Primordial man I’m primordial man Primordial man I’m primordial man I’m primordial man slipping from the ooze Coming at you raw with this primordial groove A multi-cell organism just squirming around Watch how I groove to this brand-new sound I'm talking sticks and stones and the shaking of trees The rapping and the tapping and the slapping of knees A billion years ago we really had it popping On this evolutionary trail that’s never stopping I'm primordial man I'm primordial man A slithering creature with a biological plan I'm primordial man I'm primordial man Two-steps a-clapping at the dawn of ape-man Yes, I'm primordial man, made from carbon and water Got a developing brain of the highest order Watch as I shake off the muck of the swamp I'm stepping out raw with a thumping good romp I'm talking Stonehenge, the pyramids of Giza Before the Mayan temples and the clubs of Ibiza Across the Serengeti, I was making moves To the clacking of sticks and the thumping of hooves I'm primordial man I'm primordial man A complex organism with a D-N-A strand I'm primordial man I'm primordial man Two steps a-clapping from here to Cheyenne From rodent to reptile To Homo Erectus Two-stepping and clapping To this new prospectus I'm primordial man I'm primordial man A backbone and toes Tools, spear and a plan Oh, I'm primordial man, dodging every extinction Meteor, flood and ice can't stop evolution From the forest to the cave to the cityscape Not a lizard, not a bird, not even an ape Yes, I'm laying down tracks with my sticks and stones I like the rat-at-tat-tat of stones on the bones The primordial ladies think my jig is hot I holla at the women from my very big rock I like chicken dinners and reproducing A bow for hunting and a spear for fishing A million years ago we had a real good time Puttin miles on the bipeds, yeah, man in his prime! I'm primordial man I'm primordial man Yes, it twas good to be primordial man Now I like fancy trinkets and the half-time show Rat-a-tat-ing on a keyboard, gettin lazy and slow It's evolution baby Hey, now you know Primordial man To be primordial man Primordial man Primordial man
