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Ding Dang

Ding Dang lyrics by Les Claypool. They used to call him nigger boy When he was but a tike So he grew up to be An angry young man They said: "Run now nigger...

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Ding Dang

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They used to call him nigger boy

When he was but a tike

So he grew up to be

An angry young man

They said: "Run now nigger boy!"

At football games in highschool

He grew up to be

An angry young man

If they'd called him a brother

or a neighbor or a cousin

Then the world would be less

one angry young man

But they called him little nigger boy

When he was but a tike

So he grew up to be

An angry young man

They called him little white trash

When he went down to schoolyard

He grew up to be

An ignorant man

They said: "Hey little white trash,

You aint got no shoes on."

He grew up to be an ignorant man

If they'd called him a brother

or a neighbor or a cousin

Then the world would be less

one ignorant man

But they called him little white trash

When he went down the school yard

So he grew up to be

An ignorant man

[Chorus]

Well ding dang

Hey ho

A ding dang

Hey ho

A ding dang

Hey ho

No matter where you are

There you go

They called Micheal a liar

When he was but a tike

So he grew up to be

An incarcerated man

They said: "Hey little liar,

We gonna fill your mouth with dish soap."

He gre up to be

An incarcerated manIf they'd called him a brother

or a neighbor or a cousin

Then the world would be less

one incarcerated man

But they called MIcheal a liar

When he was but a tike

So he grew up to be

An incarcerated man

[Chorus]

They used to call him faggot

'Cause they didn't like his hairstyle

He grew up to be

A bitter young man

They said: "Hey little faggot,

We're gonna get your xxx in dodgeball."

He grew up to be

A bitter young man

If they'd called him a brother

or a neighbor or a cousin

Then the world would be less

one bitter young man

But they called him little faggot

'Cause they didn't like his hairstyle

So he grew up to be

A bitter young man

[Chorus x2]

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