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Little Axe
The theme song of 2003 film Holes, based on the Louis Sachar book of the same name. The song is sung from the perspective of the boys of D-Tent, lamenting life in their juvenile detention camp (falling into a long tradition of prison blues)
[Zigzag]
You got to go and dig those holes
With broken hands and withered soles
Emancipated from all you know
You got to go and dig those holes
[Chorus]
(Ohh)
(Ohh)
Dig it up, oh, oh, dig it
Dig it up, oh, oh (Ohh)
Dig it up, oh, oh, dig it
Dig it up, oh, oh (Ohh)
[Stanley]
Two suits, two tokens in hand
I got no respect 'cause I'm the new man
Got my shovel, shoes full of sand
Check out the tag — the name's Caveman, uh!
[Chorus]
Dig it up, oh, oh, dig it
Dig it up, oh, oh (Ohh)
Dig it up, oh, oh, dig it
Dig it up, oh, oh (Ohh)
[X-Ray]
Take a bad boy and make him dig five feet
The dirt in these shovels will give us a beat
Okay, you've gotta find somethin' never found before
If not, we'll just have to dig some more
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
Na, na, na, na (Ooh)
[Chorus]
Dig it up, oh, oh, dig it
Dig it up, oh, oh (Ohh)
Dig it up, oh, oh, dig it
Dig it up, oh, oh (Ohh)
Dig it up, oh, oh, dig it
Dig it up, oh, oh (Ohh)
Dig it up, oh, oh, dig it
Dig it up, oh, oh (Ohh)
[Zero]
Your hands may blister
Your muscles stay sore
You wanna break?
Knock on the warden's door
Uh huh, uh huh
[Chorus]
Dig it up, oh, oh, dig it
Dig it up, oh, oh (Ohh)
Dig it up, oh, oh, dig it
Dig it up, oh, oh (Ohh)
[Armpit]
A-R-M-P-I to the T
What is that you smellin', dog, that's me
I don't take showers and I don't brush my teeth
'Cause all I do is dig holes, eat and sleep
[X-Ray]
There is no lake, there is no shade
There is no place to hide
So just sit and wait to fry
[Zigzag]
You got to go and dig those holes
[Chorus]
Dig it up, oh, oh, dig it
Dig it up, oh, oh (Ohh)
Dig it up, oh, oh, dig it
Dig it up, oh, oh (Ohh)
[X-Ray]
Take a bad boy, make him dig five feet
[Stanley]
Got my shovel, shoes full of sand
[X-Ray]
The dirt in these shovels will give us a beat
[Stanley]
Check out the tag — the name's Caveman!
[Zero]
Wake up in the morning before the sun
Keep diggin' that hole 'til the day is done
Wake up in the morning before the sun
Keep diggin' that hole 'til the day is done
[Zigzag]
You got to go and dig those holes
You got to go and dig those holes
[Chorus]
Dig it up, oh, oh, dig it
Dig it up, oh, oh
Dig it up, oh, oh, dig it
Dig it up, oh, oh
Dig it up, oh, oh, dig it
Dig it up, oh, oh
Dig it up, oh, oh, dig it
Dig it up, oh, oh
Dig It was written by Khleo & Shia LaBeouf & Doug E. Fresh & FITZ & Mickey Petralia.
Dig It was produced by Jay Landers.
D-tent boys released Dig It on Tue Apr 15 2003.