We Live on an Island

(Intro) We live on an island Island by the sea No-no-no-no-no-no-no-no Nobody knows Know an island like me Oh no I grew up in Banana I-mean-I grew up in Montana, yeah, so yeahhh (oh yeah) Surrounded by some water (an ISland) (scatting) (vocal bass sounds) (scatting) Watch out for Cobra commander (yeah yeah) Watch out for Cobra commander Watch out for Cobra commander (scatting) Eat your-eat your-eat your vegetables (scatting) I'm gonna-I'm gonna cut up little pieces of fruit, yes To eat every day, to make you feel so good inside your tummay Tummay Tell me Tell me RIGHT NOW I, I been in love so many times before It's hard to count And when I fall in love again I won't know if it's really love 'Cus I can't remember what it was the first time that I fell in love 'Cus it's a construct of a memory It's a construct of a memory But it's a feeling nonetheless and I've got res-pect that in the process And everyone knows, everyone feels INside (vocalizations) And that's life I grew up on a thing that Looked like some other thing that Somebody could rec-og-nize As is a thing that exists in time Sometimes when I think of All the things that I need so bad Like a blueberry pie in the middle of the night But they're very difficult, VEry hard to find But this Neeew York And you're supposed to (noise) every thing you wannnnt-at any given time If you look hard enough That's not necessarily true-yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo And when I want to take a taxi When I want to take a taxi Sometimes I put hands in the air and say like I do really care 'Cus it's cold outside The taxi drives on by and i say "you're a racist" But then I under-then I understand that the taxi driver's black and that don't make no sense I don't know what the fuck this island has become Come Come, yes Let me tell you It's 2am 2:30am-ish I wanna take a taxi to the Brooklyn The land of the Brook, yeah Taxi driver stops He rolls down the window partially But I know his trick and I get in any way And I say (vocalizations) I'm gonna make your night I wanna take a ride with you to the land of Brook Brooklyn, yeah yeah Taxi driver says (guttural noises) And then I'm like, what the fuck's your problem IIt's a fare, and a fare is a fare, and you can't get-you can't get- -you can't get upset about someone giving you business for the thing that you're supposed to be doing- What the fuck is your problem, problem, problem, yeah I don't understand it I'll never understand iiiiit Well sometimes you can put yourself in-that-position-but-still-doesn't-make-no-sense (vocalizations) yeah, yeah yeah yeah Whoa yeaaah I wanna see the bridges Pretty brooklyn-williamsburg-manhattan bridges Don't want to take those tunnels they're so nasty in the dark Ohhh-and-I-know-you-feel-the-same even if you live above 14th You've got to admit It's cuter down below Ohhhh below Ohhhh below