White Boys Got Rhythm

Words and music by John Sawoski and Paul Nahay.
Produced and arranged by John Sawoski and Paul Nahay.
Male vocals: Paul Nahay and John Sawoski.
Female vocals: Rozlyn Sorrell, Sherry Williams, Victoria Cunningham.
Keyboards: John Sawoski and Paul Nahay.
Electric guitar: Joe Milton. Electric bass: Adrian Rosen, Steve Kershisnik.
Percussion: Bob Moore. Piccolo: Robert Shulgold. Cello: Stephanie Fife.
Recorded in Hollywood, CA 1993.

GIRLS: White Boys got rhythm
White Boys got soul
White Boys got rhythm
BOTH: Everybody waltz!

FX: One, two, three!

JOHN: Do the rap waltz!
PAUL: Let's jam!
JOHN: Everybody clap your hands!
PAUL: Do the rap waltz!
JOHN: Make a move!
PAUL: Come dance the White Boys' funky groove!
BOTH: Everybody waltz!!!

JOHN: Now, Caucasians, as a rule, aren't known for having rhythm
It seems the Good Lord in His wisdom just didn't put it in 'em
PAUL: But the White Boys From New Jersey are a notable exception
We got the beat from the thumping that preceded our conception.
JOHN: Our piano teachers emphasized the study of the classics
So we obeyed, and made no waves, pursuing musical scholastics
PAUL: Until the day when we combined a waltz together with a rap beat
And the concoction really rocked 'n' knocked our socks off
JOHN: It was quite neat

PAUL: It's a convoluted systematic rhythm
JOHN: Johann Strauss is in his grave, but this would flip him
PAUL: We took layered polyrhythmic anacruses,
JOHN: Hemiolas, arses, icti, and Watusi
PAUL: Then we added compound metrical durations
JOHN: In the most outrageous rhythmic combinations
PAUL: But the reason for this all is not complex:
BOTH: We simply want more opportunities for sex

JOHN: Do the rap waltz!
PAUL: Let's jam!
GIRLS: White Boys got rhythm!
JOHN: Everybody clap your hands!
GIRLS: White Boys got soul!
PAUL: Do the rap waltz!
JOHN: Make a move!
GIRLS: White Boys got rhythm!
PAUL: Come dance the White Boys' funky groove!
BOTH: Everybody waltz!!!

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• music
• song
• comedy
• white
• boys
• New
• Jersey
• rhythm
• rap
• waltz