Keep it cool, keep cool your mind
Shift the beat, you’re one of kind
Shake it up, beat on the beat
Shake it up, the bababumba beat
Stay out, stay out

Shift the beat
Sad in love
Shift the beat
Sad in love

Ring the bell, roll down the street
Tie me up into the city heat
Keep it cool, keep cool your mind
Shift the beat, you’re one of a kind

Stay out

Tied up
Shift the beat
Tied up, tied up, tied up, tied up, tied up, tied up, tied up, tied up, tied up, tied up, tied up, tied up

Sad in love
Sad in love
Shift the beat
Sad in love
Get together, beat after beat
Congas calling in the summer night heat
Just a laugh, a little smile
You’ll see me cruising up the Nile
Still in New York with the African beat
With the African queen into the city heat

It’s the African queen who got the summer night crown
It’s the African queen, the hottest lady in town
It’s the African queen who keeps me on my feet
It’s the African queen, the bababumba beat

Tied up, tied up, tied up, tied up, tied up, tied up, tied up, tied up, tied up, tied up, tied up, tied up, tied up, tied up, tied up, tied up
(Shake it up) Tied up, tied up, tied up, tied up, tied up, tied up, tied up, tied up

Take the beat, take the fight
Take me back into the ring tonight
Shake it up, beat on the beat
Shake it up, the bababumba beat

It’s the African queen who got the summer night crown
It’s the African queen, the hottest lady in town
It’s the African queen who keeps me on my feet
It’s the African queen, the bababumba beat

All you need is love
Take my heart and hold me tight
Forever, forever