I'm an African, and my blood is hot
I'm a West Indian, I love to dance a lot
I'm born with rhythm, whole ton o' rhythm
That's why I love to dance, I love to jump and prance
I love summer heat, I love soca sweet
I love carnival, I love bacchanal
I'm born with rhythm, whole ton o' rhythm
That's why I love to dance, I love to jump and prance

I got rhythm, rhythm, rhythm, rhythm, rhythm
West Indian rhythm
I got rhythm, rhythm, rhythm, rhythm, rhythm
African rhythm

I love steel and brass, I love playing mass
Nothing can sooth like sweet calypso
I'm born with rhythm, whole heap o' rhythm
That's why I love to dance, I love to jump and prance

I got rhythm, rhythm, rhythm, rhythm, rhythm
Caribbean rhythm
I got rhythm, rhythm, rhythm, rhythm, rhythm
African rhythm

I'm an African, from Soweto
I'm an African, from Tobago
I'm born with rhythm, whole heap o' rhythm
That's why I love to dance, I love to jump and prance
I'm from everywhere, Belize or Bastia
If it's carnival, I'm from there local
I'm born with rhythm, whole ton o' rhythm
That's why I love to dance, I love to jump and prance

I got rhythm, rhythm, rhythm, rhythm, rhythm
African rhythm
I got rhythm, rhythm, rhythm, rhythm, rhythm
Caribbean rhythm