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This is Part I of a three part pancocojams series that document some examples of stomp & shake cheerleading cheers.
This series showcases text (words) for high school or university stomp & shake cheerleader cheers that are found on YouTube. This post presents examples whose titles begin with A-H.
YouTube videos of some of these cheers or hyperlinks to YouTube videos of these cheers are also included in this post.
Please add to this compilation for folkloric purposes by sharing words to stomp & shake cheers and/or sharing links to stomp & shake YouTube videos videos in the comment section below. Thanks!
Additional cheer examples that are added after this initial publication are indicated by the publishing date in brackets after the cheer's title.
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2017/06/examples-of-stomp-shake-cheerleading_29.html for Part II of this series. (I-R)
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2017/06/examples-of-stomp-shake-cheerleading_73.html for Part III of this series. (S-Z)
The content of this post is presented for folkloric, historical, cultural, and recreational purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to all those who composed these cheers. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post, all those featured in these videos, and the publishers of these videos on YouTube.
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This post is part of pancocojams' ongoing series on Stomp & Shake cheerleading.
Click the stomp and shake cheerleading tag to find additional pancocojams posts about this type of cheerleading and information about the cheerleading style that is known as "stomp & shake".
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INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PANCOCOJAMS COLLECTION OF STOMP & SHAKE CHEERS
This pancocojams collection of stomp & shake cheers documents some lyrics for stomp & shake cheers for folkloric and recreational purposes.
This collection isn't meant to be a comprehensive compilation of these types of cheers.
All the stomp & shake cheer examples that are given in this collection were retrieved from YouTube videos. The text (words) of these cheers were either provided by the YouTube video's publisher, or were retrieved from a comment in a video's discussion thread, or were transcribed by me from that video.
I began this collection in July 2017 and have periodically added to it by surfing YouTube videos. In addition to the words for these featured cheers, this collection includes videos of some of these cheers, and a limited number of comments from some of those videos' discussion threads.
There are many more stomp & shake cheers that I'd LOVE to add to this compilation, but unfortunately I can't find their words online or I can't understood what is chanted in their videos.
The titles used below for these cheers may not be the only titles that have been used in the past or are now used for these cheers. Also, the words for these cheers may not be the original words, or what were considered the definitive words for that cheer or what are now considered the definitive words for that cheer.
When no title for a cheer is given, I’ve chosen a title for that cheer and sometimes I placed an asterisk next to the title to indicate the fact that this title is my guess.
Readers shouldn't assume that the cheerleading squad who perform these cheers in these video composed those cheers and were the original choreographers of those cheers' movements. A lot of high school and younger cheerleading squads "borrow" from other squads, particularly from some highly regarded university squads.
However, stomp & shake cheerleader squads prize originality and creativity and really disapprove of squads that only copy other school's/university's words and movements.
If your squad uses these cheers, in addition to substituting your high school's name/mascot or your competitor's high school name/mascot, try changing some of the words and some of the movements that your squad performs.
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Additions and corrections to these cheer examples and the words to these cheers are welcome.
Please add to this compilation for folkloric purposes by sharing words to stomp & shake cheers and/or sharing links to stomp & shake YouTube videos videos in the comment section below. Thanks!
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EXAMPLES OF STOMP & SHAKE CHEERLEADER CHEERS
A, B
ALL NIGHT LONG (added July 7, 2017)
Hey blue bears
We rock it hard
so hard we can't stop
we rock it all night long
all night long
(stomp stomp stomp stomp) >>>>> not words, just moves with no words....
That's it!!! hope ya enjoy!
- La La cheerleaders, Livingstone University (Salsibury, North Carolina), posted by sataraboo, 2011
Featured video: La La's Rockin It Hard
vcheer88, Published on Jan 24, 2008
Get it La La's
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ALL YOU GOTTA DO
if you want to rock
all you've got to do
is rock
all you've got to do
is rock
If you want to rock
if you want to rock
here’s how we do
all you gotta do
is rock
all you gotta do is
is rock
all you gotta do
is rock
we got to
you got to
you got to
rock
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This is my transcription of this cheer from a video that is included in the pancocojams post "Five Stomp And Shake Videos Of The West Meck High School Varsity Cheerleading Squad" (Charlotte, North Carolina) https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2014/01/five-stomp-and-shake-videos-of-west.html
Additions and corrections to this transcription are welcome.
In the context of this cheer, “rock” means to be very good at doing something and also means "move your hips back and forth to the rhythm".
Featured video: West Meck HS Varisty Cheerleaders-All you gotta do w/ Julia [Added July 2, 2017]
Sophia Ward. Uploaded on Feb 22, 2011
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ARE YOU READY TO JAM [added November 2, 2019]
Are you ready you ready to jam?
Cause we came here to jam
Are you ready to jam?
Are you ready to ah- ah-ah JAM
-given as example #3 in the following video:
***Words Included*** Cute Stomp and Shake Cheers for Sideline!!!! | Upload #16
Meleah Moon, Jan. 7, 2019
Hey guys! I try my best to put the correct words in the description as a guide for those who may have trouble understanding. Please feel free to add and make corrections down in the comments! These words are intended to offer clarification. Be inspired by these cheers but if you use them for your own squad challenge yourself to make it your own! Stomp & Shake is all about originality!💖
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Pancocojams Editor- 2023: Meleah Moon's videos are no longer available on YouTube.
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BE AGGRESSIVE [added November 2, 2019]
[Carolina High School Cheer]
Be aggressive
Be aggressive
Get them off your back
Trojans you gotta fight back
-given as cheer #3 in the summary to the YouTube video entitled **Words Included** Cute Stomp and Shake cheers for Basketball!!!! | Upload #21
Meleah Moon, Mar 4, 2019
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2023- Pancocojams Editor- Meleah Moon's videos are no longer available on YouTube.
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BEST GIT BACK (version #1)
MiQuelW, 2007
"You best get back, you best get tough cuz the (mascot) is gon strut their stuff, alright hey! alright, hey!"
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I'm not sure where I got this cheer from.
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BEST GIT BACK(Version #2)
MiQuelW, 2007
"When we did this cheer in HS, it was "You better get ready, you better get tough cuz the Bulldogs are gon' strut their stuff. Alrite, hey, alrite... hey!" and the moves were a little different.
"Best Git Back" = "Best get back" ([You] better get back.). "Get back" means "move away from someone or some group" or "move away ("back off") [from a confrontation]
Featured cheer video: SASSY (Best git back)
Prince Edward Varsity Cheerleaders "Best Git Back"
woowooworkit Published on Jan 30, 2007
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This publisher's name "Woo Woo work it" directly refers to Virginia State University's (VSU)'s "Woo Woos" cheerleading squad and their signature battle cheer "Work It" (That cheer is found below).
"Sassy" is the cheerleading squad name from Prince George County High School (Virginia). According to some commenters in carious Sassy YouTube video discussion threads, one or more former members of VSU's cheerleading squad have taught Sassy some of their cheers, and/or Sassy (and probably certain other Virginia high school cheerleading squads) have received prior permission to perform VSY cheers, and/or members of Virginia area high school cheerleading squads have attended VSU cheer camps and therefore learned VSU cheers.
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C, D
CAN YOU JAM
Can you jam like those west cheerleaders
can you jam like we do
we do
we do
-jasmine mills, 2011
quoted in the pancocojams post "Five Stomp And Shake Videos Of The West Meck High School Varsity Cheerleading Squad" (Charlotte, North Carolina) https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2014/01/five-stomp-and-shake-videos-of-west.html
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In the context of this cheer, “jam” means “move”.
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CARDINALS DON'T WANT THIS [Added November 2, 2019]
Cardinals don’t want this
Cardinals lets go
Cardinals don’t want it
Y’all know who runs this show.
--given as cheer #5 in the summary to the YouTube video entitled ***Words Included*** Cute Stomp and Shake Cheers for Basketball!!!! | Upload #14published by Meleah Moon on Dec 19, 2018; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-d-Xpr0QTH8
***Words Included*** Cute Stomp and Shake Cheers for Basketball!!!! | Upload #14
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Meleah Moon's videos are no longer available on YouTube
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COME GET YOU SOME (version #1) [Added July 4, 2017]
Yell: GET YOU SOME!
"You know we got it.
If you want it,
come and get it." x3
"Come get you some!"
"You don't want that green & white.
No, you don't.
So if you want that green & white,
come get you some!"
-as performed by Woodrow Wilson High School cheerleaders [Washington, D.C]}, words transcribed from comment in discussion thread posted by CHSwildcats19, 2016
Featured video: Woodrow Wilson High School Tigers - Green And White - Come Get You Some Cheer
Cee Cee, Published on Jan 25, 2016
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Pancocojams Editor's Note:
This is given as "version #1" because it's the first version of this cheer that I happened upon.
A commenter in this video's discussion thread wrote that this isn't an original Woodrow Wilson cheer. However, that commenter didn't share who came up with this cheer. Perhaps, that information isn't known.
I've posted three other versions of this cheer to date to document how a cheer can have the same words (or very similar words) and different movements.
I'd love to know more information about this cheer (and other cheers that are included in this compilation- for instance, if you know this cheer, what is the earliest date that you can recall hearing it (by year if not by month and year), and what cheerleading squad do you recall performing it?
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COME GET YOU SOME (version #2) [Added July 4, 2017]
You know we got it. If you want it, come and get it (3x)
You don't want that (school colors). No, you don't.
But if you want that (school colors), come get you some.
-as performed by Attucks, words transcribed by Dana Robinson in the discussion thread of this video
Featured video: You know we got it. If you want it, come and get it!
Dana Robinson, Published on Jan 24, 2016
Attucks vs. Tech during city tourney 2016
Attucks cheerleaders
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This is given as "version #2" because it's the second version of this cheer that I found.
I left a comment in the discussion thread for this video asking where this high school is located and if anyone could share information about this cheer.
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Update: Here's the response that I received from Dana Robinson on July 6, 2017. Thanks, Dana!
"Azizi Powell The full school name is Crispus Attucks Medical Magnet High School and it's located in Indianapolis, Indiana. This school was built in the 1920's for the African American population of indianapolis as an answer to segregation. There is a museum located within the school as this was the first school with an all African American basketball team to win its state finals. A basketball great that came from this school is Oscar Robertson who played for a number of NBA teams. This is an article done by IndyStar, the Indianapolis newspaper, highlighting stomp and shake cheerleading and the Attucks cheerleaders.
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10155193197523914&id=347221378913
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As an aside, this is the first example of stomp & shake cheerleading that I've found in Indiana.
Here's one of my replies to Dana Robinson's comment:
"Dana, the Facebook comments about the Attucks cheerleaders were very interesting. I'm assuming from those comments that this stomp & shake style of cheerleading isn't common in Indianapolis.
Some commenters mentioned that this style is common in the South, I'm assuming that those commenters meant among a number of African American cheerleading squads in parts of the south. -Note One person on that Facebook thread from Miami wrote that this is the way cheerleaders cheer in that city. But I've read comments from people in Texas who were unfamiliar with this cheerleading style.
Would you please add the link to the IndyStar article about these cheerleaders? Thanks!"
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COME GET IT [Version #3] Added July 4, 2017
Come Get it - tryout cheer IHS 2016
Cristina McClelland, Published on Apr 12, 2016
-YOU DON’T GOT IT IF YOU WANT IT COME GET IT
-YOU DON’T GOT IT IF YOU WANT IT COME GET IT
-YOU DON’T GOT IT IF YOU WANT IT COME GET IT
COME GET YOU - SOME
SIXERS GOT THAT STRENGTH AND PRIDE
DETERMINATION ON OUR SIDE
VICTORY, WE ALWAYS TRY
V- I- C- T –O- R- Y
-YOU DON’T GOT IT IF YOU WANT IT COME GET IT
COME GET YOU - SOME
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This cheer is given as "version #3" because it is the third example of the cheer that I found online.
These words for this cheer are given in this video's summary.
This cheer is actually a combination of two stand alone cheers: "Come Get It" and "[high school team name] got that ,squad], and also a combinatiooI'd categorize this cheer and its routine as a combination of two cheers, thsGot That Strength And Pride". The first cheer is a stomp & shake cheer and the second is a mainstream (standard) Cheer.
In my opinion, the cheerleading routine is combination of both stomp & shake cheerleading and maisntream cheerleading, with the mainstream cheerleading style being the heaviest influence.
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COME GET YOU SOME [version #4] [Added July 4, 2017]
SRHS Panther Cheer, Published on Sep 29, 2016
"You know we've got if you want it come get it, You know we've got if you want it come get it, You know we've got if you want it come get it, come get you some. You ain't got that panther pride, no you don't, but if you want that panther pride, come get you some"
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This video is given as version #4 because it's the fourth example of this cheer that I've found to date. It's interesting that four different videos of the same cheer were published within four months of each other. I think this demonstrates how quickly some cheers are "picked up" ("copied", "stolen", "used" by other squads) as a result of the cheer being posted on YouTube.
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CUZ WE GOT IT LIKE THAT [added November 6, 2019]
Cuz we got it like that
Guess who’s,
Who’s back?
Who’s pushing your team to the back?
It must be the (team mascot)
Because we’ve got it like that
-This cheer is #2 in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdMx6wALPAc ***Words Included*** Cute Stomp and Shake cheers for sideline!!!! | Upload #13", published by Meleah Moon, Dec 11, 2018
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DEFENSE [added July 3, 2020]
"Defense make it ! Offense take it ! Offense take it put it in the basket ! (2x) Defense take it! Offense make it ! Defense take it ! Offense make it ! Defense take it , offense make it let's go offense put it in the basket !"
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DON'T STOP ROCK WITH IT [added July 3, 2017]
get it get it
(Don't Stop) 3x
Don't Stop Rock With it.
- posted by Caitlin Harris, 2017 in the discussion thread for https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPgNkpo9Z-g ; West Charlotte JV cheerleaders 2012, published y alwaysbubblydeva, on Jan 6, 2012
West Charlotte High School is in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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DON'T STOP ROCK WITH IT (Example #2) [added October 9, 2018]
Don’t stop, get it, get it
Don’t stop rock with it
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The words to this cheer are posted in the summary for the video entitled "Cute Stomp and Shake cheers for Basketball!!!! | Upload #3" published by meleah moon on Sep 13, 2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uG71y-ygtFQ&t=1s
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DON'T STOP ROCK WITH IT (Example #3) [added November 2, 2019]
[Westside Cheer]
Don’t stop,
Get it get it get it get it
Don’t stop Rock with it
Don’t stop,
Get it get it get it get it
Don’t. Stop. Rock. With it
-given as cheer #7 in the summary to the YouTube video entitled **Words Included** Cute Stomp and Shake cheers for Basketball!!!! | Upload #21 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxPjEKWOoRI, published by Meleah Moon, Mar 4, 2019
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DON'T STOP [added November 2, 2019]
2x) Don’t stop
DRC is too hot
We don’t stop
Don’t stop (don’t stop)
Just rock
DRC is too hot
We don’t stop
We just rock
We don’t stop
We just
keep it number 1
No less
We are the best
We are the DRC Diamonds
& we’ll get in your chest.
Number one
no less
We are the best
We are the DRC Diamonds
& we’ll get in your chest
We’ll get in your chest
-given as cheer #4 in the summary to the YouTube video entitled ***Words Included*** Cute Stomp and Shake cheers for sideline!!!! | Upload #8; Meleah Moon, Nov 5, 2018
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Meleah Moon's videos are no longer available on YouTube.
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DON'T TRY TO ROCK LIKE US
(Read examples of this cheer that are given as "You Can't Rock Like Us")
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DOWN THE COURT [added November 2, 2019]
Down the court,
Around the rim,
Rams, Shoot, Shoot for two
WHOOSH
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posted in this video's discussion thread by Tiff Tiff, 2019 (at 3:25 in this video)
WSSU Cheerleaders (College Stomp and Shake Cheers, Chants and Dances )
Two Sockz, Feb 5, 2017
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E, F
FIRE IT UP
Come On Hawks
Lets Hear It
Fire Up That Spirit !
Do do it..
Do It
You Got to Put Your Mind Into It...
Everybody Get Get Down......
Everybody Get Down..
-West Meck High School Cheerleaders (Charlotte, North Carolina) words posted by Nakayla Lane, 2011
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This commenter corrected the words that another person wrote for this cheer, saying "i Would Know Because I go To West Meck".
Featured video: West Meck HS Varsity Cheerleaders-Fire it up
Sophia Ward, Uploaded on Feb 22, 2011
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"Fire it up" means to raise the energy.
In the context of this cheer, "get down" here means "do something really well".
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G, H
GET FIRED UP [added November 2, 2019]
Get fired up
Go head Go head
Get fired up
Go head Go head
Get - fired - up
-given as example #? in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqO6xKxT9mk ***Words Included*** Cute Stomp and Shake Cheers for Sideline!!!! | Upload #16, published by Meleah Moon, January 7, 2019 [video found above]
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GET HYPE [Added October 9, 2018]
get hype get hype , alright alright , get hype get hype , get hype hey hey o h s* alright
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The words to this cheer were posted in the discussion thread for https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hag7M9EgGZA&t=1s "Cute Stomp and Shake cheers for sideline!!!! | Upload #2". One commenter wrote "That's my cheer team!!". Another commenter wrote ""iyanni b can you tell me the words to the cheer? It’s kind of hard to understand".
There are a lot of comments in YouTube discussion threads for stomp and shake cheers about people not being able to understand what the cheerleaders are saying.
*substitute the initials or the name of your school
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GET HYPE [version #2] -added July 10, 2020
H-Y-P-E, hype is what you got to be. Get hype, do it do it hype, rock it -posted by Amari J, June 2020 in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlLuGMo-M-w
(cheer at .047 in that video)
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GET IN THE GROOVE [added November 6, 2019]
Get in the groove, you know what to do
(School name) is always on the move
Slow it down, the best around
Has entered this place so you know it's going down
-posted by muffin06, 2019 in this video's discussion thread: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkoVmFQ4cWk "Cute Stomp and Shake Cheers for Sideline!!!! | Upload #17" published by Meleah Moon, Jan 9, 2019 [.52 to 1:19 in that video]
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GET IT UP [Added July 1, 2017]
[Pancocojams Editor: This is actually a chant that consists of only one line "Get it up!". "It" probably refers to the crowds' energy (spirit). Two other ways of saying this are "Fire It Up!" and "Get hyped!"]
Howard University Cheer 2011-2012
MarcJamesEwell, Published on Sep 11, 2011
Howard University Cheer @ the Howard vs. Morehouse AT&T Classic Game. Look how they got the crowd going. Go Beautiful Bison Women!
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1. datchik75715, 2013
"They are saying get up! Its a song they do with the band"
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2. Oshia Smalls, 2013
"HU Cheerleaders has the crowd SO hype. I'm going to the 11th grade and VERY interested in cheering for Howard. My top three colleges I want to attend and cheer for are the following: Howard U, Southern U, and Hampton U; in that order!! C/O 2013/2014 leggo!!
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GET UP [Added October 9, 2018]
G-e-t-u-p
Get up out your seat
g-e-t-u-p
And move to the Westside* beat
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This is the 5th cheer that is performed in this stomp and shake cheer compilation entitled Cute Stomp and Shake cheers for Basketball!!!! | Upload #3; published by meleah moon on Sep 13, 2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uG71y-ygtFQ&t=1s
*Substitute the name of your school.
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GET UP (example #2) [added November 2, 2019]
Get up
And jam with us
Get up, Get up
And jam with us
Green, gold, & white 2x
Green, gold, & white
You know you see this
You see us work it
-given as example #8 in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqO6xKxT9mk ***Words Included*** Cute Stomp and Shake Cheers for Sideline!!!! | Upload #16, published by Meleah Moon, January 7, 2019 (video found above)
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GET UP OUT YOUR SEAT [Added Dec. 3, 2020]
[WSSU Powerhouse cheer]
We've got the Power. We got the power house...repeatedly. add some "hey heys" you get the point.
Get Up out your seats and movee to the beat we're the SSU
rams from Winston NC. Get Up. And Move, We're from Winston. NC Get up out your
seats and move to the beat We're the SSU rams from winston NC. Get up. And
Move. We're from Winston, NC. GET UP!
-cbutterfly95, 2015; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUp8jrbMht4&ab_channel=proximafase
GO S. U. GO
Go S. U. Go [repeat multiple times]
-Winston-Salem State University
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPI1qOVXLxQ
2013 WSSU Cheerleaders, How to Cheer, Go S. U. Go
Artistry Photography, Published on Nov 27, 2013
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HAWK ROCK
If you want to rock
like a hawk rocks,
all you have to do
is rock nonstop.
just rock
(just rock)
just rock
(just rock)
ROCK NONSTOP
-BVCS2011, 2012
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from West Meck HS Varsity Cheerleaders-Hawk Rock.MOV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZCZoTkWK_o
Sophia Ward, Uploaded on Feb 22, 2011
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HAWKS WE DO
Hawks we do
this is how we do
Hawks we do
we do
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This is my transcription of this cheer; quoted in Five Stomp And Shake Videos Of The West Meck High School Varsity Cheerleading Squad (Charlotte, North Carolina) https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2014/01/five-stomp-and-shake-videos-of-west.html
Additions and corrections to this transcription are welcome
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HE TRAVELED (Added May 30, 2022)
He traveled
He ran x2
He walked x2
He took too many steps
Aye, we got that ball
He traveled
-ADORABLE, 2021, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptN4nmBMAA8 "He Traveled" published by DCH cheers, Nov. 11, 2017
He Traveled
DCH cheers, Nov. 11, 2017
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HEY DEFENSE
featured video: VSU ALUMNI CHEER
ohhscheer, Feb 16, 2007
virginia state university alumni cheerleaders showing they
still have it at homecoming. Woo Woo my sisters!!!!!!!
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Hey Defense!
Say!
Pick up yourself!
Hey! Hey!
Knock 'em, Block em', Push 'em back.
Through that line to the quarterback.
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The first four lines are my attempt to transcribe this cheer from that video. The next to the last line was given in a comment in 2011 and the last line was given in a comment in 2015.
Additions and corrections are welcome.
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HEY YOU
Hey
Hey You
It's the Red White and Blue
The things you think you do
"school name" does times two
So put down your pompoms
And take out your bows
Now that we're here
You can go
-posted by Coach Kay, 2015 in the video given below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uCSKuSAFok
Coach Kay, Published on Mar 1, 2015
Forestville Cheerleaders came over on our side of the field and challenged us! THEY WASN'T READY!!!
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This is a high school (stomp & shake) cheer battle, but I'm not sure where these high schools are located.
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HEY YOU [added November 2, 2019]
Hey you
Hey you
You can’t do what us (mascot) do
No you can’t
You can’t shake
You can’t pop
You can’t drop
So stop
-given as example #6in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqO6xKxT9mk ***Words Included*** Cute Stomp and Shake Cheers for Sideline!!!! | Upload #16, published by Meleah Moon, January 7, 2019 (video found above]
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HUSTLE (added July 6, 2017)
featured video: HUSTLE!!!!
vcheer88, Published on Mar 13, 2009
Livingstone College Sassy & Suave Cheerleaders
Lyrics given in discussion thread comment:
19notes19, 2013
"h.u.s.t.l.e hustle -mascot- for our victory"
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Livingstone University is located in Salisbury, North Carolina.
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This concludes Part I of this series.
This is a work in progress as additional cheers may be added to this post.
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