Mumba was born in Drumcondra, Dublin, Ireland to Peter Mumba, a Zambian aircraft engineer and Barbara, an airhostess with Aer Lingus, who is Irish; she has a brother, Omero Mumba, who is an actor. Between the ages of 3 and 15, she was a student at Dublin's renowned Billie Barry Stage School. In 1998, she was cast as the lead in The Hot Mikado, a jazzy production based on Gilbert and Sullivan's opera. She also appeared in several Irish television shows, using the opportunity to be recognised as a singer. At the age of 15, Mumba was discovered in a night club by Irish svengali Louis Walsh (manager of Boyzone and Westlife).
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The Boy Lyrics

Samantha Mumba

Checkin you walkin round in Ya Timbs, and
I must admit that youre looking kind of fly man
Rough boy, tough boy, attitude, and
You gotta know that I wanna be down, and
Oooh, look at you bling blingin'
Oooh, you got me feenin'
Oooh, inside Im screamin'
Oooooh, boooooy
A thug boy
A tough boy
A rough boy
My kind of boy, boy
A cute boy
A hip boy
Oh you should be my boyfriend, boy
A thug boy
A tough boy
A rough boy
My kind of boy, boy
A cute boy
A hip boy
Oh you should be my boyfriend, boy
The next day you came my looking nice man
I peeped the ice in your ring and cross, and
I wanna know can you come back by, and
The way Im feeling makes me wanna get down, and
Oooh, look at you bling blingin'
Oooh, you got me feenin'
Oooh, inside Im screamin'
Oooooh, boooooy
A thug boy
A tough boy
A rough boy
My kind of boy, boy
A cute boy
A hip boy
Oh you should be my boyfriend, boy
A thug boy
A tough boy
A rough boy
My kind of boy, boy
A cute boy
A hip boy
Oh you should be my boyfriend, boy
Make you feel like you never felt
I know I told you id be working these late nights
I know you miss the good sex and the pillow fights
But im a thug and I gotta stay on my job
Yea its hard
You want a rich man dont ya
No slob
You wanna lay up dont ya
No job
You wanna hit the streets huh
Get robbed
You a wife
Queen status
You the baddest
Cute chickthe maddest wit furs and the karats
Feelin all right cuz the day you comin back
You walked in the doors cuz I got ur bags packed
Cuz you going on a trip huh, we gonna let em know
To spin when you dip huh da bed sit real low when you dip huh
We all point
Da hit boys royal da district come on
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