Bring It On All Or Nothing 2006 movie's "Introduce Yourself!" Cheer & Other Examples Of "Command/Refusal" Foot Stomping Cheers

waveandsmile, Jan 4, 2007

introduce yourself

NO WAY!

introduce yourself

OKAY!
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The words for this cheer are given below in this post.

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Edited by Azizi Powell

This pancocojams post showcases a YouTube video clip from the 2006 cheerleader movie Bring It On All Or Nothing. That clip serves as an example of an adapted version of a sub-category of African American originated foot stomping cheers that have a distinctive textual (word) pattern. I refer that pattern as "command, refusal, command, compliance" which I abbreviate as "command/refusal".  

This pancocojams post presents my notes about "command/refusal" types of cheers and also presents some examples of those cheers.

This post also presents my notes about another sub-set of foot stomping cheers that I refer to as "ask/comply" cheers.

The content of this post is presented for folkloric and recreational purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to all those who are featured in this showcased video and thanks to the producer of that video on YouTube. Thanks also to all those whose cheer examples are featured in this post.
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This is a complete reprint of a January 2024 pancocojams post with minor word changes in the preface of this post and additional content at the end of this post. This pancocojams post: https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2024/01/examples-of-introduce-yourself-get-down.html

That pancocojams post's discussion thread has one comment that I wrote. I've added that comment to this Nov. 23, 2024 pancocojams post's comment section.

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Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2016/09/foot-stomping-cheers-alphabetical-list.html "Pancocojams Compilation Of Foot Stomping Cheers (Alphabetical List: Numbers - C)" That is Part I (Numbers- C) of a five part series that provides an alphabetized list of text (word only) examples of foot stomping cheers. I'm referring to this compilation as the pancocojams (Azizi Powell) compilation of foot stomping cheers

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PANCOCOJAMS EDITOR'S NOTES ABOUT "COMMAND/REFUSAL" CHEERS

written by Azizi Powell, January 17, 2024

Explanation of the term "foot stomping cheers"

Foot stomping cheers are types of children's recreational cheerleader cheers that originated in African American communities in the early 1970s. These cheers are formulaic compositions which have a modified call & response structure that I refer to as "group/consecutive soloists". What "group/consecutive soloists" means is that the group voice is the first voice that is heard in those cheers. A designated soloist responds to the rest of the group's words and that soloist and the group alternate until that rendition ends (usually with the soloist's voice or the soloist & the rest of the group's voice). However, the cheer immediately begins again with the next designated soloist. This pattern continues until every member of the group has had a turn an equal turn as the soloist.

Foot stomping cheers are chanted while their performers stand in a horizontal line or in a circle and execute choreographed, syncopated, percussive movement routines. These movement routines are very similar to African American originated Greek lettered fraternity & sorority stepping (steppin) with individual hand clapping, sometimes with body patting.

Explanation of the "command/refusal" and "ask/comply" textual patterns in children's cheers

A small number of cheers that originated as foot stomping cheers have what I refer to as a "command/refusal" textual pattern (word structure) or ask/compliance textual pattern, or adapted versions of one of those patterns. "Command/refusal" is a shortened form of the actual pattern which is "command, refusal, command, compliance".

"Command/refusal" cheers are those in which the group commands (demands) that the soloist do something (such as show the group a dance movement). The soloist initially refuses to do that. The group repeats their demand and this time the soloist responds by saying "Okay" or just begins to do that action.

An important distinction between what may have been the earliest command, refusal, compliance cheers and later forms of "command/refuse" foot stomping cheers is that in those early examples the "soloist" doesn't give a reason for initially refusing to do what the group commands her to do. However, in some later examples, the soloist gives a reason for not wanting to do that action such as "my back is aching and my bra's too tight".

("My back is aching and my bra's too tight" or similar words are found in "Ban Bang Choo Choo Train" foot stomping cheers. The performance activity for those cheers eventually reverted to partner hand clap rhymes. "Bang Bang Choo Choo Train" hand clap rhymes were very widely known in the United States in the late 1990s/early 2000s and were often combined with the also very widely known hand clap rhyme "Brick wall Waterfall". However, the "Brick Wall Waterfall" hand clap rhyme could be chanted without lines from "Bang Bang Choo Choo Train".)

In contrast to command/refusal cheers, a small number of foot stomping cheers have what I refer to as an "ask/compliance" textual pattern. In those cheers the group asks the soloist to do something (such as dance) and the soloist immediately complies with that request.

It seems to me that more adaptations of ask/compliance foot stomping cheers are used in mainstream cheerleading nowadays (in the 2000s) than command/refusal cheers because ask/compliance adapted cheers take a shorter amount of time to perform. This time factor is probably also one of the main reasons why adapted foot stomping cheers are chanted in children's summer camp settings rather than by cheerleaders at sport events.  

In a few other foot stomping cheers, when the group commands her to do a certain action, the soloist says that she is "too shy". In another variation of this type of cheer the soloist responds "I might" and begins to do what the group demands or asks her to do.

In some other examples of these foot stomping cheers after the first time or after the second time the group  demands or asks the soloist to do something, she does it without saying anything. I think these are variations of the earlier command/refusal form of these cheers. However, notice that I collected one example of that immediate compliance without saying "Okay" or anything else in the 1980s. (Gigalo, example #1 below.)

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Socio-cultural implication of the command/refusal textual pattern in children's cheers

I believe that a person refusing to immediately do what a group demands or asks her to do conveys a different cultural message than immediately acquiescing to that group. 

In African American street culture, in particular, the soloist's initial refusal to comply with the group's command may be part of the "tough" street girl persona.  A "tough girl" does what she wants to do when she wants to do it. Nobody can tell her what to do and when to do it.  The fact that the girl initially refuses to do what is demanded of her demonstrates or suggests that the girls (and their community) place a high value on being independent and not (immediately) doing what people demand that they do.

My interpretation of that initial refusal is the soloist showing that she doesn't do whatever anyone tells her to do (i.e. She's strong and tough and not someone who can be bossed around. I interpret the soloist's eventual compliance as since she has made that point, she then can acquiesce, with something like an unspoken statement of "Well, since you insist, here's how I do [what the group wanted her to do.].

That said, I believe that the girls who chanted/chant the traditional "command ("demand") form or the adapted "immediately compliant" form of these cheers don't consciously recognize the messages that these types of cheers convey.
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Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2021/11/an-overview-of-foot-stomping-cheers.html for a 2021 pancocojams post entitled An Overview Of Foot Stomping Cheers From the 1970s To The Early 2000s & How And Where Some Of Those Cheers & Their Movement Art Have Survived In The 2000s.

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EXAMPLES OF "COMMAND/REFUSAL" CHEERS OR "ASKS/COMPLY" CHEERS

These cheers are given in alphabetical order.

Note: The "command/refusal" pattern or the "ask/comply" pattern isn't found in every example of cheers with these names. 

BANG BANG CHOO CHOO TRAIN (Example #1)
Bang, Bang Choo Choo Train.
Watch [girl's name] do her thang.
[Girl] I can't.
Group: Why not?
[Girl] I can't
Group: Why not?
[Girl] Because my back is achin.
[And] My bra's too tight.
My hips keep movin' from the left to the right
Group: Her back is achin.
Her bra's too tight.
Her hips keep movin from the left to the right."
-Repeat this from the beginning, with each girl in the group having one turn as the soloist. (The turns were determined by how fast the girls shouted first, second, third etc.)
-African American girls ages 7-12 years; (Alafia Children's Ensemble, Braddock, Pennsylvania), 10/1997; collected by Azizi Powell. 10/97; also collected by Azizi Powell from African American girls 7-12 years; Pittsburgh, PA (11/2001 & additional dates through 2005 as hand clap rhyme)

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BANG BANG CHOO CHOO TRAIN (Version #2)
Here's one cheer from Saltillo Mississippi

Bang,Bang choo choo train
come on girls let's do our thing
''No''
Why not
cause my back is aching and my bras to tight
my booty's shaking to the left to the right
see my pinkie see my thumb
see my fist so you better run
this is skinny this is fat
this is me i'm all that
i like coffee
i like tea
i like boys and boys like me
so O-U-T spells out.
-Alibeth H., cocojams.com, 10/29/2007
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"Cocojams.com" was the name of my cultural website that was online from 2001 to October 2014. That website is no longer active, but some content from that website is found on my cocojams2 blog and on this pancocojams blog.

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GIGALO
[All]:
Gig ah lo-o
Gig gig a lo-o
Gig ah lo-o
Gig gig a lo-o
[Group]:
Hey, Kayla                 
[Kayla]:
What?
[Group]:
Are you ready to gig?
[Kayla]:
Gig what?
[Group]:
Gigalo
[Kayla]:
My hands up high
My feet down low
And this is the way
I gig a lo *
[Group]:
Her hands up high
Her feet down low
And this is the way she gigalos

{repeat from the beginning with the next soloist, and continue until everyone in the group has a turn as soloist}

-Tazi M Powell, foot stomping cheer; remembrance of mid to late 1980s, Pittsburgh, PA; also collected by Azizi Powell in Pittsburgh, PA in 2004 among African Americans girls 6-10 years old.

* The soloist does a contemporary dance. In the final group portion, the soloist continues dancing while the other members of the group join in doing their own version of same dance.
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Read other examples of this cheer/rhyme below under the name "Jigalo". The cheer "Peanut Butter In A Cup" below is an updated version of those cheers/rhymes. Notice that these examples include lines from "Bang Bang Choo choo Train", although that's not always the case. 

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INTRODUCE YOURSELF (Example #1)

Here's a version of "Introduce Yourself" that I collected from my daughter in the mid 1980s:

Group: Hey, Shaquala!

Soloist #1: Yo! *

Group: Innn-TRO-duce yourself.

Soloist #1: No way.

Group: Innn-TRO-duce yourself.

Soloist #1: Okay.

My name is 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.

-Tazi M. Powell; Pittsburgh, PA mid. 1980s; transcribed from audio tape by Azizi Powell, 1997
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In the context of those cheers, the soloist's response of "No way" means that "I'm not going to show you how to do that dance right now just because you ask me to."  The "no way" response doesn't mean "I don't know how to do what you want me to do". 

When the word "Yo" became outdated, it was replaced by the word "What" or "Hey what". 

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INTRODUCE YOURSELF (Example #2)

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:

I'm Sierra! And.

[Sierra quits when she realized they've stopped]
- https://www.quotes.net/mquote/981987 ; from Bring It On All Or Nothing, 2006 movie
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Read my comments about this Bring It On: All Or Nothing cheer in the comment section of this pancocojams post.

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INTRODUCE YOURSELF (Example  #3)

Introduce yourself

to shy

introduce yourself

I try

my name (say your name)

yeah

I cheer for (say who you cheer for)

my sign is (say your sign)

and when I'm up I'm hot stuff

And when I'm down don't mess around

and when I'm me don't scream or shout or you'll get knocked out!

-De'ajaih; (African American girl); Garfield neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); 5/16/2006

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JIGALO (Example #1)

here is the real version ppl.

HEY(Girls name)
Girl:what?
ME: are you ready to jigalo?
girl:yeah!
Both: my hands up high!
My feet down low!
This is the way I jigalo!
jig-a-low
jig-jig-a-looow
jig-a-low
jig-jig-a-looow

(you keep repeating until you get bored. You also do a little dance :) hoped this helped
-GUEST meesha, 17 May 10, https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=100807 Gigalo & other children's rhymes &cheers

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JIGALO (Example #2)

Group: jigalo ji jigalo say what

Group:hey (persons name)

Peron: yeah?

Group: show me how to break it down

Person:no way!

Group: show me how to break it down

Person: okay... My back ache my bra to tight my booty shake from left to right my hands up high my feet down low and this the way i jigalo (she dances)

Group: her hands up high her feet down low and this the she jigalo

Repeats with other person
-GUEST,Davelinee, 04 Dec 12,  https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=100807 Gigalo & other children's rhymes &cheers
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In the context of this cheer "break it down" means to do your best dance motions or your best steppin' movements.

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MY BACK ACHES
reeses peices buttercup this is the way i move my stuff bang bang chu chu train come on cudas do your thang i cant why not i just cant why not my back acks the sun top bright i move my hips from the left to right from the left to the right

-GUEST, 28 Sept 10,  https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=100807 Gigalo & other children's rhymes &cheers

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PEANUT BUTTER IN A CUP (Another version of "Bang Bang Choo Choo Train")

ALL  Peanut butter in a cup we sing this song to pump us UP!

Bing Bang choo choo train, come on Bridgette do your thang…

BRIDGETTE: I can’t!

ALL:  Why not?

BRIDGETTE: I just can’t!

ALL:  Why not?

BRIDGETTE: My back’s aching, the sun’s too bright, my hips popping from left to right. To the left. To the right, to the left, To the right.

ALL: Left, right, left, right, left, right, left, right, left, right…

Peanut butter in a cup we sing this song to pump us UP! Bing Bang choo choo train, come on Lindsay do your thang…

LINDSAY: I can’t!

ALL:  Why not?

LINDSAY: I just can’t!

ALL:  Why not?

LINDSAY: My back’s aching, the sun’s too bright, my hips popping from left to right. To the left. To the right, to the left, To the right.

ALL: Left, right, left, right, left, right, left, right, left, right…

Peanut butter in a cup we sing this song to pump us UP! Bing Bang choo choo train, come on Mitch do your thang…

MITCH: I can’t!

ALL:  Why not?

MITCH: I just can’t!

ALL:  Why not?

MITCH: My back’s aching, the sun’s too bright, my hips popping from left to right. To the left. To the right, to the left, To the right.

ALL: Left, right, left, right, left, right, left, right, left, right…

Peanut butter in a cup we sing this song to pump us UP! Bing Bang choo choo train, come on Michelle do your thang…

MICHELLE: I can’t!

ALL:  Why not?

MICHELLE: I just can’t!

ALL:  Why not?

MICHELLE: My back’s aching, the sun’s too bright, my hips popping from left to right To the left. To the right, to the left, To the right.

ALL: Left, right, left, right, left, right, left, right, left, right"… 
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPCGfa44bF0 Peanut Butter In A Cup; published by GoNoodle, August 24, 2016 [entire lyrics in this video's summary]   

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ROCK THE BOAT (Example #1)

Rock the boat. Don't tip it over.
Rock the boat. Don't tip it over.
Hey, Aniya. "Hey what?"
Hey, Aniya. "Hey what?"
Can you rock the boat? "No way."
Can you rock the boat?! "Ok."
She slides. She slides. She do The Butterfly.
She dips. She dips. She shakes her little hips!
-ti55, Mar 16, 2008, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9QuTsAtQPY

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ROCK THE BOAT (Example #2)
 I know another example of that song. I sung it at my camp before. It is similar to example 2. It goes like this:

Hey ____!

Hey What?

Hey ____!

Hey what?

Can you rock the boat?

I might.

Can you rock the boat?

Alright!

I slide, I glide, I get on the monkey ride and I want you and you, to rock the boat too.

Rock the boat, don't tip it over.

Rock the boat, don't tip it over.
- Anonymous, July 20, 2017,  https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2013/05/examples-of-childrens-cheer-rock-boat.html

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 SHOW ME HOW YOU GET DOWN (Version #1)

All: I saida D-O-W-N. That’s the way we get down.

D-O-W-N. That’s the way we get down.

Group: Hey, Danielle.

Danielle: What?

Group: Show us how you get down.

Danielle: No way.

Group: Show us how you get down.

Soloist: Okay. I said D-O-W-N.

And that’s the way. That’s the way. That’s the way

I get down.

Group: She saidah D-O-W-N.And that’s the way.

That’s the way. That’s the way she gets down.

Repeat the entire cheer with next soloist who says her name. This continues from the beginning until everyone has had a turn as soloist.

-Tazi M. Powell .(African American female; memories of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, East Liberty/Garfield neighborhoods of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania mid to late 1980s,also collected in same neighborhoods in early to mid 1990s); Collected by Azizi Powell, 1998
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In the context of this cheer, "gets down" means to do your best dance movements or your best steppin' movements.

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SHOW ME HOW YOU GET DOWN (Version #2)

Group (except soloist): Hey Ree Ree

Soloist (Ree Ree): What.

Group: Show us how you get down

Ree Ree: Too Shy.

Group: Show us how you get down.

Ree Ree: With ah D

The O

The W

The N

And that’s the way

you get down.

The group repeats the entire cheer with the next soloist saying her name or nickname. Continue until everyone has a one turn as the soloist.

-Riantai (Ree Ree); African American female; 8 years old; Faison Primary School (Homewood area of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); October 30, 2009

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YOU AINT GOIN NO WHERE

Entire Group: You ain’t goin no where

no where

You ain’t goin no where

You ain’t goin no where

no where

You ain’t goin no where

Hey Shadeya

Shadeya

(Soloist #1): Too shy

Group: Introduce yourself

Shadeya: I’ll try

My name is Shadeya

I cheer for Garfield.

My sign is Libra.

And when I’m up

Group: When she’s up.

Shadeya: I’m hot stuff.

Group: She’s hot stuff.

Shadeya: And when I’m down.

Group: And when she’s down.

Shadeya: Don’t mess around.

Group: Don’t mess around

Shadeya: Don’t make me scream

cause you will be _knocked _out.
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" __ " means to pause a beat. * name your community or school athletic cheerleading team; "my sign" means the person's astrological sun sign.

Repeat the entire cheer from the beginning with the next soloist who says her name or nickname, the name of the sport or community team she cheers for. The girl doesn't have to really be a cheerleader. She is engaging in dramatic play- that is-she's pretending to be a cheerleader.

Continue this pattern until every one in the group has had one turn as the soloist.
-Shadaya, Fort Pitt School; (Garfield), 2002; collected by Azizi Powell; I also collected the exact same cheer in 2008 at Fort Pitt school from Conraya and another girl whose name I didn't get.

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Two examples of command/refusal pattern in "Rock The Boat" or "Don't Rock The Boat" softball cheers.

[numbers added for referencing purposes only]

1.
"I know another example of that song. I sung it at my camp before. It is similar to example 2. It goes like this:

Hey ____!

Hey What?

Hey ____!

Hey what?

Can you rock the boat?

I might.

Can you rock the boat?

Alright!

I slide, I glide, I get on the monkey ride and I want you and you, to rock the boat too.

Rock the boat, don't tip it over.

Rock the boat, don't tip it over."
-Anonymous, July 20, 2017,  https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2013/05/examples-of-childrens-cheer-rock-boat.html
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Example #2 refers to the second example in that pancocojams post.

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2.
"Rock the Boat..don't tip it over, rock the boat don't tip it over. Hey Cheerleaders, hey what? can you rock the boat? no way, can you rock the boat? ok. We slide, we slide, we get on horse and ride. We dip and dip, we shake our little hips. We want you, and you to rock the boat too!" All Stars....this was fun! lol" -All Stars Athletic Cheers, August 10, 2012, https://www.facebook.com/byc2001/posts/rock-the-boatdont-tip-it-over-rock-the-boat-dont-tip-it-over-hey-cheerleaders-he/450388045005469/ 
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"Rock The Boat" softball cheers are modified versions of the "Rock The Boat" foot stomping cheers. Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2024/11/rock-boat-videos-word-only-examples.html for the pancocojams post entitled " "Rock The Boat" (Videos & Word Only Examples From Girls' Cheerleader Squads, Softball Teams, Or Children's Summer Camps)"

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Bang Bang Choo Choo Train Tik Tok Challenge Dance Compilation (Dancing To A Clip Of The 1995 Song "Giddy Up Let's Ride")

One Challange, Dec. 28, 2021

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Edited by Azizi Powell

This pancocojams post is part of an ongoing pancocojams series on the African American originated cheers/rhymes entitled "Bang Bang Choo Choo Train". 

This post showcases a YouTube video of a Tik Tok Dance Challenge compilation for the "Bang Bang Choo Choo Train" dance.

This post includes a few selected comments from the discussion thread are also included in this post.

This  post also includes information and comments about the brief sound clip from that is used for that dance challenge- Kinsul's 1995 Bounce (Southern Hip Hop) genre record "Giddy Up Let's Ride".

 
The content of the post is presented for cultural and entertainment purposes.

Thanks to all those who are featured in this video and thanks to the publisher of this video on TikTok and YouTube. 
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Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2015/08/bang-bang-choo-choo-train-rhyme-cheer.html for the closely related pancocojams post entitled "Bang Bang Choo Choo Train rhymes & cheers (early sources & examples from around 1902 to 2003)."

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2022/01/childrens-examples-of-bang-bang-choo.html
 for the closely related pancocojams post entitled "Children's Examples Of "Bang Bang Choo Choo Train" (chronological compilation & analysis)".

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INFORMATION ABOUT THE SONG USED IN THIS "BANG BANG CHOO CHOO TRAIN" TIK TOK / YOUTUBE COMPILATION

The song clip is from Kinsui's 1995 record "Giddy Up Let’s Ride." Warning: "Giddy Up Let's Ride" -This 1995 dance song has some sexually suggestive lyrics.

That 1995 song was featured in the 1997 American movie B.A.P.S.

The only portion of the record that are played for the "Bang Bang Choo Choo Train" dance is "Bang Bang Choo Choo Train/Watch those people do their thing. **** DESCRIPTION OF THIS VIDEO All of the people in these very brief compilation video clips are Black (probably African American). A few of the clips include a baby or a young child. The dancing is performed in the person's home. The dancers perform a simple motion in a square formation -front, side, back, side, front, with their arms held in the front like the "Whip" dance. This movement in a square reminds me of the "Funky Four Corners" dance. On the words "right,left, right, left" the dancers "get down" i e. do fancier movements free styling; doing whatever movements they wanted to do. Additions and corrections to my description of this dancing are very welcome.

**** SELECTED COMMENTS FROM THE EMBEDDED TIK TOK VIDEO Numbers are given for referencing purposes only. All of these comments are from Dec. 28, 2021 through January 5, 2022.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Strt7NoDMJ0&list=RDStrt7NoDMJ0&start_radio=1&ab_channel=OneChallenge

1 DJ OoWee "Thank you All so much I made this song 25 years ago had no idea it would be Blowin up in 2021 remix OTW" -snip- This comment appears to be from the rapper Kinsul who recorded "Giddy Up Let's Ride" in 1995. "OTW" is an acronym for "On the way". It means the same thing as "OMW" ("on my way"). In this comment, OTW probably means that the rapper is still active.

** Reply 2. Brianna Owens "This song is stuck in my head"

** 3. cassandra jones "On the first one her husband or her boyfriend was playing virtual reality"

** 4 .Taylor Jai Reacts "The first one 😂😂"

** 5. Curlyhead Liyah "the first on smh you gon let your baby fall oh but it was funny LMAO" -snip- "on" = typo for "one" -snip- The mother continued dancing when her baby who was dancing fell down. The father who was playing a virtual game behind them didn't react to the baby falling down either. ** 6. Pamela Carpenter "No she didn't with the wig .,,,❤️‍🔥😂😂" -snip-

One of the middle age women dancing in one of these clips took off her wig and twirled it in her hand while she kept dancing.

**** SELECTED COMMENTS FROM A YOUTUBE SOUND FILE OF "GIDDY UP LET'S RIDE"

Numbers are added for referencing purposes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qwjV6TYoJg&ab_channel=chocolatebenya Note: These selected comments refer to the "Giddy Up Let's Ride" record and/or the Bang Bang Choo Choo Train rhyme/cheer itself. (Numbers added for referencing purposes only. )

1. Mark Luciano, 2010
"One of my fav booty jams of all time!!"
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"Booty jams" refers to the fact that this Southern Hip Hop music is called "Bounce music" or "booty bounce" music because of its beat is ideal for shaking that part of the body. 

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2. Kiowa521, 2010
"@AllAmericanGuy01 ♫My back is achin, my BELT too tight, my booty shakin from left to right ♫"

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3. AllAmericanGuy01
"It's not "my back is achin my bra too tight"...It's "my daddy say my pants too tight, my booty shakin from left to right" "

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4. Glamorous You, 2011
"Classic 'Down South Booty Music" Man this is a throwback from 95- 96.. Hubba Bubba Baaaaaaaaabbbbbbyyyyyyy!"

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5. AmberrRose100, 2010
"AYE ! bring it baack !"

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6. Sariah Whitmire, 2010
"It took me forever to look this up bc i forgot the name and kept looking up go left go left go left right left .. it go harder when uu do the dance"

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7. keaunashan, 2012
"Go left go right go left right left right ! My back is achin my belt too tight my booty shakin from left to right ! Lol"

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8.  BeachNative78, 2012
"Ok, am I showing my age by saying I jammed to this WAY before the movie B.A.P.S? Don't get me wrong, I LOVE that movie. One of my fans. But I jammed to this when I was in high school. (I'm 34 now)"

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9. Ashamabazz, 2012
"I can't believe i found this. Finally!! I've been looking for this since the first time i watched B.A.P.S!"

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10. DaBeatKeepa, 2012
"Florida State University war chant!!"

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11. Jermayne D. Doolittle, 2013
"I use to play this song at the skate n rink..Mobile ALABAMA 1997..DJ MAYNE D 4EVER...Skate World

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12.  Deõne N, 2013
" my back is achin my belts to tight my booty shakin from left to right."

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13. Jermayne D. Doolittle, 2013
"I use to play this song at the skate n rink..Mobile ALABAMA 1997..DJ MAYNE D 4EVER...Skate World

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14. Edwin Arocho, 2015
"Bring It On movie also!"

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15. Alexis Reyes, 2020
"Yes and this song is featured on the clovers nationals cheer mix"
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Bring It On is a popular 2000 movie about high school cheerleaders. This is the first of five other  Bring It On movies. "The Clovers" were the "inner city" msotly Black cheerleading squad in that first Bring It On movie.  Click http://cocojams2.blogspot.com/2014/11/the-influence-of-bring-it-on-movies-on.html for the 2014 post entitled "The Influence Of "Bring It On" Movies On Children's Cheerleading" on my cocojams2 blog.

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16. Quan, 2019
"If youre from downsouth you heard this before BAPS"

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17. David M, 2020
"Until now I thought the lyrics were "let me see you shake yo' thang".  XD"

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18. Mark AngelBoy, 2020
"Every Black Cheerleader Should Know This Song"

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19. Chocolate Barbie, 2020
"In 2020... Listening during Covid. Having my own house party😎"

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Plagiarism In Melania Trump's RNC Convention Speech & Examples Of #BringItOn #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotesTweets

Edited by Azizi Powell

This is Part I of a two part series that focuses on plagiarism in Melania Trump's Republican National Convention Speech (July 18, 2016) and its comparison to the the 2000 Bring It On cheerleader movie. The plot of that fictional movie revolved around the revelation that the captain of a White suburban high school cheerleading squad (the Toros) had been stealing cheers and routines from an East Compton majority Black cheerleading squad (the Clovers).

Part I provides excerpts from several online articles about Melania Trump's RNC convention speech and a video of her plagiarism of portions of Michelle Obama's 2008 Democratic National Convention speech. This post also provides examples of tweets from #BringItOn #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes, one of twitter's responses to that speech which focuses on the Bring It On movie.

Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2016/07/the-bring-it-on-cheer-off-video.html. for Part II of this post. Part II presents more information about the 2000 Bring It On movie and showcases a video clip of the relevant scene from the 2000 Bring It On movie. Tht post also includes the words of the cheer that was chanted in that scene as well as selected comments from that video's discussion thread. That post will be published ASAP and its link will be added to this post.

The content of this post is presented for sociological, cultural and political, and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remains with their owners.

Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post. Thanks also to the publisher of this embedded video on YouTube.

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BACKGROUND INFORMATION ABOUT MELANIA TRUMP'S RNC CONVENTION SPEECH
From http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/twitter-mocks-rnc-speech-famous-melania-trump-quotes
ByALLEGRA KIRKLAND, PublishedJULY 19, 2016
"The Internet never forgets—or lets things go.

Moments after journalist Jarrett Hill observed that portions of Melania Trump’s opening night speech at the Republican National Convention were nearly identical to those spoken by Michelle Obama at the 2008 Democratic National Convention, Twitter users jumped on the apparent plagiarism.

Many posted iconic movie quotes and song lyrics with the hashtag #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes."...

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From http://www.eonline.com/news/780963/famousmelaniatrumpquotes-takes-twitter-by-storm-as-melania-trump-is-accused-of-copying-michelle-obama-s-speech "#FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes Takes Twitter by Storm as Melania Trump Is Accused of Copying Michelle Obama's Speech" by ZACH JOHNSON | Tue, Jul 19, 2016 7:52 AM
"Who knew Melania Trump and Michelle Obama had so much in common?

At the Republican National Convention in Cleveland Monday, Melania, 46, delivered a speech that bore striking similarities to a speech Michelle, 52, gave at the Democratic National Convention in 2008. But, after she arrived in Ohio earlier that day, Melania told NBC News' Matt Lauer, "I read once over it, that's all, because I wrote it...with (as) little help as possible."

Donald Trump's campaign released a statement regarding the speeches' resemblances; it did not address the plagiarism charge. "In writing her beautiful speech, Melania's team of writers took notes on her life's inspirations, and in some instances included fragments that reflected her own thinking," Jason Miller, senior communications adviser, said. "Melania's immigrant experience and love for America shone through in her speech, which made it such a success."

That didn't stop Twitter from mocking Melania, as #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes trended all night. Actor and social justice activist Jesse Williams invented the hashtag, and he jokingly attributed Sojourner Truth's famous "Ain't I A Woman" speech to Melania. Soon, dozens of other celebrities—including Kandi Burruss and Anna Kendrick—were following Jesse's lead."...

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From http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/melania-trump-speech-plagiarized_us_578da752e4b0a0ae97c33675 "Melania Trump Plagiarized Her Convention Speech From Michelle Obama"
Mrs. Trump appears to have lifted two paragraphs almost verbatim from Mrs. Obama. By Christina Wilkie
07/19/2016
"In her first major address before the nation on Monday night, Melania Trump appears to have plagiarized a number of lines from first lady Michelle Obama’s speech at the 2008 Democratic National Convention. The plagiarized passages, in bold below, concerned the importance of hard work and honesty.

“From a young age, my parents impressed on me the values that you work hard for what you want in life; that your word is your bond and you do what you say and keep your promise; that you treat people with respect,” Trump told the thousands of Republican delegates and assembled media on Monday night in Cleveland.

In 2008, Mrs. Obama said, "You work hard for what you want in life; that your word is your bond and you do what you say you’re going to do; that you treat people with dignity and respect, even if you don’t know them, and even if you don’t agree with them.”

Trump’s spouse also lifted a line about children from Michelle Obama, saying, “We want our children in this nation to know that the only limit to your achievements is the strength of your dreams and your willingness to work for them.”

In 2008, Michelle Obama said, “We want our children — and all children in this nation — to know that the only limit to the height of your achievements is the reach of your dreams and your willingness to work for them.”

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SHOWCASE VIDEO: Word for word: ‪‎Melania Trump‬ plagiarizes part of ‪Michelle Obama‬’s 2008 DNC speech



RT, Published on Jul 19, 2016

After Melania Trump’s headline speech at the Republican National Convention, many noticed that what the billionaire's wife said seemed familiar, something they’d heard somewhere in the past. Or had they?
WATCH MORE https://www.facebook.com/RTvids/

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EXAMPLES OF TWEETS FROM #BringItOn #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotesTweetsTHE (The "Bring It On" Movie page of #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes
These tweets are given in relative chronological order with the oldest examples given first. However, the examples may not be in consecutive order. All of these tweets are from July 19, 2016. I've assigned numbers to these tweets for referencing purposes only.

Click https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bring_It_On_(film) for information about the 2000 Bring It On movie.

Click https://twitter.com/search?q=%23famousmelaniatrumpquotes%20bring%20it%20on&src=rela to view the Gifs and videos that are included in some of these tweets.

1. Sarah Gilbert ‏@saregil Lakewood, OH
"C'mon Twitter, where's my Melania/Michelle Bring It On meme? 😂 #Clovers #Taurus #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes #RNCinCLE"
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#Taurus probably means #Toros- the majority White cheerleading squad

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2. Cheerdiva2 (Tonya) ‏@Cheerdiva2
#eastcomptonclover #bringiton #famousmelaniatrumpquotes
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This tweet includes a photo of three Clover [majority Black cheerleading squad] members with the caption "MELANIA...THAT ROUTINE LOOKS FAMILIAR..." "

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3. Cheerdiva2 (Tonya) ‏@Cheerdiva2
#FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes #sparkypolastri #bringiton #sorrynotsorry
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This tweet includes a poster with the words
"Wanted Sparky Polastri
Crimes: Fraudulent Choreography at the 2000 California Cheerleading regionals
Plagiarism of speech used at the 2016 RNC Convention"
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The character "Sparky Polastri" is an Anglo-American man who extorted money from several cheerleading squads by teaching those squad the same cheer routines for the regional cheer competition.

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4. Marisa Knox ‏@hard_KNOXlife
"This reminds me of Bring it On when they found out they stole all the cheers from Crenshaw #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes"

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5. SARAH RAMSINGH ‏@SarahRamsingh
"I knew I saw this #MelaniaTrump movie before. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCPO8u0Mhns ... #RNCinCLE #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes #makeamericaworkagain
Bring it on cheer off!
YouTube
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This video is showcased in Part II of this pancocojams series.

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6. heidi vasquez ‏@heidi_vasquez
"#FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes this whole thing reminds me of "Bring it on" when the Toros stole the East compton Clovers routine."

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7. JD King ‏@jdsay
"Try to steal our bit, but you look like $%*@, cuz we're the ones who are down with it." #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes"
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This tweet quotes a line that the Clovers chanted to the Toros. That tweet is given as it was found on that page and includes a link to another clip of the same YouTube video whose link is found above.

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8. ♛(☆◕‿◕☆)♛ ‏@JustMickeyy
"check out #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes for a good laugh. I'm going to rewatch 'Bring It On' because of it 😂"
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This tweet includes a Gif of a member of the Toro cheerleading squad saying "This isn't a democracy, it's a cheerocracy".

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9. Emily Horowitz ‏@EmHorowitz
"Is this the GOP or "Bring It On"? #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes #BeckyWithTheGoodSpeech"
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This tweet includes a Gif of the Clover captain saying to the Toros squad- “I know you don’t think a white girl made that sh&t* up”.
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*This word was fully spelled out in this comment.

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10. Gabs Murillo ‏@timeXisXnothing
Gabs Murillo Retweeted Complex
"I was waiting for someone to do this 😂👏 #BringItOn #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes Gabs Murillo added,
"This is not a democracy—this is plagiarism.""
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This tweet includes a Gif of the scene from the "Bring It On" cheer off scene with Michelle obama’s face superimposed on the body of the captain of the Clover cheerleading squad and Melania Trump’s face superimposed on the body of the captain of the Toro cheerleading squad.

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11. The Third Hoekage
"‏@hoodopulence
@FLOTUS when she sees @MELANIATRUMP at the next political event"
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This tweet includes a Gif of the Clover caption who is walking along with an “I’ll get her” smirk on her face.
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FLOTUS= first lady of the United States, in this case a reference to Michelle Obama

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12. Stephanie Sapol ‏@stephfromwork
"my favorite part of the #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes are the references to Bring It On #BringItOn. #SexyCutePopularToBoot"

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13. Kevin C. Klatt ‏@Nutrevolve Ithaca, NY
"@Nutrevolve @BuzzFeed -last night was just a repeat of the subplot of BringItOn,I think we need a story with memes #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes

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14. Breannah R Alexander ‏@alexandbre Grand Rapids, MI
Breannah R Alexander Retweeted The Third Hoekage
"When #BringItOn is prophecy. #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes Breannah R Alexander added,
The Third Hoekag"
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This tweet includes same Gif as noted in the tweet given as #11 above.

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15. Derek Hartley ‏@wastesyourtime
Derek Hartley Retweeted Julius Ellis
"The last 18 hours have been epic but the zeroing in on Bring It On totally nails it. #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes Derek Hartley added,

Julius Ellis @dirtyyghettokid
Bruuuhhhh!!! I'm done. #FamousMelianaTrumpQuotes"
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This tweet includes the same Gif as described in #10 above.

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16. Kimberly Hallums ‏@KimmieIs2Real Chillum, MD
"Melania stealing Michelle's speech word for word is basically the plot of "Bring It On."" #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes

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17. Jay Britt ‏@Jaybritt92
"But also... #BeckyWithTheBorrowedSpeech #MelaniaTrump #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes #BringItOn
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This tweet includes a Gif of two members of the Clover squad saying "tried to steal our bit!".

That line is part of a new verse that the Clovers added to the cheer that the Toros stole. [See #9 in this compilation.]

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18. AGirl ‏@CBS_xo
"Today I'm going to watch bring it on in honour of #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes"

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19.JC De Vera
‏@j0hnchristian
"The interwebz has no chill with #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes. All these memes and videos have me screaming. The Bring It On video is classic."

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20. Demetrius Greene ‏@digreene3
"I find it funny the white people who can link this to bring it on but still don't get cultural appropriation" 🐸☕ #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes

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The Right Rhyming Pattern For Shabooya Roll Call Verses

Edited by Azizi Powell

Latest revision- March 9, 2023

"Shabooya Roll Call" is an African American originated call and respond bragging and/or taunting chant with a distinctive structure and rhythm. The chant is supposed to begin with the words "shabooya sha sha shabooya roll call" and end with the words "Shabooya roll call".

The earliest published example of a song or chant with a "shabooya" pattern that I'm aware of is the 1992 song by Prince entitled "My Name Is Prince". [Thanks Anonymous May 9, 2016 whose comment is in this post's discussion section.]

Click https://genius.com/Prince-and-the-new-power-generation-my-name-is-prince-lyrics for the complete lyrics to Prince's song "My Name Is Prince". That song was first released on Oct. 13, 1992

[Verse 1: Prince]
My name is Prince a
And I am funky
My name is Prince the one and only
I did not come to funk around
'Tll I get your daughter I won't leave this town

[...]

[Verse 2: Prince]

My name is Prince and I am funky
When it come to funk I am a junky
I know from righteous I know from sin
I got two sides and they both friends

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Update: July 4, 2022; Hat tip to commenter Anonymous July 2, 2022. Here's part of that comment:

..." the Spartan cheerleaders on Saturday Night Live, which used the lyric “cha cha butchee” instead of “Shabooya” but is otherwise clearly the same chant. Although a few comments elsewhere on the internet claim that SNL was referencing “Get on the Bus”, the first SNL episode featuring the roll call chant (1/20/96) predates the Spike Lee movie’s release (10/16/96) by almost nine months."...

Read that entire comment and my replies below.
-end of July 4, 2022 update-

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Another early documented use of the word "shabooya" is Spike Lee's 1996 movie Get On The Bus.

Shabooya !!!!!!!!!!!! Scene from the film Get On The Bus (1996)



Uploaded by New7Michael7 on Apr 19, 2010

"Scene from the movie " Get on the bus" ( 1996 ), directed by Spike Lee ( whose soundtrack featured Michael Jackson ), in which the people of the bus starts to rap with a catchy chorus."

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Here's my transcription of that scene. I've used bold font for the rhyming, near rhyming, or "supposed to be rhyming" words font to more clearly show them (Note: The bold font does not mean that those words are emphasized.)

GET ON THE BUS SHABOOYA ROLL CALL
Shabooya sha sha shabooya roll call
Shabooya sha sha shabooya roll call
-repeat multiple times-
My name is Mike
Yeah
Representing New York
Yeah
I’m not a Muslim
Yeah
Still don’t eat pork
Roll Call
Shabooya sha sha shabooya roll call
Shabooya sha sha shabooya roll call
Don’t call me Evan
yeah
Cause I’m on the move
Yeah
Don’t call me junior
Yeah
But you can call me Smooth
Roll Call
Shabooya sha sha shabooya roll call
Shabooya sha sha shabooya roll call
Hey My name is Evan
Yeah
Evan senior
They got my son
yeah
On a misdemeanor
Roll Call
Shabooya sha sha shabooya roll call
Shabooya sha sha shabooya roll call
My name is Gary
Yeah
I’m down with Shelly
Yeah
She’s got the butta
Yeah
I got the jelly.
Roll Call
Shabooya sha sha shabooya roll call
Shabooya sha sha shabooya roll call
My name is X
And I’m a Bruin
And I blah blah blah
[laughter because he messed up]
My name Jamal
Yeah
My mind is free
yeah
We need more love
Yeah
And unity
Roll Call
Shabooya sha sha shabooya roll call
Shabooya sha sha shabooya roll call
My name is Pop
Yeah
We at the top
Yeah
Now all this Shabooya
Yeah
Has got to stop.


The movie Get On The Bus may be the earliest documented record of the word "shabooya", since 2006, that word has been most closely associated with Bring It On - All Or Nothing, the third movie in the teenage cheerleader movie series. There are two scenes in the Bring It On - All Or Nothing movie in which the "Shabooya Roll Call" cheer is featured - the cafeteria table scene and the school dance scene.

Both the Get On The Bus version and the Bring It On-All Or Nothing cafeteria table scene version of "Shabooya Roll Call" have the same call & response lyrical structure. Both have the same "shabooya sha sha shabooya roll call" refrain, and both have the same "Yeah" group response. Furthermore, the Get On The Bus version, the Bring It On-All Or Nothing cafeteria table version, and the school dance version of "Shabooya Roll Call" each have similar numbers of beats in their four line soloists verses. As determined by counting the number of syllables in each line of the soloist's verse, the usual number of syllables per soloist line is 5. However, some soloist verses have lines with 6 syllables in a line, and a fewer number of soloist verses have lines with 4 syllables in a line.)

Here's the video of the Bring It On-All Or Nothing cafeteria dance scene with the words to the Shabooya cheer superimposed on the video screen. (Warning! There is a curse word used prior to the cheer starting.)

Bring It on: Shabooya !! {Dance on duh Table}



iluzyoo, Apr 2, 2011

bring it on all or nothing
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Update: November 4, 2019: This video replaces another video of the same scene that is no longer available.

Here's my description of that scene:
Two African American teenage girls and one Latina teenage girl perform an exaggerated version of a foot stomping routine for the cheer "Shabooya Roll Call" during a high school lunch period.

Here's the words to the cafeteria table scene with the soloist's lines written in syllables, the rhyming words given in bold, and the number of syllables pers in that soloist verse given in brackets after each line of that verse:

SHABOOYA ROLL CALL
Camille: Here we go now!
Camille, Kirresha, Leti: [starts dance routine] Sha boo ya sha sha sha boo ya. Roll call.
Sha boo ya sha sha sha boo ya. Roll call.
Leti: My name is Le ti. [5]
Group: Yeah
I like to par ty [5]
Group: Yeah.
And when I shake it,
Group: Yeah
the boys say "ay ma mi!".* [6]
Camille, Kirresha, Leti: Sha boo ya sha sha sha boo ya. Roll call.
Camille: My name Cam ille. [4]
Group: Yeah
Give you three wishes.
Group: Yeah
You see me shake it, [5]
Group: Yeah
'cause I'm de li cious. [5]
Camille, Kirresha, Leti: Sha boo ya sha sha sha boo ya. Roll call.
Kirresha: My name Kir re sha.[5]
Group: Yeah
Get out my face. [4]
Group: Yeah
'Cause when I shake it, [5]
Group: Yeah
it's like an earth quake.** [5]
- lyrics from the movie Bring It On: All or Nothing (2006)

* Notice that the Leti verse doesn't follow Shabooya Roll Call's "right rhyming pattern" as the end word [Leti] of the first line of the soloist's verse rhymes with the end word [party] of the soloist's second line instead of the end word or element [mi] of the soloist's fourth line.

** I'm aware that there's considerable debate about whether Kirresha says "earthquake" or "hurricane". Since the word "hurricane" doesn't rhyme with "face" and also has three syllables, that would put that line over the usual syllable number of "5". For those reasons, I agree with those who believe that Kirresha said "earthquake" since that word fits the "right rhyming pattern" for Shabooya Roll Call cheers.

The "Shabooya Roll Call" verse in the school dance scene is one verse of a longer cheer. Here's that verse (with its rhyming words given in bold font, the words written in syllables, and the number of syllables in each line given in brackets.)

My name is Brit ney. [5]
I cheer so strong. [4]
And when I shake it, [5]
you bet ter bring it on. [6]
Sha boo ya, sha sha sha boo ya, break it down now.

Using the right rhyming pattern and having the right numbers of syllables is important when "Shabooya Roll Call" verses are chanted as part of a foot stomping movement routine. If the rhyme is "off" and the words are too long (the line contains too many or too few syllables, that messes up the syncopated beat. Here's a video of three African American teenagers or pre-teens doing a movement routine while they chant verses of "Shabooya Roll Call" that they made up:

ShaBooyah



Uploaded by kaitmagkay on Jan 3, 2009

Reika Kayla and Kaity having fun with the family and theres a little interruption by Kristina and Chris laughin

Here's the words to that Reika Kayla and Kaity version of "Shabooya Roll Call" with the soloist's lines written in syllables, the rhyming words given in bold, and the number of syllables pers in that soloist verse given in brackets after each line of that verse:

All: Shabooya sha sha shabooya roll call
Shabooya sha sha shabooya roll call
Reika - My name is Rei ka [5]
Rest of the group - Yeah
Reika- I cheer so strong [4]
Group - Yeah
Reika - When boys see me [4]
Group - Yeah
Reika -I turn them on [4]
Group - Oh!
All: Shabooya sha sha shabooya roll call
Shabooya sha sha shabooya roll call
Kayla- My name is Kay la [5]
Group - Yeah
Kayla - and I’m so hot [4]
Group - Yeah
Kayla - Some girls don’t like me* [5]
Group - Yeah
Kayla - be cause they’re not [4]
Group - Oh!
All: Shabooya sha sha shabooya roll call
Shabooya sha sha shabooya roll call
Kaity - My name is Kai ty [5]
Group - Yeah
Kaity -I like to prance [4]
Group - Yeah
Kaity -And let me show you [5]
Group - Yeah
Kaity -my lit tle dance [4]
Group - Oh!
All: Shabooya sha sha shabooya roll call
Shabooya sha sha shabooya roll call
- kaitmagkay on Jan 3, 2009

I made this transcription from listening to the video. I'm uncertain if this is an accurate transcription because of the laughter in the background.

Remember, there are supposed to be four lines in the soloist verses to "Shabooya Roll Call". Also, remember that the 2-4 rhyming pattern: the end word of line 4 is a word that's supposed to rhyme (or near rhyme) with the end word in line 2.

Furthermore, keep in mind that "5" is the usual number of syllables in each line of the soloist verse, although there might be lines with "6" or "4" verses. Keeping all that in mind, and preparing ahead of time by having a stock number of end rhymes, and memorizing your "Shabooya verse" will help you gain props as a skillful Shabooya chanter.

ADDENDUM:CULTURAL COMPETENCY AND SHABOOYA ROLL CALL VERSES
-Azizi Powell, 1/30/2012

I believe that it's important to be aware that- as is the case with other foot stomping cheers - traditionally, people chanting "Shabooya Roll Call" type cheers are supposed to either be bragging about themselves, or taunting/insulting ("dissin", "putting down") some unidentified person.

The fact that "Shabooya Roll Call" verses are used to taunt/insult others shouldn't be surprising since "Shabooya Roll Call" type verses probably originated as a pre-dozens  African American rhyming composition.

However, in a number of "Shabooya verses" that I have read online the person making up the verse includes a demeaning descriptor of herself or himself (for instance: "My name is ___/ I may be short". In other examples of these verses that I've read online, females wrote "My name is ___/ I am a whore". In the dozens, a person would NEVER insult himself (or herself) or his or her family members. The same prohibition is supposed to hold true for "Shabooya Roll Call verses".

And while I'm on the subject of "Shabooya Roll Call" verses - it's my hope that people composing these verses don't use them as opportunities to role play what they think African American people are like. I believe that it's important to recognize that as influential as the Bring It On cheerleader movie series has been, that movie series's depiction of real African Americans leaves a lot to be desired. Judging from the YouTube viewer comment threads and Facebook pages (I won't supply any links), there's a lot of White people (in the USA and elsewhere) who think it's alright and even cool to put on a fake, exaggerated, stereotypical Black "accent" or a fake Latina accent while reenact that "Shabooya Roll Call" cafeteria scene. And also judging from a number of examples of self-created "Shabooya verses" posted to a number of online sites, a number of people think that it's alright and cool to use so-called African American names for the roll call verses that they compose. I've read a lot of "Shabooya verses" on Facebook with the name "Shaniqua" when this is not the person's name who is posting that verse. I've also noticed a number of "Shabooya verses" that are homophobic. I strongly believe that each of those types of verses are wrong. There's lots of ways of pretending to taunt or put down individuals for fun in those types of cheers without being culturally incompetent. People can be still creative, and still have fun while following the golden rule of "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you".

Think about it.

*Click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dozens for information about the dozens. By "pre-dozens" I mean rhyming cheers or song that help young people gain the word/rhyming skills and confidence to compete in real dozens insult exchanges. "Yo Mama Don't Wear No Drawers" is another example of an African American "pre-dozens" song. Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2011/10/yo-mama-dont-wear-no-drawers.html for a pancocojams blog post about that song.

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