YA YA

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YA YA by Beyoncé

About YA YA

“​YA YA” serves as a celebration of all the artists who toured the Chitlin Circuit, pushing the boundaries of music and nurturing the history to which she now pays tribute. Many great Black artists performed in these venues in the face of segregation in the music industry. Artists such as Ray Charles, Ella Fitzgerald, Aretha Franklin, Little Richard, The Jackson 5 and Tina Turner all had their time on the Circuit. “YA YA” is COWBOY CARTER’s most blatantly political statement .

YA YA Lyrics

[00:07.63] Hello, girls (hello, Beyoncé)
[00:10.32] Hello, fellas (you're pretty swell)
[00:13.63] Those petty ones can't (hey) with me (why?)
[00:16.31] 'Cause I'm a clever girl, we snappin'
[00:21.24] (Pretty please) Toms, please
[00:26.98] We wanna welcome you to the Beyoncé "Cowboy Carter: Act II," ah
[00:31.70] And a rodeo chitlin circuit, we gon' make it do what it do, ya-ya
[00:35.68] Put them hands together
[00:37.18] We clappin'
[00:41.85] We drummin'
[00:44.14] (Ya-ya, ya-ya-ya, ya-ya, ya-ya, ya-ya-ya) oh
[00:46.80] Oh, ya-ya-ya
[00:47.84] (Ya-ya, ya-ya-ya, ya-ya, ya-ya-ya-ya) oh
[00:49.61] Ya-ya, ya-ya, ya-ya-ya-ya-ya, ya-ya
[00:51.79] (Ya-ya, ya-ya-ya-ya) ya-ya-ya-ya
[00:54.36] (Ya-ya) B-E-Y-I-N-C-E, ya
[01:01.22] My family live and died in America, hm
[01:05.02] Good ol' USA (good ol' USA)
[01:07.94] Whole lotta red in that white and blue, huh
[01:11.28] History can't be erased, ooh-ooh
[01:14.44] You lookin' for a new America? (America)
[01:16.98] Are you tired workin' time and a half for half the pay?
[01:19.54] (Half the pay) ooh, ya-ya
[01:20.54] I just pray that we don't crash, keep my Bible on the dash
[01:23.79] We gotta keep the faith
[01:26.79] Wildfire burnt his house down
[01:29.85] Insurance ain't gon' pay no Fannie Mae
[01:33.24] So hold this holster, pour mo' liquor, please
[01:35.71] Hard-workin' man ain't got no money in the bank, huh, the ya-ya
[01:39.53] Turn up the vinyl and the radio (radio)
[01:42.36] He can't watch the news nowadays (nowadays), oh
[01:46.15] I just pray that he don't crash, keep his pistol on the dash
[01:49.65] He gotta keep the faith
[01:50.71] She's pickin' up good vibrations
[01:53.96] He's lookin' for sweet sensations
[01:58.60] Ladies? (Yeah?) Hey
[02:02.59] We shakin' (ya-ya-ya-ya-ya, ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya)
[02:05.66] We swimmin' (ya-ya-ya-ya-ya, ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya)
[02:08.69] We jerkin' (ya-ya-ya-ya-ya, ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya)
[02:12.17] We twerkin' (ya-ya-ya-ya-ya, ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya)
[02:13.72] You wanna touch it, don't you? (Ya-ya-ya-ya-ya, ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya)
[02:15.13] Come get this genie in a bottle (Ya-ya-ya-ya-ya, ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya)
[02:16.97] Come rub it, won't ya? I pop it (ya-ya, ya-ya-ya-ya)
[02:19.16] I walk it like I talk it (hoo), I got your spurs sparkin'
[02:22.84] Ya-ya-ya-ya-ya
[02:24.96] Ah
[02:27.31] Let loose
[02:29.96] Do what you do, baby, Good God
[02:33.18] I don't wanna hear no, "Ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya"
[02:36.46] I got you daydreamin', put your lips on my lips
[02:39.15] And strum me like a guitar, la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
[02:42.94] You got me movin', boy, you got me "ooh-in'"
[02:45.65] You might know what you're doin' (ooh)
[02:47.20] Put them babies to bed (ooh-ooh)
[02:48.98] We sweat out the sheets (ooh)
[02:50.84] Got you up all night and now
[02:52.99] You don't wanna leave
[02:54.93] I can soothe your pain, yeah
[02:57.18] When I'm long gone, you'll call my name, yeah
[03:00.31] World of wind got you insane, yeah
[03:04.76] It's givin' me the faith
[03:07.05] I'm pickin' up good vibrations (ooh)
[03:09.46] He's givin' me sweet sensations (oh)
[03:14.02] B-E-Y-I-N-C-E, ah (get down)
[03:16.65] We gon' bust it down (ya-ya)
[03:18.43] From Texas (from Texas), to Gary (to Gary)
[03:21.42] All the way down to New York City (New York City)
[03:24.74] Give me a kiss, big daddy, you so pretty (so pretty)
[03:27.70] I got these slugs in my mouth, when I die, don't take them out
[03:31.00] (Got these slugs in my mouth, when I die, don't take them out) ooh
[03:34.01] Baby, if you ain't got no grits, get the - out the South
[03:37.32] (If you ain't got no grits, get the - out the South) mhm
[03:40.53] Life is comin' at me fast, keep my Bible on the dash
[03:43.79] His pistol in my seat, just in case I gotta blast
[03:48.48] I just wanna shake my - (have a blast)
[03:52.07] Ooh
[03:54.65] I just wanna shake my - (have a blast)
[03:57.51] Ooh (we vibratin')
[04:00.23] And lover boy (ya-ya, ya-ya-ya)
[04:02.35] You're so fine (ya-ya, ya-ya-ya-ya)
[04:03.76] Ooh, you got me losin' my mind (ya-ya, ya-ya-ya-ya, oh, ya)
[04:07.89] But you all gotta keep the faith (hey, ooh)
[04:13.38] Oh, oh-oh (ooh)
[04:17.80] We gotta keep the faith (ooh)
[04:25.30] (Ya-ya-ya-ya-ya, ooh)
[04:26.86] Ah, vote
[04:29.35] Ah, oh, whoa-oh
[04:34.60]

From the album: COWBOY CARTER