Masoko Tanga means the markets of Tanga. Tanga is a city in
Tanzania. The word for market in Swahili is soko. To make it plural
and to agree w/ the Tanga, you add “ma” to the beginning. The rest of
the lyrics are gibberish.
One, two, one, two, three, four
Oh, da, la, la
Don't ba-bose-da-la-lomb-ba-bay
Ping pong da-la-zoe-da-la-la-low
People know what de-lee-do-da-day
Key wo-wa-di-com-la-day-wa-da
Co-wa-da-zu-ma-pu-wa all day
See-po-wa-ta-na-po-ba-ba
Zoe-ka-mo-wa, I've been sleepin' all day
Took a lot of drugs, watch the tide roll out
Day light na-no-ma-do-la
Keep the sugar warmed up, hey
Keyboard is a mo-day-la
Keyboard is a mo-day-la
A key word is a mo-way-la
Key-wa-wo-day-wa-wo, I've been
Kicking a wall, baby, 'cause I'm gay
I broke all ma wa-tay-lay-doe
(Ah) People are ghosts, ah my, my, go away
I pissed on my wall or my door
I'm pissed so no-wa though I gave my love away
I'll come back though threw a sonar
I pissed on my walk on my ass all day
I stumble back home passed my door
Oh, oh, oh, oh
They all know what
Oh, oh, oh, oh
The mess in my way
Oh, oh, oh, oh
I'm called Mr. Wombat
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Pissed all the day
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Key from my Wombat
Oh, oh, oh, oh
He stood in my way
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Key from wild baby
Oh, oh, oh, oh
He took my wah
Ma-wa-ba-wa-ta-la, throw away
To ma ba sue le dah (Oh)
Don't know why my white car won't stay clean
I don't know for what I do?
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh (Ow)
[Non-Lyrical Outro]
Masoko Tanga was written by Sting.
Masoko Tanga was produced by The Police.
The Police released Masoko Tanga on Thu Nov 02 1978.