Edited by Azizi Powell
Latest revision - July 15, 2025
This pancocojams post presents a small umber of examples of foot stomping cheers that I categorize as "introduce yourself (My name is ___) " foot stomping cheers.
"Introduce yourself (My name is __)" foot stomping cheers are the largest sub-set of foot stomping cheers that I have come across online or offline. Most foot stomping cheers include elements of the "Introduce yourself (My name is __)" sub-category. However, as their name suggests, the central purpose of "Introduce yourself (My name is __" foot stomping cheers is to present information about the chanter (i.e. their name/nickname, their astrological sign, their favorite color, etc.
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2025/07/some-examples-of-bragging-and.html for the pancocojams post whose title is "Some Examples of Bragging, Confrontational foot stomping cheers".
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2025/07/some-examples-of-dance-style-foot.html for the pancocojams post whose title is "Some Examples Of Dance Style Foot Stomping Cheers."
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2025/07/some-black-american-girls-ideas-about.html for the pancocojams post whose title is "Some Black American Girls' Ideas About & Expectations Of Romantic Relationships As Suggested By Certain Foot Stomping Cheers"
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2025/07/some-examples-of-dance-style-foot.html for the pancocojams post whose title is "Information About And A Video Of The Game "Tetherball" With Three Examples of "Tetherball" Foot stomping Cheers".
The content of this post is presented for folkloric and socio-cultural purposes
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to all those whose memories of these foot stomping cheers are included in this compilation.
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Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2016/09/foot-stomping-cheers-alphabetical-list.html for Part I (Numbers - C) for Part I of a five part alphabetized pancocojams series of foot stomping cheers that I have come across online and/or off-line. The links to the other parts of this series are given in each post.
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SUB-CATEGORIES OF FOOT STOMPING CHEERS
I've placed the foot stomping cheers that I've come across into these five different sub-categories:
-Introduce Yourself (My name is __) cheers
-Dance style foot stomping cheers
-Bragging/confrontational cheers
--Romantic relationships cheers
-Sports & games cheers
Most foot stomping cheers are combinations of more than one of these sub-categories.
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SOME EXAMPLES OF "INTRODUCE YOURSELF (MY NAME IS __)" FOOT STOMPING CHEERS
"Introduce yourself (My name is __)" foot stomping cheers may also be combinations of one or more other sub-category/sub-categories of foot stomping cheers.
These examples are presented in relative alphabetical order based on the first letter of the cheer's name.
This compilation is only a small number of examples of this sub-category of foot stomping cheers that I have come across online or off-line.
A, B
AH RAH RAH AH BOOM TANG
Group: Ah Rah Rah Ah Boom Tang
Ah Rah Rah Ah Boom Tang
Ah Rah Rah Ah Boom Tang, baby
Ah Rah Rah Ah Boom Tang
Ah Rah Rah Ah Boom Tang
Soloist #1:My name is Tazi
Group: Ah Boom Tang
Soloist # 1:They call me Taz
Group: Ah Boom Tang
Soloist #1: And when they see me
Group: Ah Boom Tang
Soloist #1: They say “Ah Rah Rah
You look good, baby.”
Soloist #2:My name is Jennifer
Group: Ah Boom Tang
Soloist # 2:They call me Jenay
Group: Ah Boom Tang
Soloist #2: And when they see me
Group: Ah Boom Tang
Soloist #2: They say “Ah Rah Rah
Twist it, baby.”
(Repeat entire cheer with new soloist until everyone has had a turn).
-Tazi M. Powell. (African American female, from her memories of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the mid 1980s)
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ANGELS GO SWINGING
Group: Angels go swinging
angels go swinging!
angels go swinging,
Angels go Swinging!
Solo: My name is Katy
I'm number 1
my reputation has just begun
so if you see me just step aside
'cause me and my man
don't take no jive
Group: Uh, you thank (think) you bad
Solo: Bad enough to make you mad
Group, Uh, you thank you cool
Solo: Cool enough to go to high school
Group: Uh, you thank you fine *
Solo: Fine enough to MO, **
fine enough to Macho (not really sure what this line means or if we were even saying it right)
fine enough to hula hoop,
fine enough to kick yo' duke
Everyone: say what, say what
say what say what say what
-Joi;( Birmingham, Alabama; 1990s), cocojams.com
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This is a form of the cheer "Hollywood [Goes] Swingin"
The contributor shared that "Angels" is the name of their sports teams at this predominately African American Catholic school.
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"cocojams.com" was the name of my cultural website
that was online from January 2001-November 2014 when I voluntarily de-activated
it. Children, pre-teens, and teenagers contributed many of the examples of
children's rhymes and cheers on that website via an easy to use webpage.
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BEE BODY PLANET ROCK
Bee body planet rock
We don't stop
Bee body planet rock
We don't stop
My name is _______
My color is_________
I Like to ___
My Name is lusive.
My color is green.
I got picked up in a stretch limousine.
-mollflanders, http://www.lipstickalley.com/showthread.php/43158-Hood-Cheers/page2?s=c36b81842e44a5cd4a49678538954ac4, 8/18/2006
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C, D
CHEERLEADER (Example #1)
All: Cheerleader.
Roll Call.
Soloist #1: Yolanda,
They call me Lannie.
Group: Hey! Hey!
Soloist #2: Renee,
They call me NayNay.
Group: Hey! Hey!
Soloist #3: Ebony,
They call me Ebony.
Group: Hey! Hey!
Soloist #4: Melissa,
They call me Missy.
Group: Hey! Hey!
The cheer continues this way until everyone says their name and nickname. If the soloist doesn't have a nickname, she repeats her first name.
-Tazi M.Powell.(African American female; memories of Garfield neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, early to mid 1980s)
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CHEERLEADER (Example #2)
All: Cheerleader.
Roll call!
Soloist #1: My name is Keisha.
They call me Key Key.
And when they call me,
They go.
All: Boom, Boom.
Ah Boom, Boom!
All: Cheerleader.
Roll Call!
Soloist #2: My name's Jozita.
They call me Cocoa.
And when they call me,
They go
All:
Boom, Boom.
Ah Boom, Boom!
The cheer continues this way until everyone says their name and nickname. If the girl doesn't have a nickname, the first name is repeated.
-Tazi M.Powell.(African American female; memories of Garfield neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, early to mid 1980s).
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CHEERLEADER (Version #3)
All: Cheer.
Leader.
Roll.
Call.
Are you ready?
Soloist #1: Shayla.
They call me Rosa.
Soloist #2: Shana.
They call me Poo.
Soloist #3: Shana.
They call me Shay.
Soloist #4: Jamie.
They call me Jay Jay.
Soloist #5: Jackie.
They call me HaJack (HighJack?).
All: Cheer.
Leader.
Zodiac signs.
Soloist #1: Aquarius.
That’s a dog.
Soloist #2: Cancer.
That’s a crab.
Soloist #3: Leo.
That’s a lion.
Soloist #4:Scorpio.
That’s a spider.*
Soloist #5: Scorpio.
That’s a spider.
All: Cheer.
Leader.
Phone.
Numbers.
Are you ready?
Soloist #1: 348-5110.**
Group: Always busy.
Soloist #2: 348-4554.
Group: Always busy.
Soloist #3: 348-3322
Group: Always busy.
Soloist #4: 348-5679
Group: Always busy.
Soloist #5: 348-4285
Group: Always busy.
- Shayla, Shana, Shana, Jamie, and Jackie (African American females about 10 years-12 years old, Talbot Towers Housing after-school program, Braddock, PA; 1985); collected by Azizi Powell, 1985
*Notice that the symbol for Scorpio is wrong. Actually, Scorpio's symbol is a scorpion and not a spider.
** I changed the phone numbers the girls chanted to protect their privacy. Note that these phone numbers are without the area code that was later installed in Pittsburgh (in the 1990s?).
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CHECK
Soloist: My name is Shelly
Others: Check
Soloist: They call me Shell
Others: Check
My horoscope is Aquarius
Others: Aquarius
Soloist: If you don't like
Others: Check
Soloist: Without a dial*
Others: Check
Soloist: Just call my number
and check me out.
Others: Check her out
Soloist: Cause I am fine.
My number is 222-888
Others: Check
Soloist: That fellow is mine
Cause I know how to skate
Others: Well alright
Well alright
-Shelly H. (African American female, Cleveland, Ohio, mid 1980s), transcribed by Azizi Powell, May 2007
Repeat cheer from the beginning with the next soloist. That soloist says her name & nickname, and gives her astrological sun sign ("horoscope") and her phone number. In the " I like to ___" line, that soloist indicates what she is good at doing ("sing", "dance", "draw"). This pattern continues with the next soloist until everyone has had one turn as the soloist.
"Check" here means something like "Ok" or "That's Right"
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All: Chock-let City.
Chock chock-let City.
Chock-let City.
Chock Chock-let City.
Soloist #1: My name is Linda
And I'm walkin.
Group: She's walkin.
Soloist #1: I'm talkin.
Group: She's talkin.
Soloist #1: I'M TALKIN TO [girls stop using first step beat]
All the boys in Chock-let City [begin new faster step beat]
Get down to the nitty gritty.
Long time no see.
Sexy as I wanna be.
Some hittin me high.
Some hittin me low.
Some hittin me on my-
Don't ask what.
Group: What?
Soloist #1: My b-u-tt butt
That's what.
Repeat from the beginning with the next soloist who says her name or nickname. Continue this pattern until every girl in the group has had one chance as the soloist with this cheer.
Repeat from the beginning with the next soloist who says her name or nickname. Continue this pattern until every girl in the group has had one chance as the soloist with this cheer.
- T.M.P, recorded in 1990.(at Lillian Taylor Camp) and transcribed by Azizi Powell in 1996.(TMP is Azizi Powell's daughter. She worked as a counselor at Lillian Taylor Camp and facilitated several sessions on foot stomping cheers for girls who chose those sessions instead of another possible camp activity.
"Chocolate City" was the nickname for "Washington, D.C."
My daughter TMP said that some girls at that camp learned this song from a camper from Washington D. C. who was attending the camp with her cousins. A few Pittsburghers wanted to change “Chocolate City” to “Pittsburgh City” but that change wasn’t accepted by the other campers in that foot stomping group.
I collected the exact same words for this cheer from Chatauqua (African American female, 10 year old) & Ralene (African American female, 12 years old , both from the Garfield section of Pittsburgh, PA, in 1999 (at Fort Pitt Elementary School). TMP was a teacher at that school. However, she said that she hadn't taught that cheer to anyone in that school or in the Garfield neighborhood where we lived.
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E, F
FLY GIRL (Example #1)
Group: Fly girl one.
Fly girl two
Pump it up, Teresa,
Just like you do (or, “Show me what you do”)
Soloist #1: “Oh” (or “Well”) My name is Teresa
Group: What?
Soloist #1: And I’m a fly girl.
Group: What?
Soloist #1: It takes a lot of men
To rock my world.
‘Cause I can fly like a butterfly,
Sting like a bee.
And that’s why they call me
SEXY.
Repeat the cheer from the beginning with the next soloist. Replace the former soloist’s name or nickname with the name or nickname of the new soloist. Continue until every one has had one turn as soloist.
--Collected by Azizi Powell, African American female (T.M.P.) audio recorded in 1992 (memories of the mid 1980s)
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FLY GIRL (Example #2)
Group: Fly girl one.
Fly girl two.
Pump it up. Ayesha.
Just like you do.
Soloist #1: My name is Ayesha.
Group: What?
Soloist #1: (And) I’m a fly girl.
Group: What?
Soloist #1: I’m rough and tough
And I can strut my stuff.
Cause I can sway.
Group: She can sway.
Soloist #1: And I can even do the go go reggae.
Let it flow
Group: She can even do the go go reggae.
Let it flow.
Repeat the cheer from the beginning with the next soloist who substitutes the name of a current dance step, always placing the word reggae after the dance name. Continue until every group member has had one turn as soloist.
- African American girls; age 10 years (Lillian Taylor Summer Camp, Kinsley Association), Pittsburgh, PA 1992)
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FLY GIRL (Example #3)
Group: Fly girl one.
Fly girl two.
Pump it up, Shavona
Just like you do.
Soloist #1: My name is Shavona.
Group: Yeah.
Soloist #1: And I’m a fly girl.
Group: Yeah.
Soloist #1: I know karate.
And I got the body [pronounced “boh-day” to rhyme with “karate]
All you got to do
is put a move in the groove.
You jump side to side.
Front to back.
And break it down with the
“Cabbage Patch”
- African American girls, around ages 6-12 years, Lillian Taylor Camp, Pittsburgh, PA. 1989-1992
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FLY GIRL (Example #4)
Fly girl!
Fly girl
Fly girl
Flyyyyyyyyyyyyyy girl
Fly girl
Fly girl
Flyyyyyyyyyyyyyy girl
Well my name is VACHICK and I'm and fly girl
It takes 100 boys to rock my world ( I should not have been cheering about this!)
I fly like butterfly, sting like a Bee
And that's why they call me SE-XY!!:
-Virginia chick, http://www.lipstickalley.com/showthread.php/43158-Hood-Cheers, 8/18/2016
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SUPER FLY GIRL (Example #5)
our cheer super fly girl
Lead- Attention
Group- Jaguars!
Lead- Jaguars, attention
Group- West side
Lead- Give it to me one time
West side
Give it to me two times
Jaguars
Lead- Break it on down.
West side Jaguars.
You know.
Lead- Who wants to be a super fly girl
Ready
Group- Okay
Group- Who wants to be a superfly girl
Soloist 1 (Hakiyah) - I do I do I do
My name is Hakiyah. I’m a super fly girl
I roll with the Jaguars all around the world
Cause I can float like a butterfly
Sting like a bee
That’s why they call me Kiyah.
[Girl does a dance or acrobatic movement like a split]
Hakiyah - Go Kiyah. Go Kiyah go.
Group- Go Kiyah. Go Kiyah go.
[The rest of the group does the same movements that Kiyah just did. Kiyah stands and watches them.]
-Westside Jaguars (Los Angeles, California), posted by LABELmeCUTE on Jul 31, 2010, https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=68&v=aearuurOh_w
The cheer begins from the beginning with the same words except that the new soloist says her name and her nickname and does another dance and/or acrobatic movements. This pattern continues until everyone has one equal turn as the soloist.]
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The tune and tempo that is used for the part of this cheer that begins with "My name is Hakiyah. I’m a super fly girl" and that ends with "That’s why they call me Kiyah" is the same tune and tempo that I recall seeing and hearing in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the mid 1980s.
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G, H
Hollywood rock swinging.
Hollywood rock swinging.
My name is Aniesha
I'm number one
My reputation is having fun
So if you see me just step aside
"Cause mighty Aniesha don't take no jive.
Hollywood rock swinging.
Hollywood rock swinging.
My name is katrina
I'm number two
My reputation is me and you
So if you see me just step on back
'Cause mighty Katrina don't take no slack.
Hollywood rock swinging.
Hollywood rock swinging.
My name is Natasha
I'm number twelve
My reputation is ringing that bell
So if you see my just step aside
"Cause mighty Aniesha don't take no jive
-Apples On A Stick: The Folklore Of Black Children by Barbara Michels and Bettye White (1983; p. 14);
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That book's preface indicates that the source of all of the examples in that book were Black children from Houston, Texas.
HOLLYWOOD KEEP SWINGING* (Example #2)
I don't remember all of it but it went something like this:
My name is __________, my number is one,
my reputation is having fun,
those who see me step aside,
mighty (Zodiac sign) don't take no jive.
My name is ______, my number is two,
my reputation is loving you,
those who see me step aside,
mighty (Zodiac sign) don't take no jive
My name is _______, my number is three,
my reputation is being free,
those who see me step aside
mighty (Zodiac sign) don't take no jive.
Each person in the group would pick a number and it would go around until you get to the number 10. I don't remember all the rhymes, but I am sure creative people can think of stuff to say.;)
-sigmadiva, 03-25-2003, http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/archive/index.php/t-31403.html Old School Chants
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HUMP DE DUMP (Example #1)
Hump-dee-dump (2x)
My name is _____. Dee-dump
I go to school. Dee-dump
I know I'm cool. Dee-dump
Cause I'm as fast as a dollar and nobody can make me holla but my man.*Said with 'tude and a body roll when we say man.*
DiamondPlatinum, Jun 24, 2017 https://www.lipstickalley.com/threads/black-girl-rhymes-what-was-yours-growing-up.1196979/page-3
June 24, 2017
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This blogger noted that she was from the Midwest. [the Midwestern region of the United States]
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"'tude"= attitude [sassiness]
WARNING: some rhyme examples or comments on lipstickalley.com continue profanity, sexually explicit content, and the "n word".
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I, J
INTRODUCE YOURSELF (Example #1)
"Hey girl, hey you, introduce yourself. Introduce yourself."
Then each individual girl says a rhyme about themselves, like,
"My name is Joan (group says "check") I'm from AC ("check") I come to say ("check") Don't mess with me ("Check it out")
-Joan C. (White American female who wrote that this was chanted by Black, Latino, and White girls at the Catholic High School in Atlantic City, New Jersey in the late 1970s; from an electronic message to Azizi Powell; 2/11/2007
This is one of the oldest dated foot stomping cheer that I've come across and it is the oldest dated one that I've collected.
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INTRODUCE YOURSELF (Example #2)
Group except soloist: Hey, Shaquala!
Soloist #1: Yo! *
Group: Innn-TRO-duce yourself.
Soloist #1: No way.
Group: Innn-TRO-duce yourself.
Soloist #1: Okay.
My name’s Shaquala.
Group: Hey! Hey!
Soloist #1: They call me Quala.
Group: Hey! Hey!
Soloist #1: My sign is Aries
Group: Hey! Hey!
Soloist #1: I like to dance
Group: Hey! Hey!
Soloist #1: I wanna be a dancer for the rest of my life.
Repeat the entire cheer from the beginning with the next soloist. Each soloist substitutes her identifying information for the same categories (name, nickname, astrological sign, what she likes to do). The cheer continues from the beginning until every member of the group has had one turn as soloist.
-Tazi M.Powell.(African American female); Pittsburgh, PA mid 1980s; transcribed from an audio tape by Azizi Powell, 1996
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INTRODUCE YOURSELF (Version #3)
group: Hey (name) individual: yeah group: introduce yourself
individual: no way group: introduce yourself ind.: ok...
my name is (name) group: yeah ind.: and i am proud
group: yeah ind.: thats why i cheer group: yeah
ind.: so very loud, so check me out
-Janice, (San Francisco, California) 10/11/2006, cocojams.com
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INTRODUCE YOURSELF (Version #4)
Britney: Hey Amber.
Amber: Hey what?
Everybody: Introduce yourself!
Amber: No way!
Everybody: Introduce yourself!
Amber: OK. 1,2,3,4,5, my name is Amber and I say "hi". 6,7,8,9,10, back it up and meet my friend. Hey Winnie!
Winnie: Hey what?
Everybody: Introduce yourself!
Winnie: No way!
Everybody: Introduce yourself.
Winnie: OK. 1,2,3,4,5, my name is Winnie and I say "hi". 6,7,8,9,10, back it up and meet my friend. Hey Britney.
Britney: Hey what?
Everybody: Introduce yourself!
Britney: No way.
Everybody: Introduce yourself!
Britney: OK. Sha boo ya, sha sha sha boo ya, roll call. My name is Britney. I cheer so strong. And when I shake it, you better bring it on. Sha boo ya, sha sha sha boo ya, break it down now.
[Sierra quits when she realized they've stopped]
-https://www.quotes.net/mquote/981987 Bring It On- All Or Nothing (2006)
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JUMP IN JUMP OUT (Example #1)
ALL: jump in jump out turn yo self around jump in jump
out introduce yo self..... 1 PERSON: my name (insert
girls name) ALL: yeah 1 PERSON: i like to (say what u
like to do) ALL: yeah 1 PERSON: and im gone (what
ever you like to do) ALL: yeah 1 PERSON: for the rest
of my life ALL: for the rest of her life (go again with a
different person)
-Shay; 5/14/2007, cocojams.com
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JUMP IN JUMP OUT (Example #2)
I remember all of those, and now my daughter is bringing them home. Of course, she thinks that her compatriots invented them and that I'm the one with the messed up words - but she's wrong.
She taught me a new one (new to me at least) - not really a clapping game, but this thread reminded me of it...The kids play this and insert their names and a little something about themselves...
Everyone:
Jump in (clap clap)
Jump out (clap clap)
In-troduce yourself (clap clap)
(clapping continues)
Person who jumped in and out:
My name is Stephanie (yeah)
And I'm a drama queen (uh-huh)
I like to sing (yeah)
And I like chocolate cake (uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh).
It can get pretty amusing to see what the kids have to say about themselves.
- Icon 01, 13 February, 2003, http://msgboard.snopes.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=95;t=000442;p=1, "Skipping and clapping rhymes"
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K, L
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M, N
MY NAME IS ___ (Example #1)
my name is kara (use your name) (other cheerleaders) yeah (the person speaking) and im a wildcat (your team name) (other cheerleaders) yeah and i love to jump (use your own thing to do then you do it) [19]
-Kara M.; 6/5/2006, cocojams.com
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MY NAME IS ___ (Example #2)
I made this cheer up.
My name is Alayah.
(somebody else says) Yeah.
And when they see me.
It's like an earthquake!
-Alayah, age 6 years (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); collected by Azizi Powell, 9/7/2006
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MY NAME IS ___ (Example #3)
cheer cheer my name is Allie
what?
my name is Allie
and I'm from the valley
and we're gonna kick you butta.
-Allie; 9/17/2006, cocojams.com
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MY NAME IS __ (Example #4)
I remembered this cheer from when I was little. (Say this with attitude) You say:
"My name is _________ and I'm a star you mess with me I'll take you far." Others say: "Woo, she thinks she's bad." You say: "Correction baby, I know I'm bad." Others say: "Woo, she thinks she's bad." You say: "Child, please!" (As you say the last line, you put your hand up as if motioning "stop") You repeat this cheer until everyone on the squad has had a turn.
-kelly, 9/27/2006, cocojams.com
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O, P
ON THE LIST
Group: On the List
On, on the list
I saida on the list
On, on the list
Soloist #1: Well, Linda is my name
and I’m first on the list
and I got a little story
that goes like this.
One or more persons in the group says: "Kick it!"
Group & Soloist: Put your hand up in the air
like ah Coca Cola and ah Root Beer!
Kick off your shoes
and relax your feet
and move your body
to Linda’s beat. (soloist #1 says “to MY beat”)
(The soloist and group perform beat pattern #2 (see below) and then the entire chant begins again with the next soloist)
-TMP, mid 1980s Pittsburgh, PA, transcribed from audio tape in 1996 by Azizi Powell
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Q, R,
RAZZLE DAZZLE
Razzle Dazzle (all the girls are in a circle, one girl goes in the middle to sing)
my name is ____ i'm number 1,
my razzle dazzle has just begun
so if you see me better step aside
cause this bad girl don't take no jive
(everybody else in the cirle:) ooh. she thinks she's bad
correction baby, i KNOW i'm bad
ooh. she thinks she's fine
fine enough to blow YOUR mind
razzle dazzle uh huh uh huh
razzle dazzle uh huh.
WOO WOO razzle dazzle uh huh
uh huh razzle dazzle uh huh.
WOO WOO (repeat with everybody in the circle)
-liz ; 6/22/2007, cocojams.com
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REALLY (Example #1)
All: Really
Ah Hah.
Really.
Ah Hah.
Soloist #1: Really my name is Lisa.
Really my sign is Aries.
Group: Say what?
Soloist #1: Ah Aries.
Group: Say what?
Soloist #1: Cause I’m F-I-N-E fine.
Like a D-I-M-E. dime.
Don’t waste my T-I-M-E. time.
I’ll blow your M-I-N-D mind.
Cause I’m a pro.
Group: Say what?
Soloist #1: A P-R-O.
Group: Say what?
Soloist #1: Cause I’m a triple P.
Triple R.
Triple O.
Sexy pro.
(Repeat entire cheer with next soloist until everyone has had a turn as soloist)
-Lillian Taylor Camp, AA girls 5-13 years old; AA boys 5-7 years from various Pittsburgh neighborhoods, PA, 1991, 1992
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REALLY (Example #2)
Hey Yall are takin me back!!!
Does anyone remeber the cheers we used to do?
Really uh uh really uh uh
Really my name is kisses
really my sign is scopio
say what
scorpio
say what
cause I'm more than a dollar I can make your boyfriend holler cause I'm sweet and fine like a bottle of wine cause I'm a pro
say what
a P R O
say what
I'm a triple P triple R triple O
a sexy pro.
- kisses (Milton, Fl USA); http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/showthread.php?t=4123&page=3; 01-01-2001
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ROCK THE BOAT (Example #1)
Rock the boat,
Rock, rock the boat
[repeat]
My name is Yasmin (rock the boat)
I know I'm fine (rock the boat)
Just like my sign (rock the boat)
My sign is Leo
I go bang-bang choo choo train
Wind me up and I do my thing
Reeses pieces butter cup
Don't mess with me, cause I'll mess you up,
Rock the boat, rock rock the boat...
-Yasmin H. (Latina female; memories of East Brooklyn, New York, in the late 1980s), 2/25/04
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Yasmin noted that te words in parenthesis were chanted by the other members of the cheerleading squad.
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ROLL CALL
Remember....
roll call sha boom bop bop sha bomm,(repeat 2 times)...
my name is (?) CHECK!
I'm in the (?th) CHECK!
I got (boy's name) CHECK!
on my MIND... CHECK! CHECK!
then you move to the next girl!
- AKA2D '91 (no location given); http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/showthread.php?t=4123&page=2, “remember when”
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S, T
SHAPUYA ROLL CALL [Example #1]
i actually got these from a movie but i reckon they're good
shapuya-sha sha shapuya- roll call
shapuya-sha sha shapuya roll call
my name {ur name, {yeh}
i like to party {yeh}
but when i shake it{yeh}
the boys say ai mami!
shapuya-sha sha shapuya- roll call
my name{ ur name }{yeh}
grant you 3 wishes {yeh}
yo see me shake it {yeh}
coz im delicious!
shapuya-sha sha shapuya- rol call
my name {ur name }
Yeh} get outta my face {yeh}
coz when I shake it {yeh}
it's like an earthquake!
-loyola {northern territory aus}; 10/21/2006, cocojams.com
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SHABOOYAH! (Example #2)
[We All Call] Shabooyah! Shah! Shah! Shaabooyahh! [Main Person] Mah name is Kelsey [All] Yeah [Main Person] Ah like to party! [All] Yeah [Main Person] And when A Shake it The boys say OOH BOOTY LICIOUS x And it goes on and on and on with different people being the main characters :D
i got this song off Bring It On All Or Nothing
-K3LS3Y From Scotland; 5/10/2007, cocojams.com
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STOP, LOOK, AND LISTEN
Group: Stop, Look, and Listen
Soloist #1: My name is Shana
Group: Stop, Look, and Listen
Soloist #1: My sign is Aries
Group: Stop, Look, and Listen
Soloist #1: Mighty, Mighty Aries
Group: Stop *
Look *
and Listen*
* recited slower than previously words; for “stop use gesture used by Diana Ross & The Supremes in their song Stop in the Name of Love: hand held waist high palm up facing forward, arm half extended
-TMP; remembered from the mid 1980s, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; transcribed by Azizi Powell in 1996
TELL IT (TELL IT LIKE IT IS)
tell it, tell it, tell it like it is
uh oh!
tell it, tell it, tell it like it is
me: my name is Goddess
homegirls: tell it, tell it
me: I'm on the line
homegirls: tell it, tell it
me: and I'm gon' do it
homegirls: tell it, tell it
me: with a Scorpio sign
homegirls: tell it, tell it
me: and you know what?
homegirls: what?
me: and you know what?
homegirls: what?
(alternate replies)
me: my man was rollin on the ocean, he was rollin on the sea, and the best part about it, he was rolling on me (insert fast azz 8 year old sexy move here)
OR
me: I'm just gon' kick yo butt
-GODDESS!, http://www.lipstickalley.com/showthread.php/43158-Hood-Cheers/page2?s=c36b81842e44a5cd4a49678538954ac4
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THAT'S THE WAY
That's the way uh huh uh huh~ I like it.. uh huh uh huh. My name... Is Mel Bell.. Uh huh uh huh.... my sign... is scorpio... uh huh uh huh... I live... in Harlem... uh huh uh huh and boys... are on my mind ind ind ind... that's the way... I like it... OR My name... Is crystal.. Uh huh uh huh.... my sign... is virgo... uh huh uh huh... I live... in Brooklyn... uh huh uh huh and school... is on my mind ind ind ind... that's the way... I like it...
- JeSuisMelBell, 2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zEcsIfe6lU&ab_channel=Geneas
"90’s hands games !!!!!, Geneas, Nov. 4, 2018
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U, V
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W, X
WE ARE THE RIDGEWOOD GIRLS
We are the Ridgewood girls
We are the get-fresh crew
My name's "Sweety" (believe it or not that was the name I had chosen for myself)
My sign's Leo
This is how I show it off: (strike individual pose)
-Yasmin H., visual artist (New York City, New York), 2/25/04 (memories of East Brooklyn, New York, in the late 1980s.)
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This example and several others on this page are from an email that I received from Yasmin H. Here is an excerpt from her email:
"We would begin each performance session with this piece because every girl had to go through this process and so it became the "introduction" piece. I also want to point out with the above piece that the term "get-fresh crew" was something we had borrowed from the then popular "Get-Fresh crew" which was a hip-hop act consisting of Dough E. Fresh and Slick Rick. The beats in our cheers and even song-tunes usually mimicked popular hip-hop beats of the time."
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Y, Z
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