Edited by Azizi Powell
Latest revision to this post- July 12, 2024
This is Part III of a three part pancocojams series that documents some text examples (words) of stomp & shake cheerleading cheers.
This series showcases texts (words) for high school or university stomp & shake cheerleader cheers that are found on YouTube. This post presents examples whose titles begin with S-Z.
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.html for Part I of this series. (A-H)
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2017/06/examples-of-stomp-shake-cheerleading_29.html for Part II of this series. (I-R)
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 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.
Latest revision to this post- July 12, 2024
This is Part III of a three part pancocojams series that documents some text examples (words) of stomp & shake cheerleading cheers.
This series showcases texts (words) for high school or university stomp & shake cheerleader cheers that are found on YouTube. This post presents examples whose titles begin with S-Z.
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.html for Part I of this series. (A-H)
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2017/06/examples-of-stomp-shake-cheerleading_29.html for Part II of this series. (I-R)
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.
-snip-
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 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.
I've found other examples of the same cheers online, but didn't add them to this compilation unless the words are different.
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
S, T
SAY IT IN OUR FACE
Eeeyep!
Fight fight the power,
Hey go head go head.
Hey fight fight he power.
Go head go head.
Hey fight the power.
We are the Rams
And we stay on your case.
If you have something to say
Say it to our face. Haw!
Hey fight the power
Hey fight the power,
Say what
Say what
We are the Rams
And we get on your case.
If you have something to say
Say it in our face.
Say it in our face.
Say it
in
our
face.
HAWHHHHH!
-Winston-Salem State University WSSU Cheer Phi Cheerleaders, 2007; as posted by SAC010 in that video's discussion thread by secalong, February 2011 (along with some transcription by Azizi Powell)
Featured video: WSSU Cheerleaders Getting’ Crunk
ORIGINALCHEERPHI,Published on Feb 22, 2008
WSSU CHEERLEADERS SHOWING U HOW IT SHOULD BE DONE AT THE ULTIMATE CHEER & DANCE EXPERIENCE TRIAD HIGH SCHOOL CHEERLEADING COMPETITION 2007
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The title for this cheer might be "Fight The Power". It is the second cheer that is performed in that video.
"CheerPhi" used to be the name of Winton-Salem State University (WSSU)'s cheerleading squad. I believe that university now uses the names "Red team" and "White team" for its cheerleading squads. That university's mascot is the ram.
The word "original" denotes the video publisher's belief that WSSU was the originator of stomp & shake cheerleading. From my online research, I agree that WSSU was the originator of their style of stomp & shake cheerleading (movements), a style that many stomp & shake cheerleaders try to imitate, but a style that is somewhat different from Virginia State University's Woo woos, another Historically Black College & University (HBCU) cheerleading squad that my research suggests is also a stomp & shake cheerleading originator.
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SET IT OFF [WSSU Band Chant]
Pancocojams Editor's note: The verse below isn't a stomp & shake cheer, but is instead something that the band (and that university's fans) chant while the cheerleaders and majorette dancers perform. Nevertheless, I found two videos of Winston-Salem State University's (WSSU) cheerleaders performing to this instrumental composition, and decided to add that chant and also add a video and a video link as examples of how stomp & shake cheerleaders don't always cheer, but sometimes just move (dance, or tumble, or do stunts) to instrumental music.
Hannah Jones, 2015
"what is their chant that they say for this song"
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Reply
jasmine harris, 2015
@hannah jones the words are "we're the red sea and we gonna punish you... You don't want it with this band when we're in front of you we set this thing off!" I learned it last month when I played with them!
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"We" in this chant is Winston-Salem State University's band and not their cheerleaders.
Here's one video of WSSU's band, their majorette dancers, their fans, and their cheerleaders performing to "Set It Off" and at the end of their dancing, the cheerleaders doing their signature "eeeyup!" yelp:
2013 WSSU Set it off
Artistry Photography, Published on Nov 4, 2013
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Here's a link to another WSSU "Set It Off"video:
2014 WSSU Cheerleaders, Set It OFF
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJE2QXaneB4
Artistry Photography, Published on Sep 21, 2014
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COMMENT ABOUT "SET IT OFF" [WSSU Basketball cheer] [text revised jULY 4, 2017]
Pancocojams Editor's note:
A comment in the discussion thread for St. Augustine University cheer "It's About To Go Down" indicates that that cheer is copied from a 1994 Winston- Salem State University cheer basketball cheer entitled "Set It Off:
Here's that comment:
CheerPhi93, 2013 [in the discussion thread for https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1Fszc4_seI Saint Augustine's University 2009 Bluechips Cheerleaders- "Its About to Go Down"
"Can you say that is nothing but WSSU "Set it up lets Go SU" basketball chant...Yes it is original for it was made up in 1994..I was there when it was made up! THE END! #dooces!"
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"It" in the comment is the cheer "Its About to Go Down"
Regretfully, I can't understand the words to St. Augustine's "It's About To Go Down" cheer, and I can't the words online. If you know the words to this cheer, please add it to this compilation for the folkloric record. Thanks!
I also haven't found any words to WSSU's basketball cheer "Set It Off"
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Here are two definitions of "set it off" from https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=set%20it%20off
Set it off
"to do something major, either something that can cause a huge disturbance or significance."
**
"set it off
"To do something with intensity or hurricane like force."
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SHAKE IT UP
shake it up
really get tough
u cant get enough
of that
what
eagle stuff
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Performed by Sassy (Prince Edward High School, Farmville, Virginia), words posted by Dom H, 2009 (reformatted in this post from sentence to line format.)
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SASSY (Shake It Up)
woowooworkit, Published on Aug 31, 2007
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SHOOT ME A BASKET (added November 23, 2020)
Shoot me
a basket
We want
a basket.
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
S, T
SAY IT IN OUR FACE
Eeeyep!
Fight fight the power,
Hey go head go head.
Hey fight fight he power.
Go head go head.
Hey fight the power.
We are the Rams
And we stay on your case.
If you have something to say
Say it to our face. Haw!
Hey fight the power
Hey fight the power,
Say what
Say what
We are the Rams
And we get on your case.
If you have something to say
Say it in our face.
Say it in our face.
Say it
in
our
face.
HAWHHHHH!
-Winston-Salem State University WSSU Cheer Phi Cheerleaders, 2007; as posted by SAC010 in that video's discussion thread by secalong, February 2011 (along with some transcription by Azizi Powell)
Featured video: WSSU Cheerleaders Getting’ Crunk
ORIGINALCHEERPHI,Published on Feb 22, 2008
WSSU CHEERLEADERS SHOWING U HOW IT SHOULD BE DONE AT THE ULTIMATE CHEER & DANCE EXPERIENCE TRIAD HIGH SCHOOL CHEERLEADING COMPETITION 2007
-snip-
The title for this cheer might be "Fight The Power". It is the second cheer that is performed in that video.
"CheerPhi" used to be the name of Winton-Salem State University (WSSU)'s cheerleading squad. I believe that university now uses the names "Red team" and "White team" for its cheerleading squads. That university's mascot is the ram.
The word "original" denotes the video publisher's belief that WSSU was the originator of stomp & shake cheerleading. From my online research, I agree that WSSU was the originator of their style of stomp & shake cheerleading (movements), a style that many stomp & shake cheerleaders try to imitate, but a style that is somewhat different from Virginia State University's Woo woos, another Historically Black College & University (HBCU) cheerleading squad that my research suggests is also a stomp & shake cheerleading originator.
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SET IT OFF [WSSU Band Chant]
Pancocojams Editor's note: The verse below isn't a stomp & shake cheer, but is instead something that the band (and that university's fans) chant while the cheerleaders and majorette dancers perform. Nevertheless, I found two videos of Winston-Salem State University's (WSSU) cheerleaders performing to this instrumental composition, and decided to add that chant and also add a video and a video link as examples of how stomp & shake cheerleaders don't always cheer, but sometimes just move (dance, or tumble, or do stunts) to instrumental music.
Hannah Jones, 2015
"what is their chant that they say for this song"
**
Reply
jasmine harris, 2015
@hannah jones the words are "we're the red sea and we gonna punish you... You don't want it with this band when we're in front of you we set this thing off!" I learned it last month when I played with them!
-snip-
"We" in this chant is Winston-Salem State University's band and not their cheerleaders.
Here's one video of WSSU's band, their majorette dancers, their fans, and their cheerleaders performing to "Set It Off" and at the end of their dancing, the cheerleaders doing their signature "eeeyup!" yelp:
2013 WSSU Set it off
Artistry Photography, Published on Nov 4, 2013
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Here's a link to another WSSU "Set It Off"video:
2014 WSSU Cheerleaders, Set It OFF
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJE2QXaneB4
Artistry Photography, Published on Sep 21, 2014
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COMMENT ABOUT "SET IT OFF" [WSSU Basketball cheer] [text revised jULY 4, 2017]
Pancocojams Editor's note:
A comment in the discussion thread for St. Augustine University cheer "It's About To Go Down" indicates that that cheer is copied from a 1994 Winston- Salem State University cheer basketball cheer entitled "Set It Off:
Here's that comment:
CheerPhi93, 2013 [in the discussion thread for https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1Fszc4_seI Saint Augustine's University 2009 Bluechips Cheerleaders- "Its About to Go Down"
"Can you say that is nothing but WSSU "Set it up lets Go SU" basketball chant...Yes it is original for it was made up in 1994..I was there when it was made up! THE END! #dooces!"
-snip-
"It" in the comment is the cheer "Its About to Go Down"
Regretfully, I can't understand the words to St. Augustine's "It's About To Go Down" cheer, and I can't the words online. If you know the words to this cheer, please add it to this compilation for the folkloric record. Thanks!
I also haven't found any words to WSSU's basketball cheer "Set It Off"
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Here are two definitions of "set it off" from https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=set%20it%20off
Set it off
"to do something major, either something that can cause a huge disturbance or significance."
**
"set it off
"To do something with intensity or hurricane like force."
****
SHAKE IT UP
shake it up
really get tough
u cant get enough
of that
what
eagle stuff
-snip-
Performed by Sassy (Prince Edward High School, Farmville, Virginia), words posted by Dom H, 2009 (reformatted in this post from sentence to line format.)
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SASSY (Shake It Up)
woowooworkit, Published on Aug 31, 2007
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SHOOT ME A BASKET (added November 23, 2020)
Shoot me
a basket
We want
a basket.
Source:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LA8BbA5HyA&ab_channel=Mr.BHen
"VSU Woo Woos 06-07", posted by Mr. B Hen, May 15, 2020
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This video is an interview with VSU's former long time Woo Woo cheerleading coach Dr. Paulette Johnson. That cheer occurs at 2:02 in that video.
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SHOOT FOR TWO (version #1)
Shoot shoot!
Shoot shoot for 2,
shoot shoot!
Shoot shoot for 2.
Shoot 2 ! Take it to the hoop and shoot for two
- posted by Teya J, 2013 in the discussion thread for the video " WHS Cheerleaders...We got the Juice" [video given below].
I think that this is the version of the cheer that Teya J knows rather than the way that WHS performed this cheer.
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SHOOT FOR TWO (version #2)
Shoot 2 (aye) shoot shoot for 2
Shoot 2 (aye) shoot shoot for 2
Shoot 2 ( aye, aye)
Take it to the hoop and shoot for 2"
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performed by WHS cheerleaders (I think that this is Westover High School, Fayetteville, North Carolina), words posted by Tamera coleman, 2015 [This commenter wrote 2x after the first line. For this post I repeated that line instead of writing those instructions.]
Featured video - WHS Cheerleaders...We got the Juice
jalin94, Uploaded on Oct 23, 2011
This video was uploaded from an Android phone.
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The title of this basketball video is a folk processed version (a misunderstanding) of what the cheerleader were chanting.
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SHOOT FOR TWO (Example #3) [added July 3, 2017]
Shoot Shoot
Shoot Shoot For Two
Shoot Shoot
Shoot Shoot For Two
(shoot shoot)
*Aye 3x's*
Take It To The Hoop & Shoot For Two
- posted by Alexis Hatch, 2012 in the video given below:
Featured video: West Charlotte Jv Squad pt. 2 2010-2011
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yiGjHrmBw0
Angelica McClure, Published on Feb 11, 2011
Our Last Basketball Game Against Vance ! =(
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Here's an interesting comment exchange from that video's discussion thread:
Kella Chavis, 2014
"I have never known cheerleaders to sit in bleachers"
**
Reply
Firstclass82 A/D, 2015
"A first for me too"
**
Reply
Keke B., 2016
"+ANTHONY EWING its only for basketball season we can't exactly stand on the court"
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SHOOT FOR TWO (Example #4) [added November 2, 2019]
Drop that ball off in that hoop (hoop) & shoot shoot for two
Drop that ball off in that hoop (hoop)& shoot shoot for two
Drop that ball off in that hoop (3x)
And shoot shoot,
and shoot shoot
and shoot shoot for two
-given as #6 in this YouTube video:
***Words Included*** Cute Stomp and Shake Cheers for Basketball!!!! | Upload #14
Meleah Moon, Dec 19, 2018
WestWood Cheer, Nov. 26, 2018
One cheerleader [the caller] - Shoot it for two
Shoot it for two
All cheerleaders - Shoot it for two
Shoot it for two
Shoot, shoot, shoot
Shoot it for two.
[repeat all the words except the caller's line saying the cheer title.
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SHOOT THAT BALL [Added October 9, 2018]
Shoot that ball , shoot shoot that ball
Hey , Hey
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This is the third cheer that was featured in 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
Several commenters complimented this cheer and/or its performance as being "lit".
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SIT BACK DOWN
(One cheerleader):
Step to us
You betta
sit
back
down.
(Entire squad)
Some of ya'll think
that HU aint got no style
But when it comes to us,
you better sit back down.
So sit back, and relax,
cause we came to show you that [rival's name]
ain't got nothin on HU.
You shake like this,
You move like this.
But in the end
your squad aint SHHHHH"
-Howard University [Washington D.C.] Bison Cheerleaders' Battle Cheer
[The first line of this very widely used Stomp & Shake cheer may be given as "come to us" -as per a transcription in that video's discussion thread by Keana Mayberry, 2013 and exeria poole, 2013. However, Derein Rogers, 2014 writes that the first line is "step to us".]
Featured video: Howard University Battle Cheer "Sit Back Down"
CoachSpence, Published on Oct 19, 2006
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I believe that the African American Vernacular English (AAVE) pronunciation and spelling that is used in this (and many other) stomp & shake cheers is an example of code switching on purpose from standard American English to AAVE to evoke and reinforce toughness, self-confidence, and "for realness" -all of which nowadays might be called "street cred".
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SURVIVAL (added July 9, 2024)
Feature video- WSSU Cheerleaders Performing Survival 10-13-12 HD
Artistry Photography, Oct, 14, 2012
51,215 views • Oct 14, 2012WSSU cheerleaders perform the cheer survival at home football game 10-13-12
@princesskatera, 2014, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1PtnvKuwtg
"The words are: It's called survival. Only The rams can survive. Survival . In order to stay alive. Survival. Survival. Survival. Survival."
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Featured video - 2019 WSSU Cheerleaders -Survival
Artistry Photography, September 25, 2019
Comment:
TAKE IT ALL THE WAY (added November 23, 2020]
caller: [school's initials]
Take it all the way. Fight Fight Fight”
Other cheerleaders chant with the caller:
Shoot shoot!
Shoot shoot for 2,
shoot shoot!
Shoot shoot for 2.
Shoot 2 ! Take it to the hoop and shoot for two
- posted by Teya J, 2013 in the discussion thread for the video " WHS Cheerleaders...We got the Juice" [video given below].
I think that this is the version of the cheer that Teya J knows rather than the way that WHS performed this cheer.
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SHOOT FOR TWO (version #2)
Shoot 2 (aye) shoot shoot for 2
Shoot 2 (aye) shoot shoot for 2
Shoot 2 ( aye, aye)
Take it to the hoop and shoot for 2"
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performed by WHS cheerleaders (I think that this is Westover High School, Fayetteville, North Carolina), words posted by Tamera coleman, 2015 [This commenter wrote 2x after the first line. For this post I repeated that line instead of writing those instructions.]
Featured video - WHS Cheerleaders...We got the Juice
jalin94, Uploaded on Oct 23, 2011
This video was uploaded from an Android phone.
-snip-
The title of this basketball video is a folk processed version (a misunderstanding) of what the cheerleader were chanting.
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SHOOT FOR TWO (Example #3) [added July 3, 2017]
Shoot Shoot
Shoot Shoot For Two
Shoot Shoot
Shoot Shoot For Two
(shoot shoot)
*Aye 3x's*
Take It To The Hoop & Shoot For Two
- posted by Alexis Hatch, 2012 in the video given below:
Featured video: West Charlotte Jv Squad pt. 2 2010-2011
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yiGjHrmBw0
Angelica McClure, Published on Feb 11, 2011
Our Last Basketball Game Against Vance ! =(
-snip-
Here's an interesting comment exchange from that video's discussion thread:
Kella Chavis, 2014
"I have never known cheerleaders to sit in bleachers"
**
Reply
Firstclass82 A/D, 2015
"A first for me too"
**
Reply
Keke B., 2016
"+ANTHONY EWING its only for basketball season we can't exactly stand on the court"
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SHOOT FOR TWO (Example #4) [added November 2, 2019]
Drop that ball off in that hoop (hoop) & shoot shoot for two
Drop that ball off in that hoop (hoop)& shoot shoot for two
Drop that ball off in that hoop (3x)
And shoot shoot,
and shoot shoot
and shoot shoot for two
-given as #6 in this YouTube video:
***Words Included*** Cute Stomp and Shake Cheers for Basketball!!!! | Upload #14
Meleah Moon, Dec 19, 2018
[Videos of the cheers that Meleah Moon published are no
longer available on YouTube.]
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SHOOT FOR TWO [Example #5] Added Nov. 29, 2021WestWood Cheer, Nov. 26, 2018
One cheerleader [the caller] - Shoot it for two
Shoot it for two
All cheerleaders - Shoot it for two
Shoot it for two
Shoot, shoot, shoot
Shoot it for two.
[repeat all the words except the caller's line saying the cheer title.
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SHOOT THAT BALL [Added October 9, 2018]
Shoot that ball , shoot shoot that ball
Hey , Hey
-snip-
This is the third cheer that was featured in 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
Several commenters complimented this cheer and/or its performance as being "lit".
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SIT BACK DOWN
(One cheerleader):
Step to us
You betta
sit
back
down.
(Entire squad)
Some of ya'll think
that HU aint got no style
But when it comes to us,
you better sit back down.
So sit back, and relax,
cause we came to show you that [rival's name]
ain't got nothin on HU.
You shake like this,
You move like this.
But in the end
your squad aint SHHHHH"
-Howard University [Washington D.C.] Bison Cheerleaders' Battle Cheer
[The first line of this very widely used Stomp & Shake cheer may be given as "come to us" -as per a transcription in that video's discussion thread by Keana Mayberry, 2013 and exeria poole, 2013. However, Derein Rogers, 2014 writes that the first line is "step to us".]
Featured video: Howard University Battle Cheer "Sit Back Down"
CoachSpence, Published on Oct 19, 2006
-snip-
I believe that the African American Vernacular English (AAVE) pronunciation and spelling that is used in this (and many other) stomp & shake cheers is an example of code switching on purpose from standard American English to AAVE to evoke and reinforce toughness, self-confidence, and "for realness" -all of which nowadays might be called "street cred".
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SURVIVAL (added July 9, 2024)
Feature video- WSSU Cheerleaders Performing Survival 10-13-12 HD
Artistry Photography, Oct, 14, 2012
51,215 views • Oct 14, 2012
"The words are: It's called survival. Only The rams can survive. Survival . In order to stay alive. Survival. Survival. Survival. Survival."
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Featured video - 2019 WSSU Cheerleaders -Survival
Artistry Photography, September 25, 2019
Comment:
@dstgirl9of9, 2020, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hlf36fDZ1fc,
"Go SU!!!! Its so good
to see how this cheer still stands the test of time and is still popular after
all these years! I was a student at SU
(late 80's) when this cheer was created."
TAKE IT ALL THE WAY (added November 23, 2020]
caller: [school's initials]
Take it all the way. Fight Fight Fight”
Other cheerleaders chant with the caller:
We too bad
too bad
We, we too bad
too bad
Take it all the way
Fight
Fight
Fight
[repeat entire cheer one more time.]
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzzQ_en6Hro&ab_channel=RashawnJohnson
VSU Woo Woo's 2016 (3)
Rashawn Johnson, Nov 7, 2016
-snip-
This is the only comment as of November 23, 2020
Steave A, 2018
"PRECISION!"
****
TAKE IT EASY [added November 2, 2019]
Call: Take it easy
Don’t ease up
Let’s work it, let’s work it
Don’t give up
------------------------
Take it easy
Don’t ease up
Let’s work it, let’s work it
Don’t give up
-given as cheer #3 in the summary to the YouTube video entitled ***Words Included*** Cute Stomp and Shake Cheers for Basketball!!!! | Upload #14, published by Meleah Moon on Dec 19, 2018; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-d-Xpr0QTH8 [video given above)
****
TAKE IT EASY (Example #2) [added November 2, 2019]
Take it easy
Take it slow
Come on mighty (School Mascot)
Let’s go, go, go
given as cheer #7 in the summary to the YouTube video entitled***Words Included*** Cute Stomp and Shake cheers for sideline!!!! | Upload #8
Meleah Moon, November 5, 2018
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THIS IS HOW WE GET DOWN* (added July 7, 2017)
we got the juice, AYE!,
so we could probably show it,
STAY ON YOUR SIDE SO WE DONT HAVE TO THROW IT!,
got the juice, AYE!,
number one on the team,
please go sit down
'cause this is how we get down.
THIS IS HOW WE GET DOWN,
THIS IS HOW WE GET DOWN,
SO YOU NEED TO SIT DOWN!
-[last cheer in this video by the team wearing orange, posted by
Keep Ari Weird, 2016 in response to a request
-snip-
*This may not be the title of this cheer.
I reformatted this cheer's lyrics from sentence form to line form.
The vocalization given here as "AYE!" is quite common in a number of stomp & shake cheer discussion threads. It's usually spelled with multiple "e's" to indicate that the sound is extended.
Featured video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndziLS2diU4
SEHS vs Booker Cheer Battle part 2, Published on Oct 28, 2016
**
THIS IS OUR HOOD [Added on October 23, 2018]
This is our hood
We rep and know that Mustangs don't play
And when the Mustangs come thur you better get out way
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-A548lw3r0 Bladensburg vs. Flowers Cheer Battle 2015, published by Dimples1luv on Sep 19, 2015
posted by Miya Woods, 2016, change the name of your team; "thur" (through)
****
THOSE MAVERICKS ARE JAMMIN' [added November 6, 2019]
Those Mavericks are jammin’
& we’re too hot
We’ll show you how to move (Hey Hey)
And how to rock
You’ve got to rock
Those Mavericks are jammin’
& we’re too hot
We’ll show you how to move (hey hey)
And how to rock
Rock
Rock
You’ve got to rock
--This cheer is #1 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
****
TRUST THE PROCESS
Trust the process
Orange is blue is the best
Hey 5x
Step out of our way
Orange and blue
You know just what to do
Hey 5x
You know we don’t play
-given as example #1 in the following video:
***Words Included*** Cute Stomp and Shake Cheers for Sideline!!!! | Upload #16
Meleah Moon,Jan 7, 2019
****
U, V
****
W, X
WE ARE THE BEARS [added July 1, 2017)
We are the Bears - Morgan State Cheerleaders - Celebrating Victory
B. T. Gibson, Published on Sep 23, 2014
Morgan State's "We are the Bears" campaign originated in an attempt to solicit more school spirit by President David Wilson and others. Mr. Melvin Miles, MSU Marching Band Director, was instrumental in the video that was eventually posted on YouTube about two years ago. That video included several flavors of the Morgan Community showing how they love being a Bear. The choreography was created so almost anyone could join in….and when this song is played…..they do….each adding their own flavor! "Feel the Roar".
-snip-
Here's words to this song/cheer from a Morgan State University Facebook page:
We are the bears
WHAT
We don't take no mess
WHAT
We get mad in a minute
WHAT
We'll stomp you in your chest
WHAT DID YOU SAY
-https://www.facebook.com/151044298291247/photos/pb.151044298291247.-2207520000.1462789316./151234414938902/?type=3&theater Morgan State University 2014 SGA
****
WE ARE THE BEST [Added October 23, 2018]
We are the best
And we know that we're great
If you can't step to us
Stay out our way
Hey go jaguars , go 'head go 'head
Hey watch
We are the best an we know that we're great
If you have to say something
Say it in our face
Say it . In . Our . Face
(I think that's it 😩)
Featured video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-A548lw3r0 Bladensburg vs. Flowers Cheer Battle 2015, published by Dimples1luv on Sep 19, 2015
posted by Angel King, 2016; add your school name instead of "jaguars".
****
WE ARE THE TROJANS
We are the trojans and we are h-o-t- hot
we keep it goin and we just dont stop.
We are so fresh, So Smooth,
You can't catch these moves.
Cause were just to hot.
Cause were bad,
and watch us as we "ROCK"!
(rock, rock, rock, rock) "ROCK"!
Trojans Stay Hot. So Hot!"
- transcription by Charlottefashionicon; July 2011 from the video whose link is given below:
Featured video: Olympic High cheerleaders 09-10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSjZrMqrtDQ
Uploaded by batay1978 on Feb 17, 2010
Olympic high cheerleaders (Charlotte, North Carolina); 9-2010
****
WE CAN'T BE TOUCHED
We can’t be touched
We’re way too much
So watch the Ruby-woos come through
I see you want to be
A Ruby , Ruby woo
We can’t be touched
We’re way too much
So watch the Ruby-woos come through
-given as example #4 in the following video:
***Words Included*** Cute Stomp and Shake Cheers for Sideline!!!! | Upload #16
Meleah Moon, Jan 7, 2019
***
WE DON'T STOP (added July 3, 2017)
Cardinals
we take it to the top
we don't stop
we rock (we rock )
we rock (we rock )
you know we don't stop (repeat)
-posted in the video discussion thread by Shadaishu Yarbrough, 2017 (at 14:06) of the video whose link is given below.
Featured video: Cheer Battle!!! Harding University High School Cheerleaders Vs. Phillip O Berry Cheerleaders
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVaGOwoc-dI
Kevin Crawford, Published on Dec 17, 2016
-snip-
These two high school cheerleading squads are from Charlotte, North Carolina.
****
WE GOT THE JUICE
we got the juice, AYE!,
so we could probably show it,
STAY ON YOUR SIDE SO WE DONT HAVE TO THROW IT!,
got the juice, AYE!,
number one on the team,
please go sit down 'cause this is how we get down.
THIS IS HOW WE GET DOWN,
THIS IS HOW WE GET DOWN,
SO YOU NEED TO SIT DOWN!
-posted by Keep Ari Weird, 2017
Featured video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndziLS2diU4 SEHS vs Booker Cheer Battle part 2, published by Tish Jones on Oct 28, 2016
-snip-
I changed the format from paragraph form to lyrics form using the commas to indicate where the next line would be.
"Aye!" appears to be a widely used exclamation (among African Americans). It is pronounced like the elongated word "I" ("eye") and basically means the same thing as "Yeah!"
****
WE GOT THE BEAT [Added November 2, 2019]
[FTPA Varsity Blue Belle Cheer]
We got the beat
To get you out your seat
Titians
We got the beat
To get you out your seat
-given as cheer #10 in the summary to the YouTube video entitled **Words Included** Cute Stomp and Shake cheers for Basketball!!!! | Upload #21] published by Meleah Moon on Mar 4, 2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxPjEKWOoRI [video given above]
****
WE GOT THE POWER [Added November 2, 2019]
[SAU Blue Chips]
We got the power
We got the power
We got the power
To uh – uh, rock you!
-given as cheer #9 in the summary to the YouTube video entitled **Words Included** Cute Stomp and Shake cheers for Basketball!!!! | Upload #21, published by Meleah Moon on Mar 4, 2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxPjEKWOoRI [video given above]
****
WE LIKE TO ROCK AND JAM [added November 2, 2019]
We like to rock and jam at PHS 3x
We like to rock & Jam (what)
P H S
-given as example #2 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)
****
WE WANT A BASKET [Added October 14, 2018]
"we want a basket
a what ?
a basket
we want a basket
a what ?
a basket
for who ?
HU 222222"
-posted by nazielyrics, September 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1157&v=PVaGOwoc-dI "Cheer Battle!!! SUBSCRIBE TO THIS CHANNEL TO SEE MORE!" published by Two Sockz, on Dec 17, 2016
This cheer begins at 4:20 in that video.
****
WHAT CAN WE SAY
What can we say?
Those Mighty Rams don't play.
We'll take down any team that comes our way.
-Winston-Salem State University cheerleaders, posted by OneVoice412, 2016
in the discussion thread for 2014 WSSU Cheerleaders, What time is it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5E2ca-9XwM4
Artistry Photography, Published on Sep 8, 2014;
****
WHAT TIME IS IT
What time is it? It's time!
What time is it? It's time!
Time to go, time to fight
Time to win this game tonight!
-Winston-Salem State University cheerleaders, posted by OneVoice412, 2016
in the discussion thread for 2014 WSSU Cheerleaders, What time is it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5E2ca-9XwM4
Artistry Photography, Published on Sep 8, 2014 [second cheer, begins at 1:06 in this video]
****
WHAT YOU GONNA DO (added July 7, 2017)
Ohh Ahh, what you gone' do?
"Other team name" ain't nothing you can do
Ooohhhh, what's new?
It's a new season can you get some new moves?
-Huguenot High School (Richmond, Virginia), posed by HHSCheeringFalcons, 2016
Featured video: HHS Varsity Cheer - Battle Cheer
HHSCheeringFalcons Published on Jan 11, 2016
Huguenot Falcons vs. Thomas Jefferson Vikings
-snip-
Both of these high schools are in Richmond, Virginia.
****
WHEN WE THINK OF THE BEST [Added October 23, 2018]
when we think of the best
we don't think of you
cause (school name) are coming for you.
we don't care what you say
today is the day the (mascot) are here so get out of our way
while we were working
y'all were twearking
while we were stunting
y'all we fronting
if you don't understand let us break it down for you
(other team mascot) who your threw
Featured video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-A548lw3r0 Bladensburg vs. Flowers Cheer Battle 2015, published by Dimples1luv on Sep 19, 2015
posted by Reyia Brooks, 2016
-snip-
Both of these high schools are in Prince George's County, Maryland.
"who your threw" is probably "Whoo! You're through". ["through" meaning finished]
****
WHO ARE WE [added November 2, 2019]
Who are we?
(Who are we, Who are we)
We’re who they want to be
The Titans from NTHS
We are the best, yes
-given as example #9 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)
****
WHOSE HOUSE? [added November 6, 2019]
Whose house?
Our house
You know
It’s (Team mascot) house
--This cheer is #5 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
****
WHO SHAKES THE BEST [version #1]
Shake it to the east.
Shake it to the west.
It really doesn't matter who shakes the best.
Shake it to the east.
Shake it to the west.
It really doesn't matter who shakes the best.
Shake it to the east.
Shake it to the west.
Cause everybody knows that we shake the best
- Virginia State University Woo Woos (as performed in 2008)
Featured video: VSU Woo Woo's 2008 "Who Shakes The Best"
BlaWaiian2008, Published on Mar 17, 2013
VSU Cheerleaders (Virginia State University)
****
WHO SHAKES THE BEST (version #2)
SASSY (We Shake The Best)
FIERCED_2006 Uploaded on Feb 17, 2007
JV And Varsity SASSY cheerleaders cheer at the last game against bluestone
****
WHO SHAKES DA BEST [version #3)
Shake it to the east.
Shake it to the west.
It really doesn't matter who shakes the best.
Shake it to the east.
Shake it to the west.
It really doesn't matter who shakes the best.
Ah hey!
'Cause we shake the best
Everybody knows that we shake the best
To the East.
To the West.
Shake it!
-from VSU Woo Woo (Who shakes Da Best video, Mar 31, 2011.
This is my transcription of that cheer from that video
Featured video: VSU Woo Woo (Who shakes Da Best video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIKS5JRSXhI
TrueVSU1882, Uploaded on Mar 31, 2011
****
WHO'S THAT TRYIN TO STEP TO US [Added on October 23, 2018]
I wanna know
Who's that tryin to step to us?
We know you envy us
The mighty jags* now run the game
Lady bird mustangs , your team is lame
We can tell by how you look those mighty jags have got you shook
So step back you can't compete
Just come through , have several seats
(I think that's what they sayin 😂😩)
Featured video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-A548lw3r0 Bladensburg vs. Flowers Cheer Battle 2015, published by Dimples1luv on Sep 19, 2015
posted by Angel King, 2016; *use your team name
****
WORK IT
Call: Take it easy
Don’t ease up
Let’s work it, let’s work it
Don’t give up
------------------------
Take it easy
Don’t ease up
Let’s work it, let’s work it
Don’t give up
-given as cheer #3 in the summary to the YouTube video entitled ***Words Included*** Cute Stomp and Shake Cheers for Basketball!!!! | Upload #14, published by Meleah Moon on Dec 19, 2018; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-d-Xpr0QTH8 [video given above)
****
TAKE IT EASY (Example #2) [added November 2, 2019]
Take it easy
Take it slow
Come on mighty (School Mascot)
Let’s go, go, go
given as cheer #7 in the summary to the YouTube video entitled***Words Included*** Cute Stomp and Shake cheers for sideline!!!! | Upload #8
Meleah Moon, November 5, 2018
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THIS IS HOW WE GET DOWN* (added July 7, 2017)
we got the juice, AYE!,
so we could probably show it,
STAY ON YOUR SIDE SO WE DONT HAVE TO THROW IT!,
got the juice, AYE!,
number one on the team,
please go sit down
'cause this is how we get down.
THIS IS HOW WE GET DOWN,
THIS IS HOW WE GET DOWN,
SO YOU NEED TO SIT DOWN!
-[last cheer in this video by the team wearing orange, posted by
Keep Ari Weird, 2016 in response to a request
-snip-
*This may not be the title of this cheer.
I reformatted this cheer's lyrics from sentence form to line form.
The vocalization given here as "AYE!" is quite common in a number of stomp & shake cheer discussion threads. It's usually spelled with multiple "e's" to indicate that the sound is extended.
Featured video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndziLS2diU4
SEHS vs Booker Cheer Battle part 2, Published on Oct 28, 2016
**
THIS IS OUR HOOD [Added on October 23, 2018]
This is our hood
We rep and know that Mustangs don't play
And when the Mustangs come thur you better get out way
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-A548lw3r0 Bladensburg vs. Flowers Cheer Battle 2015, published by Dimples1luv on Sep 19, 2015
posted by Miya Woods, 2016, change the name of your team; "thur" (through)
Bladensburg vs. Flowers Cheer Battle 2015
****
Those Mavericks are jammin’
& we’re too hot
We’ll show you how to move (Hey Hey)
And how to rock
You’ve got to rock
Those Mavericks are jammin’
& we’re too hot
We’ll show you how to move (hey hey)
And how to rock
Rock
Rock
You’ve got to rock
--This cheer is #1 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
****
TRUST THE PROCESS
Trust the process
Orange is blue is the best
Hey 5x
Step out of our way
Orange and blue
You know just what to do
Hey 5x
You know we don’t play
-given as example #1 in the following video:
***Words Included*** Cute Stomp and Shake Cheers for Sideline!!!! | Upload #16
Meleah Moon,Jan 7, 2019
****
U, V
****
W, X
WE ARE THE BEARS [added July 1, 2017)
We are the Bears - Morgan State Cheerleaders - Celebrating Victory
B. T. Gibson, Published on Sep 23, 2014
Morgan State's "We are the Bears" campaign originated in an attempt to solicit more school spirit by President David Wilson and others. Mr. Melvin Miles, MSU Marching Band Director, was instrumental in the video that was eventually posted on YouTube about two years ago. That video included several flavors of the Morgan Community showing how they love being a Bear. The choreography was created so almost anyone could join in….and when this song is played…..they do….each adding their own flavor! "Feel the Roar".
-snip-
Here's words to this song/cheer from a Morgan State University Facebook page:
We are the bears
WHAT
We don't take no mess
WHAT
We get mad in a minute
WHAT
We'll stomp you in your chest
WHAT DID YOU SAY
-https://www.facebook.com/151044298291247/photos/pb.151044298291247.-2207520000.1462789316./151234414938902/?type=3&theater Morgan State University 2014 SGA
****
WE ARE THE BEST [Added October 23, 2018]
We are the best
And we know that we're great
If you can't step to us
Stay out our way
Hey go jaguars , go 'head go 'head
Hey watch
We are the best an we know that we're great
If you have to say something
Say it in our face
Say it . In . Our . Face
(I think that's it 😩)
Featured video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-A548lw3r0 Bladensburg vs. Flowers Cheer Battle 2015, published by Dimples1luv on Sep 19, 2015
posted by Angel King, 2016; add your school name instead of "jaguars".
****
WE ARE THE TROJANS
We are the trojans and we are h-o-t- hot
we keep it goin and we just dont stop.
We are so fresh, So Smooth,
You can't catch these moves.
Cause were just to hot.
Cause were bad,
and watch us as we "ROCK"!
(rock, rock, rock, rock) "ROCK"!
Trojans Stay Hot. So Hot!"
- transcription by Charlottefashionicon; July 2011 from the video whose link is given below:
Featured video: Olympic High cheerleaders 09-10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSjZrMqrtDQ
Uploaded by batay1978 on Feb 17, 2010
Olympic high cheerleaders (Charlotte, North Carolina); 9-2010
****
WE CAN'T BE TOUCHED
We can’t be touched
We’re way too much
So watch the Ruby-woos come through
I see you want to be
A Ruby , Ruby woo
We can’t be touched
We’re way too much
So watch the Ruby-woos come through
-given as example #4 in the following video:
***Words Included*** Cute Stomp and Shake Cheers for Sideline!!!! | Upload #16
Meleah Moon, Jan 7, 2019
***
WE DON'T STOP (added July 3, 2017)
Cardinals
we take it to the top
we don't stop
we rock (we rock )
we rock (we rock )
you know we don't stop (repeat)
-posted in the video discussion thread by Shadaishu Yarbrough, 2017 (at 14:06) of the video whose link is given below.
Featured video: Cheer Battle!!! Harding University High School Cheerleaders Vs. Phillip O Berry Cheerleaders
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVaGOwoc-dI
Kevin Crawford, Published on Dec 17, 2016
-snip-
These two high school cheerleading squads are from Charlotte, North Carolina.
****
WE GOT THE JUICE
we got the juice, AYE!,
so we could probably show it,
STAY ON YOUR SIDE SO WE DONT HAVE TO THROW IT!,
got the juice, AYE!,
number one on the team,
please go sit down 'cause this is how we get down.
THIS IS HOW WE GET DOWN,
THIS IS HOW WE GET DOWN,
SO YOU NEED TO SIT DOWN!
-posted by Keep Ari Weird, 2017
Featured video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndziLS2diU4 SEHS vs Booker Cheer Battle part 2, published by Tish Jones on Oct 28, 2016
-snip-
I changed the format from paragraph form to lyrics form using the commas to indicate where the next line would be.
"Aye!" appears to be a widely used exclamation (among African Americans). It is pronounced like the elongated word "I" ("eye") and basically means the same thing as "Yeah!"
****
WE GOT THE BEAT [Added November 2, 2019]
[FTPA Varsity Blue Belle Cheer]
We got the beat
To get you out your seat
Titians
We got the beat
To get you out your seat
-given as cheer #10 in the summary to the YouTube video entitled **Words Included** Cute Stomp and Shake cheers for Basketball!!!! | Upload #21] published by Meleah Moon on Mar 4, 2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxPjEKWOoRI [video given above]
****
WE GOT THE POWER [Added November 2, 2019]
[SAU Blue Chips]
We got the power
We got the power
We got the power
To uh – uh, rock you!
-given as cheer #9 in the summary to the YouTube video entitled **Words Included** Cute Stomp and Shake cheers for Basketball!!!! | Upload #21, published by Meleah Moon on Mar 4, 2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxPjEKWOoRI [video given above]
****
WE LIKE TO ROCK AND JAM [added November 2, 2019]
We like to rock and jam at PHS 3x
We like to rock & Jam (what)
P H S
-given as example #2 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)
****
WE WANT A BASKET [Added October 14, 2018]
"we want a basket
a what ?
a basket
we want a basket
a what ?
a basket
for who ?
HU 222222"
-posted by nazielyrics, September 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1157&v=PVaGOwoc-dI "Cheer Battle!!! SUBSCRIBE TO THIS CHANNEL TO SEE MORE!" published by Two Sockz, on Dec 17, 2016
This cheer begins at 4:20 in that video.
****
WHAT CAN WE SAY
What can we say?
Those Mighty Rams don't play.
We'll take down any team that comes our way.
-Winston-Salem State University cheerleaders, posted by OneVoice412, 2016
in the discussion thread for 2014 WSSU Cheerleaders, What time is it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5E2ca-9XwM4
Artistry Photography, Published on Sep 8, 2014;
****
WHAT TIME IS IT
What time is it? It's time!
What time is it? It's time!
Time to go, time to fight
Time to win this game tonight!
-Winston-Salem State University cheerleaders, posted by OneVoice412, 2016
in the discussion thread for 2014 WSSU Cheerleaders, What time is it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5E2ca-9XwM4
Artistry Photography, Published on Sep 8, 2014 [second cheer, begins at 1:06 in this video]
****
WHAT YOU GONNA DO (added July 7, 2017)
Ohh Ahh, what you gone' do?
"Other team name" ain't nothing you can do
Ooohhhh, what's new?
It's a new season can you get some new moves?
-Huguenot High School (Richmond, Virginia), posed by HHSCheeringFalcons, 2016
Featured video: HHS Varsity Cheer - Battle Cheer
HHSCheeringFalcons Published on Jan 11, 2016
Huguenot Falcons vs. Thomas Jefferson Vikings
-snip-
Both of these high schools are in Richmond, Virginia.
****
WHEN WE THINK OF THE BEST [Added October 23, 2018]
when we think of the best
we don't think of you
cause (school name) are coming for you.
we don't care what you say
today is the day the (mascot) are here so get out of our way
while we were working
y'all were twearking
while we were stunting
y'all we fronting
if you don't understand let us break it down for you
(other team mascot) who your threw
Featured video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-A548lw3r0 Bladensburg vs. Flowers Cheer Battle 2015, published by Dimples1luv on Sep 19, 2015
posted by Reyia Brooks, 2016
-snip-
Both of these high schools are in Prince George's County, Maryland.
"who your threw" is probably "Whoo! You're through". ["through" meaning finished]
****
WHO ARE WE [added November 2, 2019]
Who are we?
(Who are we, Who are we)
We’re who they want to be
The Titans from NTHS
We are the best, yes
-given as example #9 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)
****
WHOSE HOUSE? [added November 6, 2019]
Whose house?
Our house
You know
It’s (Team mascot) house
--This cheer is #5 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
****
WHO SHAKES THE BEST [version #1]
Shake it to the east.
Shake it to the west.
It really doesn't matter who shakes the best.
Shake it to the east.
Shake it to the west.
It really doesn't matter who shakes the best.
Shake it to the east.
Shake it to the west.
Cause everybody knows that we shake the best
- Virginia State University Woo Woos (as performed in 2008)
Featured video: VSU Woo Woo's 2008 "Who Shakes The Best"
BlaWaiian2008, Published on Mar 17, 2013
VSU Cheerleaders (Virginia State University)
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WHO SHAKES THE BEST (version #2)
SASSY (We Shake The Best)
FIERCED_2006 Uploaded on Feb 17, 2007
JV And Varsity SASSY cheerleaders cheer at the last game against bluestone
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WHO SHAKES DA BEST [version #3)
Shake it to the east.
Shake it to the west.
It really doesn't matter who shakes the best.
Shake it to the east.
Shake it to the west.
It really doesn't matter who shakes the best.
Ah hey!
'Cause we shake the best
Everybody knows that we shake the best
To the East.
To the West.
Shake it!
-from VSU Woo Woo (Who shakes Da Best video, Mar 31, 2011.
This is my transcription of that cheer from that video
Featured video: VSU Woo Woo (Who shakes Da Best video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIKS5JRSXhI
TrueVSU1882, Uploaded on Mar 31, 2011
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WHO'S THAT TRYIN TO STEP TO US [Added on October 23, 2018]
I wanna know
Who's that tryin to step to us?
We know you envy us
The mighty jags* now run the game
Lady bird mustangs , your team is lame
We can tell by how you look those mighty jags have got you shook
So step back you can't compete
Just come through , have several seats
(I think that's what they sayin 😂😩)
Featured video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-A548lw3r0 Bladensburg vs. Flowers Cheer Battle 2015, published by Dimples1luv on Sep 19, 2015
posted by Angel King, 2016; *use your team name
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WORK IT
Featured video: Virginia State University Woo Woos - "Work It"
Uploaded by GoTrojans on Sep 11, 2008
VSU vs. NSU Labor Day Classic August 30, 2008
Uploaded by GoTrojans on Sep 11, 2008
VSU vs. NSU Labor Day Classic August 30, 2008
-snip-
Words:
V-S-U let's work it
Heey!
Work it
Heey!
Trojans, you know how we do
Get out ya seats and work "Big Blue"
ahhhhh work it
Heeey!
Work it!
Heey!
-Virginia State University Cheerleaders (Woo Woos)
*transcription by Azizi Powell from this video
-snip-
"Heey" -elongated spelling for the word "hey". That exclamation could be "Ayee" which is a widely used, particularly among some young African Americans, to indicate positive excitement and/or support. "Ayeee" is an elongated vocalization of the letter "a" (as pronounced in the English words "day", "say", "may" etc.)
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WORK IT (example #2)
Featured video -SASSY (Work it)
woowooworkit, January 20, 2007Prince Edward Varsity Cheerleaders do "Work It"
-snip-
This is the oldest YouTube video that I've found of the stomp and shake cheer "Work it". This Virginia high school cheerleading squad learned it from alumni of Virginia State University's Woo Woo cheerleading squad. Here are five comments from that video's discussion thread (Numbers added for referencing purposes only
**
1. @Go Trojans, 2007
"Little Woo Woos working it out"
**
2.@OhSoKute, 2011
"lol that is a VSU cheer with some tweeks but GOOD JOB!!!"
**
3. @AmaLoveGoddessTV, 2012
"@TRAVARIS95, work it, ya know how we do. get out ya seats and work it too. awww work it! VSU lets work it!!" -snip- Although that comment is no longer shown in this discussion thread, it's easy to surmise that that name was given in reply to a request for the words to that cheer as they are chanted by VSU's WooWWoos. That transcription doesn't include the exclamations that are spoken in that chant.
**
4.@samuelrb6,2013
"Y'll better do the dam thing!!! Y'll coach must be a former VSU Woo Woo because y'll look like mini Woo woos. I'm a VSU alum and I know a good Work it when I see it and that's it!!!"
**
Reply
5. @katashee, 2013
"Yes...our coach is a former VSU cheerleader :) Thanks for the views & comments".
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WORK OUT [Added October 14, 2018]
Work out. Work out.
Work out. Work out.
[repeat several more times]
Give it up. Give it up. Give it up.
[repeat entire chant]
*transcription by Azizi Powell from this video.
Featured video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkhPGUMA9XY
EOE Bleacher Chant "WorkOut" published by crfairbanks4712 on Nov 25, 2014
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Y, Z
YOU ARE DISMISSED
Baldenburg mustangs you've got to go,
you try to step to us,
we know you think we tuff,
jaguars now run the show
bladenburg mustangs you've got to go
you watch our cheers and all our moves
you know our steps what can we do,
we marked you off our check list,
bladenburg mustangs you are dismissed
-snip-
performed by the jaguars in the video which is given below, words posted by Earl Quirino, 2017 (reformatted from sentence form to line form)
Blade vs. Flowers Battle Part 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ye8WmgyWuCI&feature=youtu.be
Dimples1luv Published on Sep 19, 2016
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YOU CAN'T ROCK LIKE US (Example #1)
Words:
V-S-U let's work it
Heey!
Work it
Heey!
Trojans, you know how we do
Get out ya seats and work "Big Blue"
ahhhhh work it
Heeey!
Work it!
Heey!
-Virginia State University Cheerleaders (Woo Woos)
*transcription by Azizi Powell from this video
-snip-
"Heey" -elongated spelling for the word "hey". That exclamation could be "Ayee" which is a widely used, particularly among some young African Americans, to indicate positive excitement and/or support. "Ayeee" is an elongated vocalization of the letter "a" (as pronounced in the English words "day", "say", "may" etc.)
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WORK IT (example #2)
Featured video -SASSY (Work it)
woowooworkit, January 20, 2007
12,,389 views • Jan 20, 2007
**
1. @Go Trojans, 2007
"Little Woo Woos working it out"
**
2.@OhSoKute, 2011
"lol that is a VSU cheer with some tweeks but GOOD JOB!!!"
**
3. @AmaLoveGoddessTV, 2012
"@TRAVARIS95, work it, ya know how we do. get out ya seats and work it too. awww work it! VSU lets work it!!" -snip- Although that comment is no longer shown in this discussion thread, it's easy to surmise that that name was given in reply to a request for the words to that cheer as they are chanted by VSU's WooWWoos. That transcription doesn't include the exclamations that are spoken in that chant.
**
4.@samuelrb6,2013
"Y'll better do the dam thing!!! Y'll coach must be a former VSU Woo Woo because y'll look like mini Woo woos. I'm a VSU alum and I know a good Work it when I see it and that's it!!!"
**
Reply
5. @katashee, 2013
"Yes...our coach is a former VSU cheerleader :) Thanks for the views & comments".
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WORK OUT [Added October 14, 2018]
Work out. Work out.
Work out. Work out.
[repeat several more times]
Give it up. Give it up. Give it up.
[repeat entire chant]
*transcription by Azizi Powell from this video.
Featured video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkhPGUMA9XY
EOE Bleacher Chant "WorkOut" published by crfairbanks4712 on Nov 25, 2014
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Y, Z
YOU ARE DISMISSED
Baldenburg mustangs you've got to go,
you try to step to us,
we know you think we tuff,
jaguars now run the show
bladenburg mustangs you've got to go
you watch our cheers and all our moves
you know our steps what can we do,
we marked you off our check list,
bladenburg mustangs you are dismissed
-snip-
performed by the jaguars in the video which is given below, words posted by Earl Quirino, 2017 (reformatted from sentence form to line form)
Blade vs. Flowers Battle Part 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ye8WmgyWuCI&feature=youtu.be
Dimples1luv Published on Sep 19, 2016
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YOU CAN'T ROCK LIKE US (Example #1)
You Can't Rock Like Us
Coach Shantel, Oct 11, 2020 DETROIT
#Cheer #Love # Detroit
Lead by coach shantel baby stomp
One of their favorites.
You can't rock with us
You can't rock with us
So don't try to rock like us
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Don’t Try To Rock Like Us #cheer #blackgirlscheer #cheerlife #basketball #homecoming
TheRealTigersCheer, Jan 11, 2023
You can't rock
like us
So don't try to rock
like us
[repeat several times]
[solo cheerleader] You can't rock like me
You can't rock like me
So don't try to rock like me.
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YOU DONT WANT NO PROBLEMS. YOU JUST TALK LIKE YOU DO.
CourtneyRenà, Apr 15, 2023 #cheer #stompandshake #blackexcellence
YOU DONT WANT NO PROBLEMS. YOU JUST TALK LIKE YOU DO.
You Don't Want No Problems, You Just Talk Like You Do!
***Full vid***
Cheer captain - You don't want no problems.
You just talk like you do.
All of the cheerleaders - Let me show you
That you don’t want no problems.
You just talk like you do.
Say it to our face.
Knuck if you buck.
Step up out them bleachers.
Wassup?
Get buck!
YOU GETS NO RESPECT
YOU GETS NO RESPECT IN HERE!!! (HEY HEY HEY HEY)
WE SEE OUR MOVES IN ALL YOUR CHEERS (IN ALL YOU CHEERS)
We Know you THINK you are the BEST(You think you Are You
think you are)
S-U WILL PUT YOU TO THE TEST
Don't START No STUFF Won't BE No STUFF
Don't START No STUFF Won't be no STUFF
When you messing with the RAMS...You Bound to Get
AW AW AW AW (SAY WHAT) CRUSHED!
-@WonAndOnlyWonki, 2022, commenter in that cheer's YouTube video short https://youtube.com/shorts/EYY5j8o8azo?si=syT7-w0M2RONdBw2 ; @CloroxBleach-ps3wu
In that video a WSSU (Also given as "SU") male cheerleader chanted the words that are given in parenthesis in a call & response manner.
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WSSU Cheerleaders Gettin Crunk"
UCDECHEERPHI, Feb 22, 2008
WSSU CHEERLEADERS SHOWING U HOW IT SHOULD BE DONE AT THE
ULTIMATE CHEER & DANCE EXPERIENCE TRIAD HIGH SCHOOL CHEERLEADING
COMPETITION 2007
Click https://www.blogger.com/blog/posts/5893219718076521675 cavettaj, Jun 11, 2011 for a 2010-2011 YouTube video of WSSU performing this cheer with slightly different words and different moves.
-snip-
"Crunk" is an African American slang term which may have been derived from the two words "crazy and drunk". In some contexts, "getting crunk" may just mean to be very energetic, to be "pumped up", " to be hyped". However, I believe that in the context of this stomp & shake cheer, "get crunk" also means "to be 'hard"; "gangsta"; "street" - meaning to use African American stances, gestures, and words to emphasize the confrontational nature of that particular cheer routine.
"Don't start no stuff/ won't be no stuff" is a familiar saying among certain populations of African Americans. It serves as a warning that people shouldn't try to start trouble unless they are prepared to deal with the consequences of their words and actions.
-snip-
Added July 8, 2017
Here's a comment from this video's uploader in that video's discussion thread:
CheerPhi93, 2009
"I Coached in 2003 and remember when the cheer was made up...It has been revised..and never never ever ever...Did it say Cowboys...lol...it's When you are messing with the Rams you are bound to get Krushed...
Great Job Cheer Phi
WSSU ALUM
CHEER PHI 93 (POPPA-RA)"
-snip-
I've seen other videos of this cheer battle in which the cheerleaders change the ending to "You bout to get....what, what, what, WHAT!" [That line is spoken in a taunting, aggressive manner with aggressive body motions as done in the WSSU video.]
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YOU NEED TO BE A MIGHTY BULLDOG
One cheerleader: Let's go! Hey!
Entire squad: Alright! Hey! Hey!
You need to be a mighty Bulldog
'Cause we
Work
It
Like
This.
Let's go!
Hey! Hey! Hey!
Alright!
Hey! Hey!
You need to be a mighty Bulldog
[tempo gets faster] 'Cause we
Work
It
Like
This.
Let's go!
-Bowie State University (Bowie, Maryland)
-snip-
[This is my transcription of this cheer from the video whose link is given below.]
Bowie State U Cheerleaders 9 October 2010
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83dMR9JyXIo
NexMillenia, Uploaded on Oct 12, 2010
Bowie State University Cheerleaders
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YOUR MOVES ARE WACK* [added October 24, 2018]
"your moves are whack* get them off my track you can't be a jag** cause you look like that"
- transcribed by Dayshav ft. Fvat v Fox, 2017 from the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ye8WmgyWuCI "Blade vs. Flowers Battle Part 2"
-snip-
*The commenter misspelled "wack" as "whack". "Wack" means "crazy", "stupid", "worthless", "uncool" etc.
**"Jag" is an abbreviation of the team name "Jaguar". The commenter misheard this name as "jets". I corrected that abbreviation in this transcription.
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This concludes Part III of this three part series.
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"Crunk" is an African American slang term which may have been derived from the two words "crazy and drunk". In some contexts, "getting crunk" may just mean to be very energetic, to be "pumped up", " to be hyped". However, I believe that in the context of this stomp & shake cheer, "get crunk" also means "to be 'hard"; "gangsta"; "street" - meaning to use African American stances, gestures, and words to emphasize the confrontational nature of that particular cheer routine.
"Don't start no stuff/ won't be no stuff" is a familiar saying among certain populations of African Americans. It serves as a warning that people shouldn't try to start trouble unless they are prepared to deal with the consequences of their words and actions.
-snip-
Added July 8, 2017
Here's a comment from this video's uploader in that video's discussion thread:
CheerPhi93, 2009
"I Coached in 2003 and remember when the cheer was made up...It has been revised..and never never ever ever...Did it say Cowboys...lol...it's When you are messing with the Rams you are bound to get Krushed...
Great Job Cheer Phi
WSSU ALUM
CHEER PHI 93 (POPPA-RA)"
-snip-
I've seen other videos of this cheer battle in which the cheerleaders change the ending to "You bout to get....what, what, what, WHAT!" [That line is spoken in a taunting, aggressive manner with aggressive body motions as done in the WSSU video.]
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YOU NEED TO BE A MIGHTY BULLDOG
One cheerleader: Let's go! Hey!
Entire squad: Alright! Hey! Hey!
You need to be a mighty Bulldog
'Cause we
Work
It
Like
This.
Let's go!
Hey! Hey! Hey!
Alright!
Hey! Hey!
You need to be a mighty Bulldog
[tempo gets faster] 'Cause we
Work
It
Like
This.
Let's go!
-Bowie State University (Bowie, Maryland)
-snip-
[This is my transcription of this cheer from the video whose link is given below.]
Bowie State U Cheerleaders 9 October 2010
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83dMR9JyXIo
NexMillenia, Uploaded on Oct 12, 2010
Bowie State University Cheerleaders
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YOUR MOVES ARE WACK* [added October 24, 2018]
"your moves are whack* get them off my track you can't be a jag** cause you look like that"
- transcribed by Dayshav ft. Fvat v Fox, 2017 from the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ye8WmgyWuCI "Blade vs. Flowers Battle Part 2"
-snip-
*The commenter misspelled "wack" as "whack". "Wack" means "crazy", "stupid", "worthless", "uncool" etc.
**"Jag" is an abbreviation of the team name "Jaguar". The commenter misheard this name as "jets". I corrected that abbreviation in this transcription.
****
This concludes Part III of this three part series.
Additional examples may be added to this post.
Thanks for visiting pancocojams.
Visitor comments are welcome.
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