| One! |
| Get off your seat!
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| Two! |
| Stomp your boots to the beat!
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| Three! |
| Throw your knees in the air!
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| Four! |
| Like you don’t care!
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| We don’t want to see you slammin' in the pit, NO!
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| We don’t want to see our girlfriends kicked, NO!
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| We just want to see you movin' faster and faster
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| To the beat of the super ska master
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| Phonys like to slam to the beat of ska
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| We’re not against that, but for us there’s more
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| To dance with us you needn’t act like a jerk
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| Skankin’s meant for fun, not for getting hurt!
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| Skankin' by numbers every night and day
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| Skankin' by numbers is the only way
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| Get off your seat and take a chance
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| Skankin' by numbers is the only way to dance!
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| You can shave your head or pierce your nose, NOSE!
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| Dress up in flannels or rudeboy clothes, CLOTHES!
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| But where it matters is with your shoes
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| That’s where ska’s for your stylin' moves
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| Skankin' ain’t just dancing it’s our way of life
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| Away from trouble, away from strife
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| Afraid of fun? |
| Then you had better beware
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| Because on the dance floor, we don’t have a care!
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| One! |
| Get off your seat!
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| Two! |
| Stomp your boots to the beat!
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| Three! |
| Throw your knees in the air!
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| Four! |
| Like you don’t care!
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| Time to hit the floor, do it soon, SOON!
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| Ska music’s set to fill the room, ROOM!
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| Have never skanked? |
| Well it’s time to start!
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| Soon you will be a rudeboy hot!
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| Finally we’d like to stop and thank our roots
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| Respect the Specials, Maytals, and Toots!
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| Wailing Wailers, Laurel Aitken, and (english) Beat
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| But most of all the Skatalites, they’re music complete!
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| Skankin' by numbers every night and day
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| Skankin' by numbers is the only way
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| Get off your seat and take a chance
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| Skankin' by numbers is the only way to dance!
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| One! |
| Get off your seat!
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| Two! |
| Stomp your boots to the beat!
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| Three! |
| Throw your knees in the air!
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| Four! |
| Like you don’t care! |