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"Bawitdaba" is a song by American musician Kid Rock, from his album Devil Without a Cause. The song was nominated for two Grammy Awards in 2000 (Best New Artist and Best Hard Rock Performance) and it peaked at No. 10 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks, No. 11 on the Modern Rock Charts, and No. 104 on the Hot 100 on July 13, 1999. In 2009, it was named the 47th best hard rock song of all time by VH1. The song was performed during the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show in 2004. A live version of the song was included on the Woodstock 1999 compilation album. Excluding the album Grits Sandwiches for Breakfast, this song is Kid Rock's only song available on iTunes, and the Woodstock version is the only one that can be purchased individually.
The music video was directed by Dave Meyers
"Weird Al" Yankovic covered this song as part of his "Angry White Boy Polka" from his 2003 album Poodle Hat. It also features prominently in the pilot episode of The Shield.
The song was also played in the The Simpsons episode Kill the Alligator and Run, in which Kid Rock made a guest appearance.
Robert James "Bob" Ritchie (born January 17, 1971), known by his stage name Kid Rock, is an American singer-songwriter, musician, multi-instrumentalist and rapper with five Grammy Awards nominations. Kid Rock released several studio albums that mostly went unnoticed before his 1998 record Devil Without a Cause, released with Atlantic Records, sold 11 million albums behind the hits, "Bawitdaba", "Cowboy", and "Only God Knows Why". In 2000, he released The History of Rock, a compilation of remixed and remastered versions of songs from previous albums as well as the hit single, "American Bad Ass" and the previously unreleased "Abortion".
Kid Rock released the follow-up in 2001, Cocky. After a slow start, his country-flavored hit "Picture" with Sheryl Crow resurrected the album and it went gold as a single and pushed the album's sales over 5 million. It was followed by 2003's self-titled release, which went platinum in the USA and reached No. 8 on the Billboard charts. In 2006 he released Live Trucker, a greatest hits live album that went mostly unnoticed.
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?Diggy?, said the boogy, said, up jump the boogy
Bawitdaba da bang a dang diggy diggy
?Diggy?, said the boogy, said, up jump the boogy
Bawitdaba da bang a dang diggy diggy
?Diggy?, said the boogy, said, up jump the boogy
Bawitdaba da bang a dang diggy diggy
?Diggy?, said the boogy, said, up jump the boogy
Bawitdaba da bang a dang diggy diggy
?Diggy?, said the boogy, said, up jump the boogy
Bawitdaba da bang a dang diggy diggy
?Diggy?, said the boogy, said, up jump the boogy
Bawitdaba da bang a dang diggy diggy
?Diggy?, said the boogy, said, up jump the boogy
My name is Kid, Kid Rock
Bawitdaba da bang a dang diggy diggy
?Diggy?, said the boogy, said, up jump the boogy
Bawitdaba da bang a dang diggy diggy
?Diggy?, said the boogy, said, up jump the boogy
Bawitdaba da bang a dang diggy diggy
?Diggy?, said the boogy, said, up jump the boogy
Bawitdaba da bang a dang diggy diggy
?Diggy?, said the boogy, said, up jump the boogy
An' this is for the questions that don't have any answers
The midnight glancers an' the topless dancers
The candid freaks, cars packed with speakers
The G's with the forties an' the chicks with beepers
The Northern Lights an' the Southern Comfort
An' it don't even matter if the veins are punctured
All the crackheads, the critics, the cynics
An' all my heroes in the Methadone Clinic
All you bastards at the I.R.S.
For the crooked cops an' the cluttered desks
For the shots of Jack an' the caps of Meth
Half pints of love an' the fifths of stress
For the hookers all trickin' out in Hollywood
An' for my hoods of the world misunderstood
I said, it's all good an' it's all in fun
Now get in the pit an' try to love someone
Bawitdaba da bang a dang diggy diggy
?Diggy?, said the boogy, said, up jump the boogy
Bawitdaba da bang a dang diggy diggy
?Diggy?, said the boogy, said, up jump the boogy
Bawitdaba da bang a dang diggy diggy
?Diggy?, said the boogy, said, up jump the boogy
Bawitdaba da bang a dang diggy diggy
?Diggy?, said the boogy, said, up jump the boogy
For the time bombs tickin' an' the heads that hang
All the gangs gettin' money an' the heads that bang bang
Wild mustangs, the porno flicks
All my homies in the county, in cell block six
The grits when there ain't enough eggs to cook
An' for DB Cooper an' money he took
You can look for answers but that ain't fun
Now get in the pit an' try to love someone
What?
Bawitdaba da bang a dang diggy diggy
?Diggy?, said the boogy, said, up jump the boogy
Bawitdaba da bang a dang diggy diggy
?Diggy?, said the boogy, said, up jump the boogy
Bawitdaba da bang a dang diggy diggy
?Diggy?, said the boogy, said, up jump the boogy
Bawitdaba da bang a dang diggy diggy
?Diggy?, said the boogy, said, up jump the boogy
Love and for the hate
An' for the peace, war
Bawitdaba da bang a dang diggy diggy
?Diggy?, said the boogy, said, up jump the boogy
Bawitdaba da bang a dang diggy diggy
?Diggy?, said the boogy, said, up jump the boogy
Bawitdaba da bang a dang diggy diggy
?Diggy?, said the boogy, said, up jump the boogy
Bawitdaba da bang a dang diggy diggy