Two Fluent Speakers (Lemerig)

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Verse

Two.
(Toa! Toa! Toa!)
Say it again — two.
(Toa! Toa! Toa!)
One man, one woman, that's the whole crew.
(Toa! Toa! Toa!)
Hold that note, y'all — band comin' through.

Verse

Vanuatu, Torba Province, north end of the chain,
Vanua Lava island, half a day in the rain.
Lemerig is the language, two mouths left that hold it,
"Toa" mean two — that's the number, now you told it.
Two is a conversation. One is just a song.
So we gon' keep 'em talkin' — y'all help me hold it strong.

Chorus

Say good morning!
(Lemerig! Lemerig! Lemerig!)
Say I hear you!
(Lemerig! Lemerig! Lemerig!)
Two fluent speakers!
(Say it! Say it! Say it!)
Two fluent speakers!
(Say it! Say it! Say it!)

Break

Flip the bucket over, hands on the bottom,
Cowbell ain't stopped since the last song — we got 'em.
Hey — kids in the front, you the microphone now.
(Toa! Toa! Toa!)
Louder.
(Toa! Toa! Toa!)

Verse

Man say the word, woman say it right back,
Two mouths facin', that's the whole track.
Two is a bridge with a mouth on each side,
Walk it, don't watch it — go on, step wide.

Bridge

Who the bridge?
(We the bridge!)
Who the bridge?
(We the bridge!)
Little man in the red shirt — what you got?
(Toa! Toa! Toa!)
Girl with the braids now — tell 'em what you got!
(Toa! Toa! Toa!)
Two speakers standin' out in Torba Province,
Two hundred in this room and we loud as they is —
Say it in the car, say it on the stair,
Say it to your mama when you get there.
(Lemerig! Lemerig! Lemerig!)
Nobody cut it. Keep the pocket where it is.
(Lemerig! Lemerig! Lemerig!)

Instrumental funk jazz

Chorus

Say good morning!
(Lemerig! Lemerig! Lemerig!)
Say I hear you!
(Lemerig! Lemerig! Lemerig!)
Two fluent speakers!
(Say it! Say it! Say it!)
Two fluent speakers!
(Say it! Say it! Say it!)

Bridge

Two.
(Toa!)
Three.
(Toa!)
Four.
(Toa!)
Now I done lost count — and that's the point, y'all.
(Toa! Toa! Toa!)
One mouth, then another mouth, then y'all.
(Toa! Toa! Toa!)

Outro

Don't take it to the bridge —
(We the bridge!)
Don't take it to the bridge —
(We the bridge!)
Cowbell, carry it on out.
(Lemerig! Lemerig! Lemerig!)