So sometimes when you watch CNN
If you sit in front of CNN and watch all that stuff on CNN
The Headline News maybe
Or you watch Party Of Five
Or you watch Friends
Or you watch bombs blowin' up in Baghdad
Or you watch people shootin' each other
Or people going hungry
'Cause other people eat too much and drink too much

People standing on top of the White House
There's people standing up on Capitol Hill
I don't care if they're Republicans or Democrats
I'm not telling you anything
They stand up there
Sound like they know something but
They all still wake up in the morning, drink a cup of coffee, and take

a shit
They ain't better than I am

And they dance around a problem
Say this
Talk about the economic implications
But their grandfather, great-great grandfather was just like my

great-great grandfather
Just a bunch of monkeys swingin' up in trees, shittin' in the woods

If someone tells you they know what's going on
Immediately question them, yeah
Especially a government, I don't care where the government is
It could be in Moscow, it could be in Washington, D.C.
Don't just think we got it made
Just remember that we're all monkeys
And that's the first thing that keep us together

Swinging in this tree
Oh me I am bounce around so well
Branch to branch, limb to limb you see
All in a day's dream
I am stuck like the other monkeys here
Me, I am a humble monkey sitting up in here again
But then came the day, I climbed down from these safe limbs
Ventured away, walking tall, head high up and singing
Went to the city, car horns, corners and the gritty
Now I am the proudest monkey you ever seen
Monkey see, monkey do, yeah

Then came the day, I turn to question me
I wonder do I want the simple, simple life
That I once lived in, well
Well the things were quiet then
In a way those were our better days
But now I am the proudest monkey you ever seen
Monkey see, monkey do, yeah

Monkey see, monkey do (x 17)

Oh look up and see me there
Oh look up and see me there
Oh look up and see me there

Don't burn the monkey
Don't burn the monkey
Don't burn the monkey
Shock the monkey
Shock the monkey
Shock the monkey
Hey
Shock the monkey

Monkey see, monkey do
Monkey see, monkey do
Monkey see, monkey do
Monkey see, monkey do
Monkey see, monkey do
Monkey see, monkey do
Monkey see, monkey do