[00:00:00] You Are What You Is - Frank Zappa [00:00:12] Do you know what you are [00:00:14] Dat what I ast ya [00:00:16] You are what you is you is what you am [00:00:21] And dat de trufe [00:00:22] (a cow don't make ham ) [00:00:24] I meant dat now [00:00:25] You ain't what you're not [00:00:27] Not even hardly [00:00:28] So see what you got [00:00:30] And you got a lot o' lookin' t'do junior [00:00:32] You are what you is [00:00:33] Dat entirely too correct [00:00:35] An' that's all it 'tis [00:00:36] Uh-huhhhh [00:00:37] A foolish young man [00:00:40] Bring dat dummy ovuh heah 'n show it to 'em [00:00:42] Stashed away in san quentim ate de mys'try potatoes [00:00:44] Told ya 'bout dem 'taters [00:00:45] Evil prince was inventin' now he talk like de thing-fish [00:00:50] ("hmmmm saffiiiee ") [00:00:52] An' he look like a mammy [00:00:53] ("see de mammy now see de mammy now ") [00:00:57] His fav'rit co-log-numm [00:01:00] Smell like [00:01:00] Sister potato head bobby brown sister ghenghis adonis osmosis sister jasmine noxema tapioca: [00:01:05] Chitlins [00:01:05] Is de one dey call 'sammy' [00:01:06] One-adam-twelve see de mammy [00:01:08] He finally layin' [00:01:08] Armed 'n dangerous reproach wit cautium [00:01:10] Ensemble: [00:01:10] De whole thang down 'cept de nivea lotium [00:01:13] Rub it on good now [00:01:15] An de royal crown [00:01:16] Take good care o' dat "ash" [00:01:17] Do you know what you are [00:01:19] You's a wimp she's a shrew [00:01:21] You are what you is [00:01:22] Got dat [00:01:24] You is what you am [00:01:26] One-adam-twelve see de mammy agin' [00:01:27] (a cow don't make ham ) [00:01:29] And it never will [00:01:30] You ain't what you're not [00:01:32] Unless science do somethin' 'bout it [00:01:34] So see what you got [00:01:35] I know dey woikin' on it [00:01:37] You are what you is [00:01:38] Underneath virginia [00:01:39] An' that's all it 'tis [00:01:42] Boog-boogmmm dano "mammy one" they toss dummy [00:01:44] E the action takes place all around them [00:01:46] A foolish young man [00:01:49] Of de negro persuasion [00:01:50] Devoted his life [00:01:52] To become a caucasian [00:01:55] He stopped eating pork [00:01:59] He stopped eating greens [00:02:02] He trade his dashiki [00:02:04] ("uhuru ") [00:02:05] For some jordache jeans [00:02:09] He learned to play golf [00:02:12] An' he got a good score [00:02:16] Now he says to himself: [00:02:19] I ain't no [00:02:20] Nignint [00:02:20] No more hey hey hey " [00:02:22] One-adam-twelve see de "nignint" wit knife proceed wif cautium knife may be open [00:02:25] Bwana ma-coo-bah [00:02:30] All right let's go [00:02:32] Mercedes bainnnzzzzz [00:02:36] Who is who [00:02:37] I don't know [00:02:39] 'N what is what [00:02:40] Somethin' I just don't know [00:02:42] 'N why is this [00:02:44] Tell me now [00:02:45] Appropriot [00:02:47] That's a funny pronunciation if'n ever I heard one [00:02:49] If you don't like [00:02:50] Where'd you get that word [00:02:52] What you has got [00:02:54] Appropriot the word is not [00:02:55] Drop it in the dirt [00:02:57] Drop it yeah [00:02:58] 'N let it rot [00:03:00] I can smell it now [00:03:01] Someone else [00:03:04] Here de come here de come [00:03:05] Will surely come [00:03:06] I told you he was comin' [00:03:08] 'N pick it up [00:03:10] That's right [00:03:11] 'Cause he wants some [00:03:12] An' he wants it for free [00:03:14] And when one day [00:03:16] There will come a day [00:03:17] You wonder who [00:03:19] I wonder too [00:03:20] You used to was [00:03:22] Who I was anyway [00:03:24] 'N what you do [00:03:26] I used to work at the post office [00:03:28] You'll scratch your head