The Salmon Dance Lyrics by Chemical Brothers

The Salmon Dance

[Fatlip]
Hello boys and girls, my name is Fatlip
And this is my friend, Sammy the Salmon [What's good?]
Today we're gonna teach you some fun facts about salmon,
and a brand new dance.
Let me introduce to you a brand new dance
I know you're gonna love it if you give it one chance
It's not complicated, It's not too hard
You don't even have to be a Hip-hop star
See, anyone can do it, all you need is style
Listen up please gang, I'm a show you how
Put ya hands to the side as silly as it seems
And shake your body lika Salmon floating upstream
{Chorus}
I'm floating Upstream
You know how we do it, you how we do it,
again
[Sammy the Salmon]
All my peeps spend part of their life in fresh water and part of their lives in salt water.
[Fatlip]
Wow, very interesting
They change a couple of days after spawning, then we die
When I first did the salmon, all the people just laughed
They looked around and stood like I was on crack
I heard somebody say outloud what the fuck is that
This nigga's dancing like a fish while he's doing the snap
But the more I kept doing it, the more they be feeling it
And then I heard some bitches say yo that nigga's killing
By the end of the night, everyone was on my team and the whole club was dancing lika salmon floating upstream
{Chorus}
I'm floating Upstream
You know how we do it, you how we do it,
again
[Sammy the Salmon
Most of our friends find their home waters by sense of smell which is even more keen than that of a dog or a bear
[Fatlip]
Wow
[Sammy the Salmon]
My family also rely on ocean currents, tides [uh] the gravitational pull of the moon
[Fatlib]
The moon? Fish pay attention to the moon? Wow [I'm floating upstream again] Who knew?
[Sammy the Salmon]
Did you know...
[Fatlip]
What?
[Sammy the Salmon]
That I can go to Japan and back
[Fatlip]
You're kidding. Amazing. Gezz.
[Sammy the Salmon]
Polluted water can kill both baby salmon that are developing and the adult salmon that are on their way to spawn.
[Fatlip]
Wow, what a shame. What a shame. Huh.
Wow
Hey, kids, give it up for Sammy the Salmon
and his amazing salmon dance.
Huh, what ya say?
Alright. Who's hungry?