Isa kisa riza rawho....I said a kie...a kisa....I said a kie...a kisa.....

Hell, whatever they're saying. This was the damn jam back in 1981.

I had no idea what they were saying (lol),but this was da jam in the summer of 1981.

Hehe, great track! I remember it was on a disco compilation called "Nightlife", that was the first album I owned as a kid. When I got it for X-Mas my father gave me a serious lecture about nightlife and all of it's bad influences. Didn't help much though, unfortunately for him, hehe!

can somebody translate the lyrics to this song?

I never knew what they were saying. Back in the day, I used to think they were mentally challenged kids.

vainandy said:

supposedly,they were speaking something known as "Pig Latin",where the words are in reverse.So let's see...

isa kisa riza rawho....i said a kisa...a kisa...i said a kisa....a kisa


isa= asi
kisa= asik


nope,it still doesn't make sense

I wonder if it would make sense if I play the record backwards. Probably not, since they are singing backwards words forward.

I love this song! I still dance around to it in my bedroom

DavidEye said:

They are speaking pig Latin, but not the backwards kind. There are roughly 88 forms of pig Latin indigenous to different peoples and continents. This particular dialect of the piggish form of Latin throws in an extra syllable of "iz" or "ilz," so that "Barbara" becomes "Bilzarbara." Make more sense now?

Has anyone heard any of the other tracks on the album? "Double Dutch" is a good one. It has the music of "Double Dutch Bus" but has different lyrics and a lady sings it with him. It starts out with kids playing.....

One child: So take the end.
Another child: And what if I don't?
Frankie Smith: Go in the house!
All the other kids: Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!!!!!

Another song that used to get a little airplay was "Slang Thang".

I used to have the 12 Inch of "Double Dutch Bus" which was before the album came out. The version on the album was the same as the 12 Inch so I gave the 12 Inch to a friend. I recently bought a compilation CD that contained "Double Dutch Bus" and it is a combination of the instrumental, the vocal, and the song "Double Dutch". I wonder if Frankie redid his 12 Inch later.

I have this on 45 (or as my younger cousin calls it, "the black things ya'll played to listen to music ")


[Edited 11/17/05 8:06am]

vainandy said:

Rhondab said:

did u slap the shit out of your cousin?

TheRealFiness said:

I told him to get the hell out of my face...

Rhondab said:

i woulda slapped da black off him LOL

The instrumental was tight too!!!

TheRealFiness said:

yeah..but he's sorta light skinned....

It would have been like slappin' the black off of you....

Rhondab said:

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

This was actually playing on the radio the other day when I was in the car with the kids!

I had them singing along to the above part by the time the song was over.

Rhondab said:

And while your cousin's line about the 45s might have been worthy of some slappin', it did make me giggle.

Fun song, still listen to it all the time

Vain, u know you're my homeboy, but, I have ALWAYS hated this song. ALWAYS!

Rhondab said:

da's some cold shit

GIMME A


IF YOU GOT YOUR FUNKY BUS FARE!

!!

!!

!!

CinisterCee said:

FunkMistress said:

As big a dork as I am, and that's why I love him!

TheRealFiness said:

and another for Cee's stupid butt....hoes...lawd

I love both the extended and regular version
[Edited 11/17/05 22:54pm]