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476: 416: 33: 520: 460: 287:'s "Return of the B-Boy", Nigel & Marvin's "Follow de Leader", S.B.S. "Follow the leader", Kumbia Kings "Fuego", as well as "Her Hair is on Fire" by 228: 144: 513: 50: 237: 569: 116: 97: 559: 69: 549: 506: 453: 356: 54: 76: 564: 83: 446: 43: 65: 554: 313: 340:) as "The roach, the roach, the roach is on the wall, we don't need no Raid, let the silly sucker crawl." 544: 382: 288: 244: 360: 318: 232: 539: 388: 90: 268: 152: 490: 430: 248: 256: 252: 212: 207: 483: 426: 423: 337: 140: 533: 486: 264: 251:" (it actually says "Hey girls, hey boys..."), and the chorus is interpolated in the 176: 336:
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Hey Boy Hey Girl
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