The Lonely Island is a comedy rap group consisting of filmmakers Akiva Schaffer, Jorma Taccone, and Andy Samberg (aka The Dudes). The group was originally formed in Berkeley, California - in 2001 - but they now reside in New York City. They wrote, produced, and were featured in the "SNL Digital Shorts" on Saturday Night Live (Samberg was a cast member, Taccone and Schaffer were writers) most notably "Lazy Sunday," "Dick in a Box" featuring Justin Timberlake
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Intro Am Aww get your towels ready it's about to go down shorty yeah C Everybody in the place hit the deck shorty yeah F But stay on your toes G We running this let's go
Chorus Am I'm on a boat I'm on a boat I'm on a boat I'm on a boat C Everybody look at me 'cause I'm sailing on a boat sailing on a boat F I'm on a boat I'm on a boat I'm on a boat G Take a good hard look at the boat boat yeah
Verse 1 (Akiva) Am I'm on a boat take a look at me C Straight flowing on a boat on the deep blue sea F Busting five knots wind whipping out my coat G You can't stop me cause I'm on a boat
Verse 2 (Andy) Am Take a picture trick trick I'm on a boat C We drinking Santana champ cause it's so crisp crisp F I got my swim trunks and my flippie-floppies G I'm flipping burgers you at Kinko's straight flipping copies
Verse 3 (Akiva) Am I'm riding on a dolphin doing flips and C The dolphin's splashing getting everybody all wet F But this ain't Seaworld this is real as it gets G I'm on a boat don't you ever forget
Verse 4 (Andy) Am I'm on a boat and it's going fast and C I got a nautical themed pashmina afghan F I'm the king of the world on a boat like Leo G If you're on the shore then you're sure not me-oh
Spoken Andy Get the up this boat is REAL
Verse 5 (Akiva) Am land I'm on a boat C trees I climb buoys F I'm on the deck with my boys yeah G This boat engine make noise
Verse 6 (Andy) Am Hey ma if you could see me now see me now C Arms spread wide on the starboard bow starboard bow F Gonna fly this boat to the moon somehow moon somehow G Like Kevin Garnett anything is possible
Verse 7/Bridge (T-Pain) Am Yeah never thought I'd be on a boat C It's a big blue watery road yeah F Poseidon G Look at me oh all hands on deck Am Never thought I'd see the day C When a big boat coming my way F Believe me when I say G I a mermaid
Chorus/Ending Am I'm on a boat I'm on a boat C Everybody look at me 'cause I'm sailing on a boat woaah F I'm on a boat I'm on a boat G Take a good hard look at the ' boat sha-sha-shorty shorty yeah