Eh marara i lle llea

You are about to embark on a journey

You are going to visit monkeys, dolphins

And people

I look around and all I see are politicians on the take

I look at me, I am the same but I don't notice

And I have learned that everybody

Has a price tag on his head

Though it's money that will make the monkey dance

Yes, it's money that will make the monkey dance

And it's money that will make the monkey dance

Yes, it's money that will make the monkey, monkey

Monkey dance

On Sunday mornings when I went went to church

A buck was always made

A true parade to pave the way into the glory

And 30 coins was all they paid for

All the ways I should behave

Though it's money that will make the monkey dance

Yes, it's money that will make the monkey dance

And it's money that will make the monkey dance

Yes, it's money that will make the monkey dance

Aye, awa ko ako

And I have paid my way through life

I've kept myself so far removed

From everyone and everything that could be purchased

I will collect what I've put in my piggy bank is locked within

Though it's money that will make the monkey dance

Yes, it's money that will make the monkey dance

And it's money that will make the monkey dance

Oh, I want money give me money, so much money

Tender money

'Cause it's money that will make the monkey dance

I'm the monkey, I'm the monkey

Eh marara I

And though my pockets have a hole

I feel content within my soul

I've been sincere with all the customers encountered

I can't complain, I'm rich in love

And I must thank my God above

Though it's money that will make the monkey dance

Yes, it's money that will make the monkey dance

And it's money that will make the monkey dance

Yes, it's money that will make the monkey dance