A long long time ago
I can still remember
How I used to not be so aware

That there were some African Jews
Who shared monotheistic views
And recited all the standardized prayers

But then I took a trip to the continent
Which had 3 vowels and 3 consonants
Natives on the door step
So I took just one more step

I heard one whisper "you're a schmuck"
So I retorted, " ya? Well you suck"
They must be Jewish what the f***


That's when I realized.......
so

chorus:
you're coo'
Ethiopian Jew
Drove my Honda to Uganda and that's where I met you
Said you had a Bar Mitzvah? Well I've been to a few
to say no Africans are Jewish ain't true
Africans can be Jewish too


If there's anything you're deprived of
do you have faith in God above?
If the Torah tells you so

I see YOU playing with a heinous dreidle
Eating matzah ball soup with a ladle
You're so Jewish that it is fatal


Well it's obvious that you are Jewish
man your yalmuka is rather bluish
How I thought you were a goy.....
Just 'cause you were an African boy

Oooooo I was a schmuck how could I not have known
Heard the sound of the shofar it was being blown
he truly was one of our own

I should have realized...
and started singing...


(chorus)


Oh I ASKED my buddy about Kwanzaa
Was it a BIG extravaganza?
But he responded with a shrug

Then he asked me if I had some drugs
Man he was a true Chanukah thug
Boy I don't want this thug to succumb
(to peer pressure)

Ooooh and chompin' on a Hamantaschen
I worried about the Falashan (note: Falashans is another name for Ethiopian Jews. Kind of racist but what the hey... it rhymes)

Took a sip of coca-cola
thought of Jews plagued with Ebola

Oh I knew my people were at risk
But it was nothing now that I could fix
Like old age is to dear Jo Fiske

So I took my friends aside
And I was singin'....


you're coo'
Ethiopian Jew
Drove my Honda to Uganda and that's where I met you
said you had a bar Mitzvah? well I've been to a few
to say all Africans are goyum ain't truuuuuuuuuuee
Africans can be Jewish too