The History Of "We Ready" Motivational Sports Song & Protest Marches Song (information & videos)

Edited by Azizi Powell

This pancocojams post presents the history of the motivational sports song "We Ready". That song has also been adopted as a motivational song for some protest marches in the United States. 

This post includes some videos of "We Ready".

The content of this post is presented for historical, socio-cultural, and motivational purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to Archie Eversole, the composer of this song. Thanks to all those who are featured in these videos and thanks to all those who are quoted in this post. Thanks also to the publishers of these videos on YouTube. 

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THE HISTORY OF THE MOTIVATIONAL SONG "WE READY"
from https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/2023/01/27/how-did-archie-eversole-we-ready-become-massive-sports-anthem/10656295002 "Every fan knows 'We Ready.' How did the song become such a massive sports anthem?" by Victoria Hernadez, Jan 27, 2023

"Looking down from nosebleed seats, in a sea of orange and blue, the field looked tiny but the anticipation was huge. Players jumped up and down as chants of "Weeee readayyy, for y'all" filled the air.

It was a Denver Broncos game years ago, and that memory still elicits goosebumps. And that song — "We Ready" by Archie Eversole — has contributed to countless fans experiencing similar unforgettable moments.

"When that song is playing, you know what's about to happen next," Brandon London, a former NFL and Canadian football player, told USA TODAY Sports. "And whether you're a fan or whether you’re an athlete, coach, doesn't matter. You know what's about to go down."

NBC used the song to preview the NFL wild-card matchup between the Los Angeles Chargers and Jacksonville Jaguars, and it wouldn't be surprising to hear it ahead of this weekend's AFC and NFC championship games.

But who is Archie Eversole? And how did his song become one of the biggest sports anthems of all time? 

The story of 'We Ready'

Born Arthur Eversole, the Atlanta-based rapper released the song he would be remembered for at the age of 17. "We Ready," along with its remix featuring Bubba Sparxxx, was part of his first and only full-length album, "Ride Wit Me Dirty Style," released in 2002. 

"It was a major, massive hit, not only just in the nightclubs in the Atlanta area, but it became a national hit because of the aggressiveness," A.R. Shaw, journalist and author of "Trap History: Atlanta Culture and the Global Impact of Trap Music," told USA TODAY Sports. "It was one of those songs that inspired you to move."

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Twenty years later, Eversole was shot and killed in April of last year at the age of 37.

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His legacy lives through "We Ready," which gives to the world the same energy those close to Eversole said he effused throughout his life.

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"We Ready" was a derivative of Pastor Troy's 1999 single "No Mo Play in G.A.," which also used a chant of "We ready" and said people needed to respect the Peach State just like California or New York.

"It was the crunk era. Everybody wanted to get crunk," Baby D, who had Eversole and Pastor Troy on his own Atlanta hit, told USA TODAY Sports. "'Eastside vs. Westside.' It was like, we was all just representing where we was from."

Bem Joiner, a friend of Eversole's and founder of creative agency Atlanta Influences Everything, said "We Ready" uses a call-and-response musical pattern that's popular in the South, giving it a Gospel feel.

And Eversole's authenticity and energy on "We Ready" helped it transcend the hip-hop scene, according to Shaw.

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That quality translate well as an ambassador to Atlanta United FC, which made its MLS debut in 2017. Atlanta United fans adopted "We Ready" as an unofficial anthem."...

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SHOWCASE VIDEOS OF EXAMPLES OF THIS SONG 

SHOWCASE VIDEO #1- Archie Eversole - We Ready (Official Music Video) ft. Bubba Sparxxx

ArchieEversoleVEVO, Dec 24, 2009  #WeReady #ArchieEversole #BubbaSparxxx

Official music video for "We Ready" performed by Archie Eversole and Bubba Sparxxx.

Music video by Archie Eversole performing We Ready. (C) 2002 Geffen Records

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElFDlShmOng

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SHOWCASE VIDEO #2-WE READY - High School Football Chant



Matthew Romero, Nov 23, 2016

A high school football team chants we ready to get hyped before a game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaZ4GHJJzqY
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The lyrics to that football hype (motivation) song are:
"We ready, we ready, we ready
for you."

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SHOWCASE VIDEO #3 - NC A&T and UNCG march to the polls 

North Carolina Democratic Party, October 19, 2026

Students from UNCG and NC A&T marched from their campuses to their shared early voting location—30 mins from UNCG and 40 mins from A&T.

Moving polling places won’t stop us from voting Republicans out of office.

https://youtube.com/shorts/S28f9F1VJpk?si=JDDroQmuPoTuOwpM
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I heard this song in the beginning of that YouTube video of the North Carolina HBCU students marching to the 2026 midterm polls.

This song has a call & response format.

Lyrics:  
caller- Everybody say [The caller then sings along with the group]
group/response- We ready
We ready
for change.
caller -Say what? Say what?
group/response - We ready
We ready
change.

[The group continues singing these words overlapping these caller's lyrics that are probably improvised on the spot: 
"Everybody say"

"A little louder please"]
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That video included this portion of a speech that the president of the North Carolina A&T  student group gave:
"Today we are walking to the polls to tell other students that their voice matters
and to tell the people in DC and the people in Raleigh that we will not allow them to bully us into not voting. That we are here.

It is our turn to lead
And we got it.
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Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2026/10/north-carolina-hbcu-students-march-to.html for the 2026 pancocojams post entitled "Black Students From Three Greensboro, North Carolina Universities March To Vote In The 2024 Midterm Election  (information, videos & chants)"

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Black Students From Three Greensboro, North Carolina Universities March To Vote In The 2024 Midterm Election (information, videos & chants)

Edited by Azizi Powell

This pancocojams post showcases some YouTube videos of some Black students from North Carolina Universities* who marched 45 minutes to cast their ballots  in the 2024 United States national midterm election. This march was in response to their failed efforts to get the county to restore their voting sites on their campuses.  

This pancocojams post also documents the words to a few protest chants that I could decipher those North Carolina university students vocalizing. 

The Addendum of this post presents some information about one of those chants: "Shut it down!"  

The content of this post is presented for historical and socio-cultural purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to all the students who participated in this march to the polls. Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publishers of these videos on YouTube.
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*The university students that marched to the national midterm polls October 29, 2026 were from North Carolina A&T (a historically Black College & University), University of North Carolina at Greensboro (a public state university), and Bennett College, a private, liberal arts college for women. Bennet college is also a HBCU.

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2026/10/the-history-of-we-ready-motivational.html for the closely related pancocojams post on the motivational song "We Ready" that I heard being sung by these North Carolina students while they marched to the midterm polling site.

One of the videos showcased in that post is given as Showcase video #2 below.

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PART I: SHOWCASE VIDEOS 

These videos are given in no particular order and are numbered for referencing purposes only.

SHOWCASE VIDEO #1- North Carolina college students march to the polls

CNN, Oct 17, 2026

Video shows hundreds of students across North Carolina’s colleges and universities, including from the largest historically black university in the country, marching to the polls after local county officials removing polling stations located on their campuses earlier this year.

 https://youtube.com/shorts/lASzTbutYQ8?si=Dura0P1FqMOlasT9

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SHOWCASE VIDEO #2 -  NC A&T and UNCG march to the polls 



https://youtube.com/shorts/S28f9F1VJpk?si=umtPEKnDaVw9Wb6P
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North Carolina A&T University is a historically Black College & University (HBCU) . That university is located in Greensboro, North Carolina. Its students are colloquially known as "the Aggies". 

"UNCG" is "University of North Carolina at Greensboro". That university isn't a HBCU.
 
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SHOWCASE VIDEO #3- Students march to polls after Republicans shut down campus sites [portion of the “No Lie” podcast]

Brian Tyler Cohen News, Oct 19, 2026  Breaking News

Breaking: Students march to polls after Republicans shut down campus sites.
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The portion of that podcast that refers to these students is from .01 to 5:20.   
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Here's the complete reprint of this portion of that podcast' automatic transcript (with my corrections of the abbreviations for those universities).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuFvG5dMCgY

"If you watch one video today, it should be this. This is what it looks like when the Republicans effort to suppress voting backfires.

Those are students from North Carolina A&T, that's an HBCU. in Greensboro walking back to campus after casting their ballots on the first day of early voting in North Carolina.

And the only reason they were on that march is that Republicans on the local and state election boards decided those students didn't get a polling place on their own campuses anymore. So here's what happened.

A&T along with UNC [University of North Carolina] - Greensboro both had early voting sites on campus in 2024. But for this year's midterms, 2026, the Guilford County Board of Elections, which has a Republican majority, decided to approve an early voting plan with no sight at either college campus. The Republican controlled state board of elections voted 3 to2 along party lines back in January to deny A&T a voting site and then denied the campus again in August.

And students, for their part, they spent months fighting against it. They packed state board meetings in Raleigh. They protested. And yet, despite all of that, of course, they were denied. So, in spite of the effort to make it more difficult for these students to cast ballots, instead hundreds of A&T,  UNC-Greensboro, and Bennett College students marched for about 45 minutes in 85° degree heat to the nearest early voting site at Union Square and then 45 minutes back. It was reported that more than 300 votes were cast at that site that day. And that one organizer said that some students waited 3 hours to vote.

And I get that there are going to be people who say, "Look how great it is that that these students overcame those those obstacles and were still able to make their voices heard."

And that's true. But at the same point, how bleak is it that what Republicans are doing right now is creating three-hour waits for the right to vote all on purpose by the people who run the election?

Now, interestingly, when state board members were asked to explain their decision, they cited a bunch of excuses. They talked about proximity to the polls, parking, administrative concerns. One member at the January meeting asked in effect whether people could just park on campus without a pass. Would that pose an issue?

But here's the problem with that explanation: When this came up for Western Carolina University, that's another campus site uh on the chopping block. A county board member told the state board that closing it wouldn't save any money and would quote create barriers to voting for young rural residents.

So that's what this is. This wasn't a budget fight. It's not a parking problem. This is about making sure that likely Democratic voters would have a tougher time while likely Republican voters wouldn't.

And let's be clear, this is a pattern. Last month, we covered Tarant County, Texas, where Republican commissioners voted 3 to2 to shut down 92 polling places ahead of the midterms. So same playbook, different state. Their goal is to make the polling place harder to reach and hope that enough people just give up. Why? Because they can't win on the merits. And so instead, they're doing what they always do, which is pivoting to just preventing people from being able to cast their ballots outright.

But here's the tragic irony. As far as the Republicans are concerned, their efforts to suppress the vote are very clearly backfiring. On the first day of early voting in North Carolina, more than 201,000 people voted in person. That's according to the state board of elections. in 2022. So the last midterm cycle, that number was 137,000. So this is a 47% jump from one midterm cycle to the next. Registered Democrats outvoted registered Republicans by nearly 28 points. In 2024, that advantage for for Democrats was two points. So this is a massive swing to the left. Registered Republican turnout was actually down from 2022. And 94 of the state's 100 counties saw higher first day turnout than 4 years ago.

Now, it's worth noting that this march that we're talking about here obviously wasn't solely responsible for the huge numbers considering early voting was up everywhere across the state. But here's what the numbers do tell you. The students who were supposed to give up and stay home didn't. They walked and they made their way to the polls and they cast their ballots and they made their voices heard. And that's the bottom line here. A county board in Greensboro looked at a campus full of young voters, mostly black of course, and decided to make voting harder for them. And those students answered by showing up in even greater numbers, on foot in the heat to a site that was an hour away. The people who built those barriers are still betting that voters are going to quit. But these students just showed the entire country that they won't.

If Republicans want to win over voters in North Carolina, they've got an option that doesn't involve a long walk. They can just try winning those students over. But until then, expect the marches to keep getting bigger."

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PART II- PROTEST CHANTS THAT ARE HEARD IN THESE VIDEOS

Pancocojams Editor's Notes:
Some of the words to these chants are difficult to decipher. Please add and correct my attempt to document the words to these chants in the comment section to this post. Thanks! 

Description: All of these chants appear have a call/response format

Here are the chants that I heard and could decipher in these showcase videos and in other online videos that I watched of that march

(given in alphabetical order) 


call: "No justice!"
response: "No peace!"

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call- This is what democracy looks like
response- This is what democracy looks like
{repeat
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call - [indecipherable]

response- "Shut it down!"

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[a portion of a call and response chant] 

call: "What do we want it?"
response -[indecipherable]
call- "when do we want it?"
response - "Now!"
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Other sources for the North Carolina HBCU students' chants:
from https://www.facebook.com/amy.siskind/videos/on-thursday-north-carolina-at-students-marched-an-hour-each-way-to-vote-on-the-f/3052139098451870/ "North Carolina A&T Students March to Vote After Polling"

 Facebook · Amy Siskind, October 17, 2026

"Protesters are heard chanting 'Shut it down! Black Lives Matter!' and 'No justice, no peace!'"

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The title to this video about that North Carolina HBCU student march to the polls may have been a chant that those students said: 
"You can move our polling site but you can’t stop our vote!”

NC HBCU Students March 45 MINUTES to Vote! #HBCU #VotingRights #LamontTyson

@Lamont Tyson, Oct 17, 2026  https://youtube.com/shorts/qUR2un0Bmgk?si=fWAdLwn6ytHijV9l

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ADDENDUM- Some information about the "Shut It Down" protest chant

AI Overview
"The "Shut it down" chant is a popular, direct protest slogan used across labor strikes, civil rights demonstrations, and political movements to demand an immediate halt to operations, unfair conditions, or systemic injustice.

Meaning and Purpose

Direct Action: The phrase serves as a call to halt business-as-usual operations, symbolizing the disruptive power of organized workers or citizens.

Escalation: It is often used as a response line in call-and-response chants when negotiations fail or urgency needs to be emphasized (e.g., "And if we don't get it... Shut it down!").

[…]

WGA Contract 2023

https://www.wgacontract2023.org › strike › strike-chants-...

And if we don't get it (SHUT IT DOWN) If we don't get it (SHUT IT DOWN) Ain't no power Like the power of the union 'Cuz the power of the union don't stop Hey ..."
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The earliest date for an example of the "Shut it down!" protest chant that AI Overview cited in that write-up was from 2021. However, that protest chant could have been used before that date.

The words in that protest chant that begin with "Ain't no" are patterned after lyrics that have been re-worked countless times in Hip Hop and elsewhere. Based on online sources such as https://www.quora.com/Who-was-the-first-person-to-use-the-phrasing-There-aint-no-party-like-an-X-party  Tupac's 1994 record lyrics “Ain’t no party like a thug life party”... were the first Hip Hop use of that phrasing, but Coolio's 1996 record "1,2,3,4 (Sumptin New)" ["Ain't no party like a west coast party cause a west coast party don't stop"] was the first popular use of that saying.

Those lyrics have been reworked countless times using that same pattern. 

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The Twenty Most Viewed Pancocojams Posts On October 20, 2026

 

Edited by Azizi Powell

This post is part of a periodic series that highlights the top twenty pancocojams posts that were viewed on a particular date.*

This post presents a list of the twenty most viewed pancocojams post on October 20, 2026.

This is part of a periodic series that documents which posts in this blog have top views within a certain period of time*. There's no discernable reason why I chose this particular day to publish this post. 

*Google blogspot automatically publishes a list that the blog's editor can view of the top twenty posts in a blog that have been visited within a certain time period. Statistics for every post that has been published in this blog that I haven't deleted for one reason or another could be included in this top twenty list. It's probable that this top twenty list changes from one day to the next. 

The first post that I published in this series was on May 16, 2026. I focused on that date because I noticed that this pancocojams blog had reached a total of 18 million + views since I launched it on August 29, 2011. (That number doesn't included my views .)  Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-twenty-most-viewed-pancocojams.html for that post. 

That last post in this series that I published in this series before this October 20, 2026 post was on July 22, 2026:
 https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2026/07/the-twenty-most-viewed-pancocojams_01866728769.html "The Twenty Most Viewed Pancocojams Posts On July 22, 2026 (with astrology notes about Mercury Retrograde & Barbault's Basket)"

It's interesting to notice the differences in the subjects for the twenty most viewed pancocojams posts on the different days that have been showcased in this series.
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This post is presented to document meta information about this blog. This list is also presented as a way of highlighting these showcased posts.

Thanks for supporting pancocojams!

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PANCOCOJAMS EDITOR'S NOTE
The mission of pancocojams is to showcases the music, dances, language practices, & customs of African Americans and of other people of Black descent throughout the world.

This pancocojams blog has had a total of 23,838,064 views* from the date that this blog was launched on August 29, 2011 to the publication date and time of this particular post.

*This number doesn't include my views.

A total number of 6077 posts are available on this pancocojams blog as of October 20, 2026-including this one. 

This list that is given in this post presents the title for each of the top twenty posts that were viewed during the time period that is shown in this blog statistic's page for October 20, 2026. in addition to the post's title, these entries include the hyperlink, and that post's publishing date.

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All of the top twenty lists that have been published in this pancocojams meta series document the eclectic nature and the wide range of socio-cultural and/or folkloric topics that are featured in this blog.

Click the "pancocojams blog meta" to find the other posts in this series.

I determine the subject of each pancocojams post as the Spirit (or my spirit) moves me to do so.

Publishing this list can help visitors to this blog find posts that they may be interested in visiting again or visiting for the first time. 
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Also, click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2024/12/links-to-twenty-five-pancocojams-posts.html for the post entitled "Links To The Twenty-Five Pancocojams Posts With The Highest Number Of Views (From 2011-2024)."

In 2025 I decided not to publish an annual "most viewed" post from this blog's launching  because the list of posts with the most views has remained very similar for a number of years. 

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A LIST OF THE TWENTY MOST VIEWED PANCOCOJAMS POST (October 20, 2026)

[The post with the highest number of views on that day is given first, and all the other posts are given in descending order.]

1. Dread Drama - Did Celts And/Or Other White People Historically Wear Their Hair In Dreadlocks?

https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2016/09/dread-drama-did-celts-andor-other-white.html

September 28, 2016

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2. Children's Parodies Of "I Believe I Can Fly" (text & video examples)

https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2013/10/childrens-parodies-of-i-believe-i-can_2.html

October 2, 2013

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3. The REAL Origin Of The Word "Ungawa" & Various Ways That Word Has Been Used In The USA

https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2015/08/the-real-origins-of-word-ungawa-various.html

August 13, 2015

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4. The Evolution Of The Children's Rhyme "Say Say My Playmate" (with a focus on some examples that include a reference to the flu)

https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-evolution-of-childrens-rhyme-say.html

September 4, 2021

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5. The Racist Roots Of The "Five Little Monkeys Jumping On The Bed" Chant

https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-racist-roots-of-five-little-monkeys.html

July 22, 2014

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6. Down By The Banks Of The Hanky Panky (General Information, YouTube videos, & text examples)

https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2015/02/down-by-banks-of-hanky-panky-video.html

February 11, 2015

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7. The Original Meaning of The Song That Became "Sea Lion Woman"

https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2011/08/original-meaning-of-song-that-became.html

August 30, 2011

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8. What "Ah Sookie Sookie Now" Means

https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2013/05/what-ah-sookie-sookie-now-means.html

May 14, 2013

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9. The Origins And Meanings Of "Shante You Stay" & "Sashay Away"

https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2014/04/the-origins-and-meanings-of-shante-you.html

April 8, 2014

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10. "Hey Hey Get Out Of My Way" Children's Chant (Examples & Comments)

https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2014/03/hey-hey-get-out-of-my-way-examples.html

March 31, 2014

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11. The REAL Meanings Of "The Spades Go" & "The Space Go" In Playground Rhymes

https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-real-meaning-of-spades-go-space-go.html

November 1, 2012

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12. Lists Of Most Common Bajan (Barbados) Last Names

https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2016/07/lists-of-most-common-bajan-barbados.html

July 6, 2016

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13. Freemasonry and the Development of Greek-Letter Fraternities (pdf excerpt)

https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2024/02/freemasonry-and-development-of-greek.html

February 2, 2024

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14. Offensive Children's Rhymes: " I Went To A Chinese Restaurant"

https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2013/07/anti-asian-rhymes-i-went-to-chinese.html

July 14, 2013

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15. Nigerian & Ethiopian Examples Of The Highlife Song "Sawale"

https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2012/06/nigerian-ethiopian-examples-of-highlife.html

June 2, 2012

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16. Lagos City Chorale - "Ibiki" (A Nigerian Composition by Dr. Oyibosiya Eberewariye)

https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2016/12/lagos-city-chorale-ibiki-nigerian-folk.html

December 22, 2016

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17. Early In The Morning (Prison Work Song 1947-1948, lyrics & sound file)

https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2014/06/early-in-morning-prison-work-song-1947.html

June 4, 2014

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18. "This A Way Valerie" ("Strut Miss Lucy", "Strut Miss Susie", "This A Way Willowbee") Singing Games

https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2015/04/this-way-valerie-strut-miss-lucy-strut.html

April 7, 2015

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19. What Is The REAL Meaning Of The Black American Saying "Invited To The Cookout"?

https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2026/10/more-information-comments-about-african.html

October 17, 2026

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20. Early Examples Of The Children's Rhyme "What's Your Name Puddin Tane"

https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2014/11/early-examples-of-childrens-rhyme-whats.html

November 20, 2014

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More YouTube Discussion Thread Comments About Whether Non-Black People Should Be Invited To "The Cookout"

Is he invited to the next BBQ?

@SkinBone, August 5, 2024

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Edited by Azizi Powell

This is Part III of a three part pancocojams series about the Black American saying "invited to the Cookout".

This pancocojams post showcases a YouTube video of Sam Sanchez*, a White man who is allegedly performing the Percolator dance. SkinBone, a Black American man who is a YouTube influencer/video publisher, joins Sanchez for parts of that dance.

The discussion thread for this video presents selected differing opinions about whether Sam Sanchez or any other non-Black person should be invited to the Cookout (In this video title the word "bbq" means "The Cookout"

*Sam Sanchez. Sanchez has been featured in several YouTube shorts allegedly dancing the Percolator. In 2025 he launched a YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSbwzFs1uWw)  instructing people how to do the Percolator and other dances.

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2026/10/a-probably-unplanned-2024-video-of.html for Part I of this pancocojams series. That post showcases a YouTube video that went viral of Sam Sanchez, a White man from Chicago, Illinois performing the Percolator dance during a cruise in 2024. That video may have been taped without Sam Sanchez's foreknowledge.

That pancocojams post also includes a YouTube video of a 2025 television news interview with Sam Sanchez about that viral dance video.   

Selected comments from the discussion threads of those two YouTube videos are included in that post.

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2026/10/more-information-comments-about-african.html  for Part II of this pancocojams series. That post presents information and comments about the Black American saying being "invited To The Cookout".

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The content of this post is presented for socio-cultural and linguistic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

 Thanks to Sam Sanchez and SkinBone who are featured in this video. Thanks to all of those who are quoted in this post. Thanks also to SkinBone for publishing this video on YouTube.
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Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/07/the-real-meaning-of-african-american.html "The REAL Meaning Of "Invited To The Cookout" In African American Culture" for a 2020 pancocojams post on this subject.

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/07/what-disinvited-to-cookout-means-in.html "What "Dis-invited to the Cookout" Means In African American Culture" for a 2020 pancocojams post on a closely related subject.

Also, click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/07/comments-about-excerpts-of-articles.html for the closely related 2020 pancocojams post entitled "Comments About & Excerpts Of Articles About "Karen" & The "Raisins In Potato Salad" Memes".

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SELECTED COMMENTS FROM THE DISCUSSION THREAD FOR THE VIDEO THAT IS EMBEDDED IN THIS PANCOCOJAMS POST

(Numbers are given for referencing purposes only.)

https://youtube.com/shorts/4SaarVqM7h0?si=zqXBQP4K-dQVdKCu

2024

1. @jaymoney8219
"Thats the dude that was on the cruise ship video 😂"

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2. @JaiK64
"Noooo not at all. We gatekeeping over here. You can play with yo lil friendz all day but don't bring them to this house 😅😅😂"

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3. @dirtybirdy510
"I said no immediately, then I said double no after that ending."

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4. @medusasunshine4705
"✅✅✅"

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5. @0fficialcheeto
"Yup he’s definitely invited 🔥🔥"

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6. @EarthScholar
"Why? Because he can do some simple dance moves? That's the standard?""

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8. @shalawndudley2094
"​ @EarthScholar Re read the comment

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9. @Wow-j3z
"He still invited ❤ he done that" 

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10. @davonjones8438
"Juke it... Juke it... aye Aye aye🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤but that last move from Dude was off💯"

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11. @PurpleFlower00
"That’s that Tina twerk from Bobs Burgers!!!🤣🤣💀"

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12. @Itzplutobaby
"My boy pulled that TINA from bobs burgers and got uninvited 😭😭"

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13. @JujuRome09, 2026
"If yal don’t kno bout bobs burger don’t worry bout it yall too young lol"

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14.  @tiffanyhoyle904
"I was waiting and not 1 percolator got percolated 😂😂

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15. @DamitaJemison
"AYE He definitely invited 😊😊😊❤"

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16. @NikoTheDunn
"#MostDefinitely 🤞🏽"

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17. @virtuoussoulhealer3644
"Neither of them are invited"

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18. @thisloverofgod658
"We are not accepting any applications for a black card until the year 3055 when racism stops"

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19. @akeemMagic01
"No. No more invites to outsiders."

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20. @NerdZaNTheHood-Macon
"No more invites 😂"

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21. @JessicaTheBlackOne
"He had us in the first half ngl 😂"

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22. @317cmrogers, 2026
"Bro was almost in😅😂"
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Notice the change in meaning for the word "bro". This word used to only refer to Black males.
Now that word refers to males of any race/ethnicity and also can be used as a referent for people of any gender.
 
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23. @katinahenderson7081
"Why did he break his back?  Nooo stay yo butt at home😂😂😂efinitely invited ❤❤❤

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24. @jeremydover8694
"Ok dude took it to far but honestly they were both moving zesty 😂"

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25. @angelvenus-africa4161
"No agents . Just cause theres  a  dance dorsnt mean everyone can come.

We nerd to guard ourselves"
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"Nerd" is probably a typo for the word "need".

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26. @Bossdup258
"Still ain’t learned from the Olympic breakdancing huh. They gon steal this too smh"

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27. @THEChillOne1
"Hell nah"

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28. @nicolecuthrell9001
"Neither one of them actually did the percolator"

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29. @1zzagarland103
"Yawl aint do the perkulator once🤣"

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30. @kishat9200
"Hell yea he invited he going to turn up 😂😂"

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31. @jjdotj5028
"His Black Card is pending approval based on his behavior at the next BBQ!😂😂😂😂😂"

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32. @AfiOye
"White boy ATE UP 🔥"
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"ATE UP" = "did something very well"

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33. @777MAG
"Yes😂save him some potato salad and collards…he’s one of us …hold on the curry chicken and jollof rice , let’s see what else he can do 😂😂😂"

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34. @sashavatelli
"He was almost invited dang he busted that last move got him denied 😢"

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35. @entrophicorsey2357
"That twerk at the end canceled the invite😂😂😂😂"

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36. @robinnewmanburton
"Shoulda never had one!"

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37. @thund3rcloud3
"He can help set up and clean up but dont know if he participate 😂😂"

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38. @TJswan007
"HE'S INVITED 🏌️"

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39. @GalenHarris-w3s
"Yes, he’s invited to the bbq but he have to leave that last move where he found it at lol 🔥"

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40. @LadyGabi88
"He did awesome until the end 😂😂😂"

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41. @kinetiqqq7598
"He did the "Tina" from bobs burgers"

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42. @brooklynstacker
"Bone was like naw😂"

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43. @joyce4815
"No-stop inviting folks to our cookout just because they can do a dance or sing our songs. Just accept them as they are and we can all get along."

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44. @Ldotti43
"I hate to be a Debbie Downer but we have to raise the qualifications on invites to the cookout.... They never talked about inviting us to their picnics with their cheese sandwiches"

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45. @bossmanreese9745
"Nope leave him right there"

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46. @goodfeels8204
"He's good,  but no more cookout invites at this time"

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47. @AboriginalWoman_
"No no no we gatekeeping get on board"

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48. @cryp4life509
"Naa he aint comin to no FBA cookout. A tether cookout? Yeah prolly."
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"FBA" - a new referent for a Black person who can trace at least one of his ancestors to an enslaved person or freeborn Black person in the United States prior to the end of the Civil War.

"tether" - a new referent that is put down referent for a Black person who emigrated or his ancestors (post 1865) emigrated to the United States from the Caribbean, Africa, or elsewhere

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49. @egoGREATER
"Bbqs are canceled until further notice, we’re delineating"
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"delineating"-a new FBA use  of an older English word that means "tracing and declaring one's lineage" (to differentiate and uplift "FBAs" from "tethers"    

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50. @prettypinkice43
"Nope still not invited he can get a plate though from outside the gate."

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51. @KpuSh2start
"Nall. He can do that dance but stop trusting everybody 😂"

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52. @Travis-c5b
"Invitation granted to the cookout but then got kicked outta the cookout for that last move 😂😂"

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53. @jameelahmarie8234
"That is not how that dance goes at all. Omg the new generation is messing up everything. No he is not invited he can sit in the car and watch."

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54. @manifresh9047
"Naw he not. We good. Skinbone not even invited💯💪🏿💥💥💥💥"

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55. @STOPTHECAP-q9i
"just stop sh-t* not funny, this our dance and culture stop sharing our sh-t* goofy"
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* This word is fully spelled out in that discussion thread.

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56. @hyashitruthful6751
"Yea cuz can get a plate💪🏿"
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"cuz" =African American Vernacular English abbreviation for "cousin"

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57. @shayblessed
"Aye yo white boy is highly invested in the black culture lol😅 I extremely dig this 100% get it boo's lol ❤❤❤"

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58. @DivinelyBlessed2222
"No! All " BBQ" invites have been CANCELLED! TF 😂"
Stop playin."

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59. @eskimoblack
"No, I'm not impressed with dance moves or rap versus. Do you speak up for blk Americans in racist group chats and family gatherings. Do you post online when injustices toward the black community occur. Are you an advocate for reparations? But even after all.. Black Americans need to heal rn , all invites are haulted until further notice"
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rn= "right now"

My guess is that these comments about Cookouts being cancelled or "invites to cookouts/bbq being cancelled are one consequence of the results of what happened in the 2024 United States Presidential election.

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60. @JavarisPegues-c6p
"LoL hell yeah he in 💯💯😎😎💙💙👌🏾👌🏾"

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61. @Tru2S3lf
"Not invited … moves are nice but enjoy at your own cookout respectfully"

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62. @catonyapittman9786
"no he not mf do one dance nd yall wanna trust them"

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63. @tugunzdebeau8827
"The Guest List has been closed for quite some time.....So Nope"

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64. @tyb4839
"Nope, and you better quit asking before the venue get changed without your knowledge."

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65. @yallgonlearntoday
"Are you invited to his Great Grandfathers picnic?"

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66. @thefunnyjawn8812
"We not giving out invites no more."

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67. @ricoluv9153
"Hell naw no passes"

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68. @neat_mille
"nah neither one of yall cant come...yall doing too much lol"

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69. @itsmeezcornflakes5960
"Nope,  those doors are super closed."

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70. @Brownsuga210
"No I gate keep😂"

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71. @melissahoneybee6395
"He can definitely come to the BBQ for sure, but probably not ready for the cookout with that last move 😅"

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72. @KEESHWASH
"Nope! He not invited to the bbq. Cause when we used to hit the percolator. The last move is breaking it down to the ground and busting into the split. 😂😂😂😂😂😂 if you gon hit it, you gotta hit it right! 😂😂😂😂😂 Me and my dance crew used to tear the floor up."

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73. @von9978
"All Cookouts and BBQs are canceled until further notice!"

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74. @tyroman100
"Nah he too focused he had to stop and get on beat 😭 nahh stay over there"

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75. @WolfMannKB
"Not with them back to the future ahh shoes"

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76. @GoatReactz
"Hell nah it takes m8re than a dance. We need commitment and intel."

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77. @DiamondWater_11
"Well shoot he almost got the pass to bring the potato salad until he switched up 🤣 🤣 🤣 Just bring him a plate, he earned it!! ❤"

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78. @chriscummings9178
"lol nah bruh cancelled that invite with that popping he did at the end. He was good until that part but instantly revoked afterwards"

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79. @ilovejoharai
"He can come...long as he leave the back twerk at home😂"

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80. @southside713
"Yeah homie can come get a plate…. and tell him to bring some Hennessy. 😂"

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81. @shirlgurl8487
"Hell yeah 😂😂😂 they hit dat 🔥"

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82. @BlaccTj
"That last move cost him😂he will never get invited"

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