You’ve got to go dig those holes With broken hands and withered souls
Emancipated from all you know You’ve got to go dig those holes…
All: [sung]
Dig it up oh oh (dig it)
Dig it up oh oh (Zero: ohh)
Dig it up oh oh (dig it)
Dig it up oh oh (Zero: ohh)
Stanley (Shia Labeouf): [rap]
Two suits, two tokens in hand I got no respect cuz I'm the new man Got my shovel, shoes full of sand Check out the tag--the name’s Caveman uhh
All:
Dig it up oh oh (dig it)
Dig it up oh oh (Zero: ohh)
Dig it up oh oh (dig it)
Dig it up oh oh (Zero: ohh)
X-Ray (Brenden Jefferson): [sung]
Take a bad boy, make him dig five feet The dirt in these shovels will give us a beat Okay you gotta find suin’ neva found before
If not, we'll just have to dig some more Na na na na na na na na (x3)
Na na na na (ohh)
All:
Dig it up oh oh (dig it)
Dig it up oh oh (Zero: ohh)
Dig it up oh oh (dig it)
Dig it up oh oh (Zero: ohh)
Dig it up oh oh (dig it)
Dig it up oh oh (Zero: ohh)
Dig it up oh oh (dig it)
Dig it up oh oh (Zero: ohh)
Zero (Khleo Thomas): [sung]
Your hands may blister Your muscles stay sore You wanna break Knock on the warden's door Uh huhh uh huhh
[Nobody believes me but "hands" does sound a little bit like "eyes"
in this version. Listen to this MP3 or the whole verse.]
All:
Dig it up oh oh (dig it)
Dig it up oh oh (Zero: ohh)
Dig it up oh oh (dig it)
Dig it up oh oh (Zero: ohh)
Armpit (Byron Cotton): [rap]
A-R-M, P-I to the T What is that you smellin dawg…dats me I don't take showers and I don't brush my teeth That's all I do--is dig holes, eat, and sleep
X-Ray: [rap]
There is no lake, there is no shade There is no place to hide
So just sit and wait to fry
ZigZag: [sung]
You’ve got to go dig those holes
All:
Dig it up oh oh (dig it)
Dig it up oh oh (Zero: ohh)
Dig it up oh oh (dig it)
Dig it up oh oh (Zero: ohh)
[chorus continues simultaneously] X-Ray: Take a bad boy, make him dig five feet Stanley: Got my shovel, shoes full of sand X-Ray: The dirt in these shovels will give us a beat Stanley: Check out the tag---the name’s Caveman
Zero: [sung]
Wake up in the morning and before the sun Keep diggin that hole till the day is done
Wake up in the morning and before the sun Keep diggin that hole till the day is done