Edited by Azizi Powell
This is the first page of a seven page alphabetical collection of chants and songs from historically Black Greek letter organizations (BGLOs).
This page includes examples beginning with Numbers - the letter "B".
Click
http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2015/03/examples-of-historically-black_16.html for C-F
http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2015/03/examples-of-historically-black_17.html for G-J
http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2015/03/examples-of-historically-black_14.html for K-N
http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2015/03/examples-of-historically-black_53.html for O-R
http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2015/03/examples-of-historically-black_75.html for S-V
http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2015/03/examples-of-historically-black_65.html for W-Z
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The majority of these chants are from the nine university based, historically Black Greek fraternities and sororities that are informally referred to as "the Divine Nine". Click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Pan-Hellenic_Council for information about the fraternities and sororities which are referred to by this term.
Examples in this compilation that are given without attribution are from visitors to my now retired cultural website cocojams.com.
The content of this post is presented for folkloric and cultural purposes.
Thanks to all those organizations whose chants and songs are featured in this collection. Also, thanks to all those who directly contributed examples of these chants & songs to my now retired website.
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DISCLAIMER: This series is not meant to be a complete list of Black Greek letter organization chants and songs.
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More information about these examples and additional selected examples of historically Black Greek organization chants, songs, and culture can be found in other pancocojams posts which can be assessed by clicking the tags found below.
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Note: Greek letter organization chants should only be recited or performed by persons who are affiliated with the specific organization from which the chant comes.
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CHANT EXAMPLES (Numbers - Letter B)
Examples with the same title or first line are given in relative chronological order based on their posting date, their retrieval online or collection date by me, or the date that I recall learning or hearing the examples.
NUMBERS:
1-2-3-4-5 (Version #1)
1-2-3-4-5 Zeta Phi Beta till the day I die No skee no wee no dst cause Zeta Phi Beta is the one for me
24-25-26 them other girls you with sophisticated and smart too
we dont skee wee we dont oooh-oop
Z-Phi, Z-Phi, Z-Phi-i-i
-Tall Tale Zeta Phi Beta Incorporated Gamma Nu chapter Fall 1997; 8/14/2007
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"Skee wee" is the signature call for members of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. A call is a unique utterance that is associated with specific Greek lettered organizations. Calls are used by members only to recognize (greet) other members of that specific fraternity or sorority, and to promote ("represent" ; big up") that organization during public events.
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The name "tall tale" may be a play on the "tail" position in Black Greek letter sororities and fraternities. Traditionally, the tail is the last member in a vertical line in the pledge group (which is also called a "line"). The last person is usually the tallest member of that group.
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1-2-3-4-5 (Version #2)
1-2-3-4-5
Zeta Phi Beta till the day I die
No skee
no wee
no DST
cause Zeta Phi Beta is the one for me.
Editor: Additional number chant examples are given under "O" for "one".
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A,B
ADAM WAS AN ALPHA
This one I had to yell til my throat turned red when i was on line...it's got a nice call and response groove to it:
Adam was an Alpha
(Adam was an Alpha)
Eve she was an AKA
(Eve she was an AKA)
Noah was a Sphinxman
(Noah was a Sphinxman)
They all pledged Alpha that day
(They all pledged Alpha that day)
A Phi A, got to be the only way x2
-2COLD, http://www.stophazing.org/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=7;t=000243, 09-29-2005
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AIN'T NOBODY
Ain't nobody love me betta
Than Omega Psi Phi I N C
-from a Q Pearl's memory (1991)
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"Q Pearl" is a (unofficial) little sister group (auxillary) of Omega Psi Phi, Fraternity, Inc. This contributor said that the verse could have been "Can't nobody love me better". She recalls that this verse was repeated over and over again. This song was not only sung by the Ques but also by the little sisters. Btw, my informant indicated that at her small college, the few Ques on campus treated their little sisters with the utmost respect, and never allowed any other visiting Quess to disrespect them or demand any "favors" from them.
Chaka Khan's R&B song "Ain't Nobody" [1984] is the source song for this Omega Psi Phi fraternity song which was also sung by the liittle sister pledges.
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AKA WHAT YA DO TO ME
AKA what ya do to me
You make me feel so good
AKA what you do to me
Just like I knew you would.
We cross the burning sands
To find something new
We cross the burning sands
To find real womanhood.
-Azizi Powell, AKA pledge song (Gamma Zeta chapter, New Jersey, 1967)
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This is one of three pledge songs that I remember from my AKA "ivy" line. The other songs "Hiro Hiro" is found on the page for the letter "H" and "Jem Boobs" is found on the page for the letter "J".
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ALL OF MY LOVE (PEACE AND HAPPINESS)
Editor's comments:
This song is claimed by multiple Black Greek lettered fraternities & sororities. Comments about which fraternity or sorority was the first to sing this song are posted below.
The musical inspiration for this fraternity/sorority song is the Chambers Brothers' 1970 rock/soul classic song "Love, Peace and Happiness": sound file: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k48R2wJWIr8; lyrics: http://www.elyrics.net/read/c/chambers-brothers-lyrics/love-peace-and-happiness-lyrics.html
Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2012/04/fraternity-sorority-song-all-of-my-love.html
for a pancocojams post on these songs.
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ALL OF MY LOVE (Version #1)
All of my love Peace and Happiness I will give to Kappa!
-BigBrotherPrincipal Player, 1/29/2005
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ALL OF MY LOVE (Version #2) [Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.]
All of my love,
My Peace and Happiness
I will give to Alpha.
(Repeat)
-Brian A. Jackson Alpha Phi Alpha collection, permission granted to post on Cocojams.com, 3/20/2010
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Your help would be appreciated in identifying a video of a video of persons affiliated with Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. singing "All of My Love, Peace, and Happiness". Thanks in advance.
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ALL OF MY LOVE (Version #3)
Well it started 'bout 12 o'clock midnight
And since that day it's been the mysteries of Omega
That no man would ever talk about.
And when I die and leave this old world
I know there's a place for me.
It's in that land shinin bright up above
and no man but Omega, no man but Omega
I say no man but Omega can see.
That's why I'm singing to you
All of my love,
[My love]
My Peace and Happiness
[Arf!]*
I want to give it to Omega.
All of my love,
[My love, My love]
My Peace and Happiness
I want to give it to Omega
Uploaded by davidbarney4 on Feb 28, 2011
* "Arf" is the sound of a dog barking, that sound being associated with members of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc.
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This is my transcription of the following video: All of my love..My peace and happiness, I'm gonna give it to OMEGA [This video is no longer available August 12, 2016]
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ALL MY LOVE MY PEACE AND HAPPINESS (Version #4)
All of my love, my peace and happiness
I'm gonna give it to Delta.
[repeat]
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(This is used as background to a monologue]
WAYNEGREEN25 | May 20, 2010 ; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-LtqmFdCFM&feature=related
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Here's that video:
ALL OF MY LOVE Delta Sigma Theta
WAYNEGREEN25 | May 20, 2010
Meharry Medical College Delta Sigma Theta Step Show 2010
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Click https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppnYB2p3c5c for another example of this song as sung by members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. That video begins with the song "Who Are We".
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SITE VISITORS' COMMENTS ABOUT THE SONG- "ALL OF MY LOVE"
Editor:
Here are comments that I received at the now retired cocojams.com website about the Greek letter organization song "All Of My Love, Peace, And Happiness." These comments are given in the order that they were received by email to that site.
All Of My Love, Peace, & Happiness (Comment #1)
I am a member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority inc. I crossed on May 20, 1984. At that time all of the Black Frats and Sororities of the time had similar chants, but of course there were those that were unique to a particular group.
All of our love, peace and harmony, I'm gonna' give to________(you fill in the blank). It could be Zeta, Sigma, Alpha, Delta, Omega, or Kappa. The groups that usually used this chant were the Sigmas and Zetas.
-Aphrodite, Spring '84 Omicron Mu, Buffalo NY; 4/11/2006
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Editor:
I've heard members of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc chant "All of our love, peace, and happiness, I'm gonna give to Omega" . And, as Aphrodite mentioned, this was done in staggered harmony-meaning one group of brothers "sung" this chant and did a particular step and then kept on chanting and doing that step, while another sub-group of the step team started another chant and a different movement, and then third group and last group sung another chant and did another movement. All the sections of that fraternity step team were on the "stage" or the college gym floor at the same time. The three divisions of the step team are in triangle formation, and the step master stands in front of each and starts them off by singing the chant and demonstrating the specific step that sub-group was to do. Each member of that sub-group did that step basically the same way, but some might do it a little more forcefully than others. This gets the audience real hyped. In my opinion, it's usually one of the highlights of a step show.
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All Of My Love, Peace, & Happiness (Comment #2)
the chant.... "All of my Love Peace and Happiness I'm going to give it to my Alpha" was written by Alphas All of my Love Peace and Happiness I'm gonna give it to my Alpha
-Tre; 7/27/2006
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Editor:
Thanks for your comment Tre. I'm assuming by "Alphas" you mean "Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc." See the comment written by BigBrotherPrincipal Player on 1/29/2005 that uses the same line as that chant. Also see the comment from Aphrodite, Spring '84 Omicron Mu, Buffalo NY; 4/11/2006 and my comment about other groups who have used the line line "All of my love, peace, and happiness I'm gonna give to Omega." Is there any documentation to prove which group was the first to use this chant?
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All Of My Love, Peace, & Happiness (Comment #3)
A L P H A All MY Love my Peace and Happiness in going to give it to Alpha Just a miscellaneous of words. How can another organization try to claim a song that spells out another fraternity.. thats my 06 cent..
-Encore06; 7/29/2006
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All Of My Love, Peace, & Happiness (Comment #4)
This is to addressed to all those who are confused about the chant: "All of my Love, my Peace & Happiness, I will give to Alpha" It is originally an Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Incorporated chant...When you look at the main words, All, Love, Peace, Happiness and
Alpha, it spells A-L-P-H-A...So for all you other greeks that claim this is your chant it's not!!! The first and the finest were the originators!!! 06-08 Oh Yeah!!
-OPaka1908; 6/12/2007
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All Of My Love (Comment #5)
All of my love, my peace and happiness I'm gonna give to A PHI !!
(repeated as a group while death marching)
Death marching is simply the march that the pledges embark on as a group, which usually precedes the walking of the "burning sands". If I'm not mistaken, I believe that every frat or sorority does theirs differently. If you want to see an example just visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zixWpBz3HYo Alpha Phi Alpha of FSU, death march to probate 4/10/08 the Epsilon Theta Chapter of A PHI A death marching. It starts off showing onlookers in the bleachers then they start marching at about 3:05.
-Lance H. III; 11/2/2009
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End of comments received for "All Of My Love..."
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ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA
Step Step
Alpha Kappa Alpha
Step Step
Ivys on the way.
Step Step
Alpha Kappa Alpha
We're the soul stepping ivys of AKA
Oh-o Step Step
Alpha Kappa Alpha
Step Step
Ivys on the way.
Step Step
Alpha Kappa Alpha
We're the soul stepping ivys of AKA
Oh-o we don't want no Delta Sigma Thetas.
No!
We don't want no Zeta Phi Betas.
We don't want no Sigma Gamma Rhos
Alpha Kappa Alpha is the one for us.
-Wake Forest Univ. AKA probate Spring 2011, video Uploaded by robbiebynum on May 20, 2011; no longer accessible
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Editor" "Ivys" is the term used in Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. for women who are in process of joining that sorority. The ivy plant is a symbol of AKA.
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ALPHA TRAIN
(Traveling)
Alpha train is slowly coming
To keep on pushing,
If you hurry you might get on it;
Got to keep on pushing,
Got my ticket right in my hand;
Got to keep on pushing.
Soon we;ll be in Alpha land;
Got to keep on pushing,
This train we're waiting for is black and gold.
We're in love with dear old Alpha
No time for looking back...
A Phi A
-Brian A. Jackson Alpha Phi Alpha collection, permission granted to post on Cocojams.com received on 3/20/2010
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Many of the words to this chant are adaptations of the Spiritual "Get On Board".
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ALPHA, WE LOVE YOU
(Tune: Little Liza)
Verse 1
When we were searching for the LIGHT,
We hears a WISE MAN call,
"Now Listen well! I'm going to tell
THE GREATEST FRAT OF ALL!
ALPHA! ALPHA! ALPHA! ALPHA!
(Chorus)
Alpha, we love you!
Alpha, we love you!
Love you in the springtime
and the fall.
Alpha, we love you!
Alpha, we love you!
Love you best of all!
(Repeat chorus)
Verse 2
We listened well and made our pledge.
Then crossed the burning sands,-
and entered dear old A*PHI*A,
The greatest in the land!
ALPHA! ALPHA! ALPHA! ALPHA!
(Chorus)
-Brian A. Jackson Alpha Phi Alpha collection, permission granted to post on Cocojams.com, 3/20/2010
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Click https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li%27l_Liza_Jane for information about the song "Little Liza" (more commonly known as "Little Liza Jane")
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A PHI 06
Call -A PHI
Response -06
Cal l-Oh yeah
Response -Oh yeah
- from multiple sources including this YouTube video:
ALPHA PHI ALPHA: KOREAN PRE-SCHOOL VERSION
Christoph Jenkins, Uploaded on Sep 22, 2008
My Korean pre-school Alphas
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"A Phi" is an abbreviation for Alpha Phi Alpha's Greek letter name. "06" is a shortened form of "1906" which is the the year that Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity was founded.
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BELIEVE ME WHEN I TELL YOU
Heard some AKAs and some Alphas singin this one:
Believe me when i tell you...
Believe me when i say...
Martin Luther was an Alphaman
and Coretta is an AKA
Whose side you on X4
Believe me when i tell you...
Believe me when i say
Rosa Parks wouldn't give up her seat
she had the spirit of an AKA
Whose side you on X4
-2COLD, http://www.stophazing.org/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=7;t=000243, 09-29-2005
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BLUE AND GOLD
It's that blue, that gold, that blue and that gold
It's that Royal, Royal blue and that Antique Gold
Hey pink, Hey green, Ms.skee-wee thing
there's no reason why you hate us cause we know that you are paperrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr r
ow, ow, ow
SGwho, thought you knew, ee-yip, ee-yip, ee-yip
Hey crimson, Hey creme, Ms. elephant thing
we feel sorry for your members cause their names you can't rememberrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr rrrrrr
ow, ow, ow
SGwho, thought you knew, ee-yip,ee-yip,ee-yip
Hey blue, Hey white, Ms. can't get right
you're screaming true blue without that gold you're just confuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuused
ow, ow, ow
SGwho, thought you knew, ee-yip, ee-yip, ee-yip
- RHOyal-Silence, http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/showthread.php?s=ccb66641f027f73cbecde, 02-18-2002
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This is a Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc chant dissing [insulting] the other Divine Nine sororities, in order of their reference in this chant-AKA, Delta Sigma Theta, and Zeta Phi Beta.
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BROTHERS (Example #1)
I was looking for the name of this but I kouldn't find it. This is the chant a Brother from "O.G." gave us:
Brothers.....
I don't know,
I don't know if I can make it into Kappa Alpha Psi
OHHHHHHHHHHHH, Big Brother said we couldn't make it,
Huhhh, but we got a big surprise
We're gonna cross those burning sands
we're gonna make into Kappa Alpha Psi
OHHHHHHHHHHH"
-K_I_A_Nupe (Tampa, Florida), http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/showthread.php?t=99226&page=2
Kappa/Scroller Chants, January 8, 2009
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I'm not sure what the title of this chant actually is.
Notice the Kappa Alpha Psi custom of using a "k" for words that begin with "c".
Another commenter on that same discussion thread wrote that he also learned this same chant when he was a "scroller", and he didn't know that it was national.
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SCROLLERS (Example #2 of "Brothers")
Yup. We did the same chant as scrollers down here @GL with a few substituted words. (Gamma Lamda) Huston-Tillotson University.
Scrollers
I don't know, I don't know if we can make it over
Scrollers, I don't know if we can make it into Kappa Alpha Psi.
OHHHHHHHH, if we can make it into Kappa Alpha Psi
Big Brother said, we wouldn't make it
but we got a big suprise
we're going to cross those burning sands alive
we're going to make it into Kappa Alpha Psi
-Kappachino3Klub (Texas), http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/showthread.php?t=99226&page=2
Kappa/Scroller Chants, January 8, 2009
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