Jodeci - "Get On Up" (example, lyrics, & comments)

Edited by Azizi Powell

This is Part IV of a six part series of posts on a sampling of African American and Caribbean songs whose titles include the words "Get Up" or "Get On Up".

Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2012/07/various-sound-files-videos-of-get-up.html for Part I of that series.

Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-esquires-get-on-up-example-lyrics.html for Part II of that series.

Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2014/08/james-brown-get-up-sex-machine-get-up.html for Part III of this series.

Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2014/08/eeleeephant-man-get-on-up-and-dance.html [Elephant Man- Get Up and Dance"] for Part V of this series.

Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2014/08/public-enemy-get-up-stand-up-example.html for Part VI off this series.

The content of this post is presented for historical, cultural, entertainment, motivational, and aesthetic purpose.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to Jodeci for their musical legacy. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post, and thanks to the publishers of these videos on YouTube.

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EDITORIAL COMMENT
The "Get Up" songs that are showcased in this series encourage people to get up and dance. while the "Get Up Stand Up" songs encourage people to address the wrongs that they experience in oppressive societies.

I find it interesting that James Brown's “Get Up Offa That Thing" includes lyrics that encourage people to "dance 'til you feel better" and "dance to try to relieve that pressure". And I content that Black dance songs and play songs-along with Black work songs and religious songs- helped Black people survive the horrors of slavery. And dance songs along with other non-religious songs and religious songs continue to help Black people survive the oppression we've faced post slavery up to and including today, even if it's only to take our minds off of that oppression for a little while.

Part III of this series includes more comments about this subject.

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INFORMATION ABOUT JODECI
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jodeci
"Jodeci (sometimes stylized as JoDeCi) is an American band, whose repertoire includes R&B, soul music, and new jack swing. The group consists of two pairs of brothers from Charlotte, North Carolina: Cedric & Joel Hailey and Donald & Dalvin DeGrate, all respectively known by their stage names: K-Ci & JoJo, DeVante Swing and Mr. Dalvin. The group's name is a combination of the names from all four members: Jo-Jo, DeGrate, and K-Ci.

The group had a successful string of hit singles and platinum albums until the members went on hiatus after 1998. The Hailey brothers continued to perform together under the pseudonym K-Ci & JoJo, and had success on the pop charts beyond that of the original band. In 2009, the group rebanded for H-Town's song, "Knockin' Boots"."...

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INFORMATION ABOUT JODECI'S SONG "GET ON UP"
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Get_On_Up_(song)
"Get on Up" is a song by American R&B group Jodeci recorded for their third album The Show, the After Party, the Hotel (1995). The song was released as the third and final single for the album in 1996. "Get on Up" contains the sample of the 1981 song from Quincy Jones featuring Toots Thielemans' "Velas". "Get on Up" may also refer to a song released as a single in 1967 by the R&B group The Esquires."

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LYRICS: JODECI - "GET ON UP"
"Get On Up"

Said it sounds so good to me
You gotta get on up now
Say it again, Jodeci
Get on up
You gotta get on up now
Wait a minute, let me tell you
Everybody grab somebody
Turn this mutha into a party
Fellas take your lady's hand
Ladies go and choose your man
There's no need to be afraid
Friday night, let's all get payed
Positive is the attitude
Negative is not the mood

[chorus:]

Get on up
You gotta get on up
Get on up now
Let us say it again
You gotta get on up now
And you can't sit down

Now that everybody's movin
Everybody in here is groovin
Everything is alright
The atmosphere is so nice
The DJ is doin his duty
All the ladies shakin their bootys
And the night is still young
And the party's just begun

Get on up
And you can't sit down
Gotta get on up now
And you can't sit down
Get on up
And you can't sit down
Gotta get on up now

Party
All day
Never stop
Never stop
And you can't sit down

Get on up
And you can't sit down
Gotta get on up now
And you can't sit down
Get on up
Everybody just get on up
You gotta get on up now
Get on up

Source: http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/jodeci/getonup.html

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EXPLANATION ABOUT CERTAIN WORDS AND PHRASES
1. "Turn this mutha into a party" means turn this place into a really good party. The phrase "turn this mutha out" is probably lifted from the title and lyrics of a MC Hammer (Hip Hop) song, with "mutha being a shortened form of a curse word that begins with the word "mother".

2. "groovin" - in a groove (feeling relaxed, feeling good)

3. bootys (usually written as "booties") - butt; behinds

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SHOWCASE VIDEO: Jodeci - Get On Up



JodeciVEVO Uploaded on Oct 7, 2009
Music video by Jodeci performing Get On Up. (C) 1995 Geffen Records

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Here's an interesting comment and response from this video's discussion thread:
Lekeisha Jones, 2014
"What made this song so crazy is how they broke it down quo-tet style... all my southern gospel know what I'm talking about! :)"

Reply
Justin Nelson, 2014
"That's because that's their background growing up as pastors kids in Charlotte, North Carolina"
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Several commenters wrote that theit parents qould use this song to wake them up in the morning or they use this song to themselves get going in the morning.

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