Last Plane to Jakarta | That's Why I'm So Hot

I'd add some commentary to the lyrics reproduced below if I felt worthy, but really, I don't, and I'd be suspicious of any character who did, to tell you the truth. Take it away, Rufus.

I know all y'all remember
all about the Breakdown;
now, I got somethin' else
that's really rockin' the big town.
Heard about them other dances,
some of them wasn't so hot.
This is what I want you to do:
a brand new thing called the Robot.
Robot! Funky robot.
Robot! Funky robot.

You know dances come and go,
just like the Push-and-Pull;
I ain't the kind of a man
to shoot nobody no bull.
I got to keep up with the times
and that's why I'm so hot.
I just want you to get on with it—
the thing you call the Robot.
Robot! Funky robot.
Robot! Funky robot.
Now you got it.

I know you tried the Popcorn
and you couldn't make it.
Then you tried the Funky Penguin
but you really couldn't take it.
All them other dances,
I tell you they wasn't so hot.
I ain't gonna say no more.
I wanna see you do the Robot.
Robot! Funky robot.
Robot! Funky robot.
Everybody do it!
—Rufus Thomas, "Funky Robot (Part 1)," 1972

That's Why I'm So Hot

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