World service bulletin From the nightshift D.J. To all wavebands on Earth Reconnoiter on the killahertz This tune is going out to Marconi To all corners of the globe There ain't no hut in the Serengeti Where my wavelengths do not probe An' if a rocket went to Saturn We sure hope a D.J. is on board For some anti-gravity mixing With two dub plates of U-Roy Throwdown, Stray Cat Strut in Bulawayo Buddy Rich in Burundi Quadraphenia in Armenia Armenia City in the sky Big Youth booming in Djkarta Nina Simone over Sierra Leone Wild sound of Joujouka in Nevada Everywhere, everywhere Bob's bringing it all back home Yeah, I let the Boogie Woogie rumble In the back of Bangalore I get complaints from Bondi Beach What, no longboard surf hardcore? Oh, send the rock steady out to Freddy Who juggles plates in Tsing Tao City 'Cause tonight Bo Diddley's in Finland Station Sun Ra's in Omaha The Skatalites in New York City The Stooges rule over Habana The Bhundu Boys rock Acapulco Good hip hop in Islamabad Ali Farke Toure's in Oaxaca N'Baaba Maal's all over Stalingrad While some are waking, some are sleeping From Kamchatka to the Gabon Above the Tradewind wingtips beating We calling out for Ronnie And da do Ron Ron Ron We call the Cumbria to tumble From the peaks of the Himalayas We send the Funk into the jungle To the last outpost of the bass player