say man þarký sözü

(ellas mcdaniel) 1959

(alternate lines spoken by bo diddley and jerome green):
say man,
what´s that boy?
i want to tell you ´bout your girlfriend,
what about my girl?
well, you don´t look strong enough to take the message,
i´m strong enough,
i might hurt your feelings,
my feelings are already hurt by being here with you,
well, i was walking down the street with your girl the other day,
ah-ha,
and the wind was blowin´ real hard,
is that right?
and the wind blew her hair into my face,
ah-ha,
you know what else happened?
what happened?
the wind blew her hair into her face,
yeh?
and we went a little further; you wanna hear the rest of it?
i might as well,
the wind blew her hair into the street!
ok; since you told me about my girl, i´m gonna tell you about yours. i was walking down the street with your girl,
yes?
i took her home, for a drink, you know,
took her home?
yeh, jus´ for a drink,
oh,
but that chick looked so ugly, she had to sneak up on the glass to get a drink of water!
you´ve got the nerve to call somebody ugly; why you so ugly the stork that brought you in the world oughta be arrested!
that´s alright; my momma didn´t have to put a sheet on my head so sleep could slip up on me!
look-a here!
what´s that?
where are you from?
south america,
what´s that?
south america,
you don´t look like no south american to me,
i´m still from south america,
what part?
south texas!
where are your workin´ boots at?
i´ve got ´em on,
those aren´t no boots you got on; those broguettes!
hey, look-a here!
what´s that?
i´ve bin tryin´ to figure out what you is,
i already figured out what you is!
what´s that?
you that thing i throw peanuts at!
look-a here!
what´s that?
you should be ashamed of yourself,
why?
calling people ugly,
i didn´t call you ugly,
what you say?
i said you was ruined, that´s all!
you know somethin´?
what?
you look like you´ve bin whooped with a ugly-stick!
hey! i ain´t got nothin´ to do with it, but i beat the fellah right...!