I’ve been commissioned to be a DJ at my soon-to-be nephew’s birthday party. Considering his infatuation with all things dump trucks, I decided to peruse the internet for some dump truck-related songs. Unfortunately, my options were severely limited.
Fortunately, I came across some of the best/worst songs I’ve ever laid ears on. If you’ve been searching for a dump truck for sale and need a brief break, get refreshed by three of my favorite amateur songs about dump trucks…
This first song, “Dump Truck” by the renowned hiphop artist Too $hort and E-40 (featuring people named Travis Porter and Young Chu) is a bit too obscene to publish the full lyrics. Fortunately for you, I still transcribed some of the more dump-truck-related parts of the masterpiece:
Back it up like a dump truck (dump truck, dump truck)
Back it up like a dump truck (dump truck, dump truck)
Back it up like a dump truck (dump truck, dump truck)
Back it up like a dump truck (dump truck, dump truck)
Back that *** up like a dump truck
We don’t go crazy in the club, we go dumb ****
Look, looking at her dance I know shawty want it
I had to go crazy E-40 on it
And ah, shaking like a B12 in the air
Chilling with me, we smoke a bill out of gas
Now let me see you back it up like a dump truck
We’re looking for a high girl we don’t give a ****
Now, I’m going to go out on a limb and say that this song wasn’t about a literal dump truck, as I’m confident that Too $hort is equating the hulking vehicle to a woman’s booty. However, the musical “artist” did do an admirable job of adding a number of automotive references. Going crazy like an E-40, which is a renowned muscle car, is a solid analogy, and the mention of smoking dollar bills with gas (which I assume is coming from the engine) gave me a slight chuckle.
Unfortunately, I can’t envision I’m going to be playing this song at my nephew’s birthday party. In fact, I don’t think this would make it on the playlist even if he was turning 21 instead of three.
Now, when I came across this next song, “Dumptruck” by Blind Lemon, I figured that it would be a perfect choice. After all, the vehicle’s title seemed to imply that it’d be a perfectly logical option. Unfortunately, the lyrics didn’t back this up:
New York City soothing my itchy itchy month of May
Time has passed for Ms. Onassis, decay on display
I don’t want to go down
I don’t want to go down
I don’t want to go down – like she did
And I can’t understand why something
good’s got to die before we miss it
Mumbled talk through pigeon park
And Hastings is wasting away
religiously they seem to sin
Buy, sell or trade for amens
I just don’t want to feel
I just don’t want to feel
I just don’t want to feel – like they feel
Hollow body for sound, trade a coat for a gown
Way up in my arms you know
I love you just a little bit more
Raisin’ nose down to chin
Smoke after smoke they all trickle in
Anything, for anything, and ending up with nothing
Simple pimpled young man
Sores all over his hands
He’s sleeping, not so silently
I’ll mop the floors for you all
I’m a fly on the wall
Really big and listening
Burned a hand of a friend of mine
And Bub I know that you could fly a mile high
You told me nothing’s ever gonna come between
Nothing’s ever gonna come between
Nothing’s ever gonna come between
My dumptruck and me
To be honest, none of those lyrics really make sense to me. I guess you could justify that some of the verses could be making slight dump truck analogies… however, I’m failing to pick up on any of these connections. I did appreciate the jam and the tune, which were pretty solid for some unknown band. However, as I’ve emphasized, my nephew is three, and I think this type of music will probably just scare him.
Finally, I think I came across the perfect choice with “Dump Truck” by apparent children’s band Twenty Trucks. While you could rely on the lyrics to understand the previous inclusions on the list, it’s a better to give this song a listen:
Dump, dump, dump, dump it
Dump it, Dump Truck
Dump, dump, dump, dump it
Dump it, Dump Truck
Dump, dump, dump, dump it
Dump it, Dump Truck
Oh, dump it
Loading up some boulders
Working with a loader
Or maybe even a backhoe, oh, oh
Grab an excavator
He’ll do all the labor
And now we’re ready
To load, load, load
So, load, load, load him up
Load the Dump Truck
Load, load, load him up
Load the Dump Truck
Load, load, load him up
Load the Dump Truck
Oh, load him up
So, what does he carry?
Well anything that’s heavy
Like these giant rocks, you know?
Or lots of tiny pebbles
Thousands of tiny pebbles
And now we’re ready
To back him up
So, back, back, back him up
Back the Dump Truck
Back, back, back him up
Back up Dump Truck
Back, back, back him up
Back the Dump Truck
Oh, back him up
Where does he get the strength
To lift his giant bed
He must have a back of steel
He uses his hydraulic ram
To lift his bed, you see
With power extraordinary
So, dump, dump, dump, dump it
Dump it, Dump Truck
Dump, dump, dump, dump it
Oh, dump it, Dump Truck
Dump, dump, dump, dump it
Dump it, Dump Truck
Oh, dump it
You know, you know you got to dump
Dump, dump, dump, dump it
Dump it, Dump Truck
Dump, dump, dump, dump it
You know, you know you got to dump
Dump, dump, dump, dump it
Dump it, Dump Truck
Oh, dump it
This is obviously the perfect choice for a three-year-old’s birthday party, as the lyrics are child-friendly, and the tune is relatively catchy. I could see my nephew leaving his party singing these lyrics, especially the three lines that reiterated the vehicle’s ability to scoop up pebbles. Unfortunately, I can’t help myself from feeling a bit sad when listening to this song. It sounds like the singer is taking the entire process all too seriously. I have a sinking feeling that the artist had higher hopes for this hit, but he ultimately realized that the song was destined for children’s DVDs.
Ultimately, I’m not going to opt for any of these songs. Whether they’re too obscene, too random, or too sad, I can’t see any of these offerings going over too well at the party. Instead, I’m just going to drive around town jamming out to Blind Lemon.
