The Tenth World

Lyrics for The Tenth World

Dance to my rumba Beat it [maybe a drum?], enjoy, look mama [maybe meaning "look at me and learn the steps."] Dance, look mama Beat it, enjoy, look Dancing the rumba beautifully. That's how I go. Hey hey mama Dance to it, dance Dance Dance this way [This a tentative translation, the expression I hear is actually unidiomatic] Dance to it, dance A Venezuelan in New York [maybe referring to himself] In California and everywhere I bring it to you [the rumba] So that you will enjoy a good thing Enjoy it with the rest of the world With the African and the rest of the world Dance to it Gringos! [This is funny. "Gringo" is a pejorative way that some South Americans have to refer to Anglo-Saxons. It's clear that some Americans are actually dancing to the music in the studio and receiving instructions from the singer, including this veiled semi-insult. Was Joni there too?] Left! Left! [maybe meaning use your left foot now] I say, Come on! I'm going now! [Or it could also be I'm "coming"!]