

Playin' the funkiest line I’d ever heard

Franky started laughin' and the… people roared

Coco Boys, pride and joy, huh

They give the people what they need

Make my ears bleed, Lord

Turn the music up, uh, Coco don’t let me down

And if U do it right U can hear my body sound

Uh, can U hear it?

Uh, can U hear it, baby?

Uh, can U hear it?

Uh, Coco Boys, la la la

Coco Boys, la la la

Coco Boys, la la, yeah

Dig up

They kicked 4 30 minutes

But the funk so hard the crowd could hardly walk

We knew we had 2 jam, we knew we needed a little scam

We knew we needed 2 have a talk, we need 2 have a talk

«Turn the house lights up!»

Give me the mic

Let me start my shit

I hate a show-off but I know what U like, uh

«Turn the house lights up!»

Cousin gonna hit a lick on the drum, bang on the pump all night long

Play ur chords n a loop, uh, let the horns blow

Whoo

«Yo Franky, check it out, we brothers got somethin' 4 y’all, huh»

Everybody jump down on the floor and do that «Detroit Crawl»

Whoo!

Uh

That kinda worked cuz the crowd gettin' tired

But we wanted them suckers 2 beg

Huh, the drummer just stomped on the rim and started 2 ride

We hit the «Wooden Leg»

Whoo!

Get wit it

The crowd started rockin', we knew we couldn’t lose

Step 5, huh, jump 2 the side, do the «Kangaroo»

Kanga-what?!

Kangaroo

Kangaroo, Kangaroo, Kangaroo

Whoo!

But they said we looked 2 freaky and the Coco Boys won

But that’s alright cuz it was still a blast

Next day at school I kicked Franky’s ass

Whoo!

But that was no good cuz then I felt bad cuz fightin' is the ultimate sin

So the moral of this story is always do ur best and 1 day U’ll win

The end