Carl Douglas

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Carl Douglas', "Kung Fu Fighting"

The Misheard Lyrics:

Everybody was Kung Fu fighting
Those t**s was fast as lightning.

The Real Lyrics:

Everybody was Kung Fu fighting
Those cats was fast as lightning.

The Story: I thought for years this was the lyrics to the song. Even got a few laughs at Karaoke, but never really paid attention to it. One day while working at an oldies station, I said to a friend of mine that also worked there why we are allowed to play the 'uncensored version'. He looked at me like I was an idiot. (Well actually I am but that's another story.) Finally, almost 30 years later, I see this song in a commercial for some TV insurance company (GEICO) where some lizard was singing this song, and I hapened to have on the closed captions. - Submitted by: Dan Fletcher

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