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