A FREEDOM SONG WRITTEN BY A JUVENILEChorus: He is the hippest hippopotamus yet! O yeah!
DELINQUENT HIPPOPOTAMUS SOMEWHERE
IN AN AFRICAN JUNGLE
(for John and Donna)I am the hippest hippo in town,
I like to party and get down,
So, fellow hippos, what do you say?
Let's party down every night and day!Come, jungle babes, see what I've got--
I've got the wildest elephant strut,
So come, pretty mama, what do you say?
Why don't you come with me and smoke my jungle jay!Be a hippopotamus, wild and free,
Why don't you all come and party with me!
Hip, hip, hooray! Hip, hip, hooray!
Let's all get stoned on a jungle jay!
Chorus: He is the hippest hippopotamus yet! O yeah!Don't want no missionaries, don't want no whites--
All I really want is my hippo rights,
Come, elephant punks, and make my day,
Come, party with me and smoke my jungle jay!Let's all get down and do the hippo dance!
Let's forget our troubles with a wild romance!
All giraffes are nodding, seeing monkeys play,
So let's all party down every night and day!Be a hippopotamus, wild and free,
Why don't you all come and party with me!
Hip, hip, hooray! Hip, hip, hooray!
Let's all get stoned on a jungle jay!
Chorus: He is the hippest hippopotamus yet! O yeah!Don't want no Jesus, don't want no Zeus--
All I want right now is Dr. Seuss,
So come, pretty mama, what do you say?
Why don't you come with me and smoke my jungle jay!Be a hippopotamus, wild and free,
Release your Buddha nature and party with me!
Hip, hip, hooray! Hip, hip, hooray!
Let's all be brothers and sisters for a day!So come, fellow hippos, you know you like it that way!
Let's all get stoned on a jungle jay!
July 6, 1986
--Alexander Shaumyan