🎵 Word Up! // by Cameo

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Word Up!

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Word Up! May 27, 1986 👁 78,341
🎧 50,215 listeners ▶ 154,545 plays IMUDB Ranking 8.5/10 Based on how many times this track has been played on Last.fm — not a critic score.
Cameo - Word Up (Relaid Audio) (Official Music Video)
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28 ContributorsWord Up! Lyrics [Intro] Oh! [Verse 1] Yo, pretty ladies around the world Got a weird thing to show you So tell all the boys and girls Tell yo brother, yo sister And yo momma too 'Cause we're about to throw down And you'll know just what to do Wave your hands in the air Like you don't care Glide by the people as they start to look and stare Do your dance, do your dance Do your dance quick, mama Come on baby, tell me, what's the word? [Chorus] Oh, word up! Everybody say when you hear their call You've got to get it underway Word up! It's the code word No matter where you say it You'll know that you'll be heard [Verse 2] Now all you sucker DJs Who think you're fly There's got to be a reason And we know the reason why You try to put on those airs and act real cool But you've got to realize That you're acting like fools Give us music, we can use it We need to dance We don't have the time For psychological romance No romance, no romance No romance for me, mama Come on baby, tell me what's the word [Chorus] Oh, word up! Everybody say when you hear their call You've got to get it underway [Interlude/Outro] Dial "L" for low... Come on, all you people say... W-O-R-D up - W-O-R-D up W-O-R-D up - W-O-R-D up W-O-R-D UP W-O-R-D up (hey) Hey (hey you) hey, hey (what) (hey-ey-ey Hey whew) La, la, la, la, la, la, low (low) (whew whoo whoo, woah) Say it like that, (like that) Say it like that, ya'll know it (woah) What's the word? (What's (Woah!) the word?) Everybody's got to know-ow (woah yeah) Everybody say it, woah! Low They think real low (Oww!) As low as you go (whew) Ahhhh, low, low, low, low As low as you go, man...
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