the shareef don t like it rockin the casbah rock the casbah the shareef don t like it rockin the casbah rock the casbah now over at the temple oh they really pack em in the in crowd say it s cool to dig this chanting thing but as the wind changed direction the temple band took five the crowd caught a wiff of that crazy casbah jive the shareef don t like it rockin the casbah rock the casbah the shareef don t like it lounge the casbah rock the casbah but the bedouin they brought out the electric camel drum the local guitar picker got his guitar picking thumb as soon as the shareef had cleared the square as soon as the shareef chauffeured outta there the jet pilots tuned to the cockpit radio blare as soon as the shareef was outta their hair they began to wail the shareef don t like it rockin the casbah rock the casbah the shareef don t like it rockin the casbah rock the casbah he thinks it s not kosher rock the casbah rock the casbah rock the casbah rock the casbah