Word Up
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About Word Up
"Word Up!" is a funk/hip hop song originally written and recorded by Cameo in 1986. Due to its heavy play on American pop and R&B radio, as well as music video play on MTV, the single became the band's most well-known hit. From the album of the same name, "Word Up!" was Cameo's first top-forty US hit, peaking at number six on the Billboard Hot 100 and also spent three weeks at number one on the US Hot Black Singles chart. "Word Up!" also spent one week at number one on the US Hot Dance Singles chart, and reached number three in the UK. .
Word Up Lyrics
[00:25.22] Yo pretty ladies around the world
[00:28.73] Got a weird thing to show you,
[00:30.88] So tell all the boys and girls.
[00:32.78] Tell your brother, your sister
[00:35.14] And your mama too, cause they're
[00:37.06] About to go down
[00:39.16] And you'll know just what to do
[00:41.34] Wave your hands in the air
[00:43.30] Like you don't care, glide by
[00:46.07] The people as they stop to look and stare.
[00:49.22] Do yo' dance, do yo' dance, do yo' dance quick
[00:53.27] Mama, come on baby, tell me what's
[00:56.14] The word, ah – word up,
[00:59.48] Everybody say when you hear the call
[01:03.41] You got to get it underway,
[01:05.55] Word up, it's the code word,
[01:10.03] No matter where you say it,
[01:12.22] You'll know that you'll be heard.
[01:14.17] All you sucker. D.J.'s
[01:16.26] Who think you're fly
[01:18.15] There's got to be a reason
[01:20.22] We know the reason why.
[01:22.18] Try to put on an act and act real cool
[01:26.42] But you got to realise
[01:28.39] That you're acting like some fools.
[01:30.44] If there's music we can use it
[01:32.53] We need to dance.
[01:34.77] We don't have that time
[01:36.39] For psychological romance
[01:38.71] No romance
[01:39.81] No romance
[01:41.33] No romance for me mama
[01:43.72] Come on baby tell me what's the word.
[01:46.71] Ah, word up, y'all
[01:49.20] Everybody say when you hear the call
[01:52.86] You got to get it underway. Aaauw
[02:16.17] Low
[02:19.65] Dial "L" for low
[02:43.91] Come on, all you people say...
[02:45.57] W-O-R-D UP
[02:49.51] W-O-R-D UP
[02:53.82] W-O-R-D UP
[02:57.85] W-O-R-D UP
[03:09.54] You say
[03:14.12] W-O-R-D UP, you say
[03:18.65] W-O-R-D up (you say)
[03:19.58] W-O-R-D UP
[03:19.73] W-O-R-D UP
[03:20.37] Hey--(hey you) hey, hey-(what)
[03:32.06] (Hey-ey-ey--Hey--whew)
[03:34.50] La, la, la, la, la, la, low (low)
[03:36.02] (Whew-- whoo whoo, woah)
[03:39.56] Say it like that, (like that),
[03:43.27] Say it like that, ya'll know it (woah).
[03:44.36] What's the word? (What's (Woah!) the word?)
[03:47.57] Everybody's got to know-ow.(woah yeah)
[03:49.91] Everybody say it, woah!
[03:59.68] C-A-M-E-O (You say)
[04:01.43] C-A-M-E-O
[04:02.50] C-A-M-E-O (You say)
[04:02.87] C-A-M-E-O
[04:03.06] Can you dig it? Can you dig it?
[04:03.32] Can you dig it? Can you dig it?
[04:04.41] Did we have a good time or what?
[04:04.95] Did we have a good time or what?
[04:05.22] We sure had a good time, don't you forget it
[04:05.57] From everybody on this stage on behalf of Cameo
[04:06.02] We wanna say thank you for coming out
[04:06.27] We wanna send you love
[04:06.58] We feel your love
[04:07.09] And now it's time to show some more love
[04:07.68] Everybody from the front to the back
[04:08.10] If you're not doing so already
[04:08.93] Please stand up
[04:09.42] If you're not doing so already please stand up
[04:10.02] Thank you darling, thank you
[04:10.58] How you doing? (Nice dress, nice)
[04:11.00] Now. We like for you to hold your right hand up in the air
[04:11.95] Don't wave 'em like you just don't care
[04:12.46] Don't wave it, don't...
[04:13.25] Now we want you to say at the
[04:13.76] Top of your lungs from the front to the back
[04:14.38] Side to side we want you to say
[04:14.83] Say, W-O-R-D UP, you say
[04:15.33] W-O-R-D UP
[04:15.93] W-O-R-D UP you say
[04:16.49] W-O-R-D UP
[04:16.73] Try this one and see
[04:17.20] C-A-M-E-O (You say)
[04:17.52] C-A-M-E-O
[04:17.74] C-A-M-E-O (You say)
[04:18.09] C-A-M-E-O, whuuuu
[04:18.38] We love you Atlanta
[04:18.55] Thank You
[04:18.90] Peace, thank you all too much
[04:19.93]
[00:28.73] Got a weird thing to show you,
[00:30.88] So tell all the boys and girls.
[00:32.78] Tell your brother, your sister
[00:35.14] And your mama too, cause they're
[00:37.06] About to go down
[00:39.16] And you'll know just what to do
[00:41.34] Wave your hands in the air
[00:43.30] Like you don't care, glide by
[00:46.07] The people as they stop to look and stare.
[00:49.22] Do yo' dance, do yo' dance, do yo' dance quick
[00:53.27] Mama, come on baby, tell me what's
[00:56.14] The word, ah – word up,
[00:59.48] Everybody say when you hear the call
[01:03.41] You got to get it underway,
[01:05.55] Word up, it's the code word,
[01:10.03] No matter where you say it,
[01:12.22] You'll know that you'll be heard.
[01:14.17] All you sucker. D.J.'s
[01:16.26] Who think you're fly
[01:18.15] There's got to be a reason
[01:20.22] We know the reason why.
[01:22.18] Try to put on an act and act real cool
[01:26.42] But you got to realise
[01:28.39] That you're acting like some fools.
[01:30.44] If there's music we can use it
[01:32.53] We need to dance.
[01:34.77] We don't have that time
[01:36.39] For psychological romance
[01:38.71] No romance
[01:39.81] No romance
[01:41.33] No romance for me mama
[01:43.72] Come on baby tell me what's the word.
[01:46.71] Ah, word up, y'all
[01:49.20] Everybody say when you hear the call
[01:52.86] You got to get it underway. Aaauw
[02:16.17] Low
[02:19.65] Dial "L" for low
[02:43.91] Come on, all you people say...
[02:45.57] W-O-R-D UP
[02:49.51] W-O-R-D UP
[02:53.82] W-O-R-D UP
[02:57.85] W-O-R-D UP
[03:09.54] You say
[03:14.12] W-O-R-D UP, you say
[03:18.65] W-O-R-D up (you say)
[03:19.58] W-O-R-D UP
[03:19.73] W-O-R-D UP
[03:20.37] Hey--(hey you) hey, hey-(what)
[03:32.06] (Hey-ey-ey--Hey--whew)
[03:34.50] La, la, la, la, la, la, low (low)
[03:36.02] (Whew-- whoo whoo, woah)
[03:39.56] Say it like that, (like that),
[03:43.27] Say it like that, ya'll know it (woah).
[03:44.36] What's the word? (What's (Woah!) the word?)
[03:47.57] Everybody's got to know-ow.(woah yeah)
[03:49.91] Everybody say it, woah!
[03:59.68] C-A-M-E-O (You say)
[04:01.43] C-A-M-E-O
[04:02.50] C-A-M-E-O (You say)
[04:02.87] C-A-M-E-O
[04:03.06] Can you dig it? Can you dig it?
[04:03.32] Can you dig it? Can you dig it?
[04:04.41] Did we have a good time or what?
[04:04.95] Did we have a good time or what?
[04:05.22] We sure had a good time, don't you forget it
[04:05.57] From everybody on this stage on behalf of Cameo
[04:06.02] We wanna say thank you for coming out
[04:06.27] We wanna send you love
[04:06.58] We feel your love
[04:07.09] And now it's time to show some more love
[04:07.68] Everybody from the front to the back
[04:08.10] If you're not doing so already
[04:08.93] Please stand up
[04:09.42] If you're not doing so already please stand up
[04:10.02] Thank you darling, thank you
[04:10.58] How you doing? (Nice dress, nice)
[04:11.00] Now. We like for you to hold your right hand up in the air
[04:11.95] Don't wave 'em like you just don't care
[04:12.46] Don't wave it, don't...
[04:13.25] Now we want you to say at the
[04:13.76] Top of your lungs from the front to the back
[04:14.38] Side to side we want you to say
[04:14.83] Say, W-O-R-D UP, you say
[04:15.33] W-O-R-D UP
[04:15.93] W-O-R-D UP you say
[04:16.49] W-O-R-D UP
[04:16.73] Try this one and see
[04:17.20] C-A-M-E-O (You say)
[04:17.52] C-A-M-E-O
[04:17.74] C-A-M-E-O (You say)
[04:18.09] C-A-M-E-O, whuuuu
[04:18.38] We love you Atlanta
[04:18.55] Thank You
[04:18.90] Peace, thank you all too much
[04:19.93]
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