She walks around slowly like a lion some kind of animal
Beauty's the beast, walking through the jungle the world is at her feet
She passes by not a word is spoken, man, she's got these eyes
With just a look animal instinct takes over your higher mind

The body's weak, the will is weaker
You think I'm crazy, Mister, you ain't seen her

She's an African queen (sha la la la la la la)
Your most primitive dream (sha la la la la la la)
Close your eyes and repeat (sha la la la la la la)
Beauty's only skin deep, African queen goes round and round

She loves to dance when the spirit moves her, she moves like no one else
She makes you laugh, get's you thinking crazy 'till you don't know yourself

Go one jump in the water's waiting
Now you've been warned, so boy don't say you ain't been

She's an African queen (sha la la la la la la)
Your most primitive dream (sha la la la la la la)
Close your eyes and repeat (sha la la la la la la)
Beauty's only skin deep, African queen goes round and round

Never says nothing just comes around
Stealing your heart without a sound
Ooh, she comes like a thief in the night
And she means to steal you blind

Call off the war, it's getting stronger
Don't try to fight
After a while, you'd be getting weaker
You think I'm crazy, Mister, you ain't see her

She's an African queen (sha la la la la la la)
Your most primitive dream (sha la la la la la la)
Close your eyes and repeat (sha la la la la la la)
Beauty's only skin deep, African queen goes round and round

She's an African queen (sha la la la la la la)
Your most primitive dream (sha la la la la la la)
Close your eyes and repeat (sha la la la la la la)
Beauty's only skin deep, African queen goes round and round

She's an African queen
She's an African queen
She's an African queen