A Timeline of "Shabooya Roll Call" Chants & Sayings (In Movies, Television, TikTok, YouTube & Other Social Media Sites) - Part II (2022-2023)

Disney MusicVEVO, April 22, 2022

The Proud Family is louder and prouder and FINALLY back to your screens! 💜 The Proud Family: #LouderAndProuder, an all-new Original series, is streaming now only on #DisneyPlus.

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Edited by Azizi Powell

This is Part II of a two part pancocojams series on Shabooya Roll Call chants and other uses of the words "shabooya roll call".

This post provides a partial chronological list of  "Shabooya Roll Call" chants or the words "Shabooya" or "Shabooya Roll Call" in movies, television shows, YouTube/TikTok videos,  and/or recorded songs from 2022 through March 2023. 

Videos of most of these entries are also included in this post along with brief information or links to information about those entries. 

Dependent on the example, this timeline includes all, some, or none of the words to these "Shabooya Roll Call "chants.

Links to most of these examples are given with each entry in this chronological list.

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2022/01/a-chronological-list-with-videos-of.html for Part I of this pancocojams post. That post  provides my speculation about the origin of the word "shabooya". This post also presents the meaning of the word "roll call".

In addition, this pancocojams post also presents a chronological list of precursors of the "Shabooya roll call" chants as well as examples of the "Shabooya Roll Call" chants or the words "Shabooya" or "Shabooya Roll Call" in movies, television shows, and recorded songs (from 1996 through 2016.)  

Videos of most of these entries are also included in this post. However, the complete lyrics to these examples aren't included in these entries. 

The content of this post is presented for historical, cultural, and entertainment purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post.
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If you are aware of any entries that should be added to this list, please share those entries in the comment section below.

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EXAMPLES OF SHABOOYA ROLL CALL CHANTS (2022-2023) 

April 20, 2022 Disney + and Feb. 4, 2023 Disney Channel -episode Old Towne Road (Part I)
The video of that "Shabooya Roll Call" example is given above.
Click https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Proud_Family:_Louder_and_Prouder for information about the animated television series The Proud Family- Louder and Prouder. Also, click  https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Old_Towne_Road#:~:text=The%20first%20part%20premiered%20on,and%20the%20season%20two for information about that episode.

Here are some information about the use of "Shabooya Roll Call" in that episode as well as the complete lyrics to that example from
https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Shabooya_(Roll_Call)
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"Shabooya (Roll Call)" is a song that is featured in The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder episode "Old Towne Road". The song originated as an old African American chant, that was later made famous in the Spike Lee movie Get on the Bus. Since then, it has made appearances in other media, most notably Bring It On: All Or Nothing, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia and The Office.

The song is sung by the titular Proud Family on their way to Towne, Oklahoma with each family member listing off their certain characteristics. Penny Proud's moment in the song is cynical because of her frenemy LaCienega moving in on her boyfriend Kareem. Suga Mama does not participate in the song due to being tied up on the roof of the vehicle.

Lyrics

All:
Shabooya! Ya ya! Shabooya roll call!
Shabooya! Ya ya! Shabooya roll call!
Shabooya! Ya ya! Shabooya roll call!
Shabooya! Ya ya! Shabooya roll call!

Oscar:
My name is Oscar (Yeah)!
I make Proud Snacks (Yeah)!
People call me snack master (Yeah)!
Women call me snack mack (Roll Call)!

All:
Shabooya! Ya ya! Shabooya roll call!
Shabooya! Ya ya! Shabooya roll call!

Trudy:
My name is Trudy (Yeah)!
I am the boss (Yeah)!
'Cause I be running things (Yeah)!
'Cause I got that sauce (Roll Call)!

All:
Shabooya! Ya ya! Shabooya roll call!
Shabooya! Ya ya! Shabooya roll call!

Bobby:
My name is Bobby (Yeah)!
I'm here to say (Yeah)!
I love my nachos (Yeah)!
With guacamole (Roll Call)!

All:
Shabooya! Ya ya! Shabooya roll call!
Shabooya! Ya ya! Shabooya roll call!

BeBe:
My name's Bebe (Yeah)!

CeCe:
And I am CeCe (Yeah)!

Both:
We got to pee pee (What?)!
So stop the hooptee (Roll Call)!

All:
Shabooya! Ya ya! Shabooya roll call!
Shabooya! Ya ya! Shabooya roll call!

Penny:
My name is Penny (Yeah)!
I'm here to say (Yeah)!
LaCienega's gonna pay (Yeah)!
If she steals my bae (What?)!"
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"Hoptee" is a 1970s or earlier old African American Vernacular English word for an old, beat up car.  

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September 30, 2022- Hip Hop record entitled "Shabooya" by American record producer Hitkidd and American rappers Gloss Up and K Carbon featuring American rappers Slimeroni and Aleza" .Click https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shabooya for information about this Hiip Hop record.

WARNING - This record and video includes lots of profanity, "the n word", and sexually explicit lyrics. In spite of that content, the audio from this song is used for many TikTok "Shabooya Roll Call" compilation/challenge videos, including TikTok "shorts" that feature tweens.

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November 4, 2022 - SHABOOYA Roll Call: Teacher EDITION 🤓🔥 #afterschool

 

It’s Me! Khalia V., November 4, 2022
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This is the first "Shabooya Roll Call Teacher's Edition" that I've found online. These videos are posted on TikTok and then on YouTube. They showcase African American elementary school teachers and their African American students in school chanting their own versions of "Shabooya Roll Call". 

Here's my transcription of this video (Additions and corrections are welcome) :

"Students: Shabooya
Sha sha shabooya roll call

Shabooya
Sha sha shabooya roll call

Shabooya
Sha sha shabooya roll call

Shabooya
Sha sha shabooya roll call

Teacher: Ayy
My name Khalia
Students - (Yeah!)
And I’m your teacher
(Yeah!)
Second grade and you know that I’m a diva
(Yeah!)
And I’m Ms. Tay
(Yeah!)
And I don’t play
(Yeah!)
The best teacher I don’t care what you say."
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In this video the students are showering their teacher with dollar bills as she chants her version of  "Shabooya Roll Call". The African American custom of "raining money" probably originated from the Nigerian (and some other African nations' custom of showing appreciation and best wishes for performers and for the bride and groom by showing them with paper money.

Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2011/09/pinning-birthday-dollars.html for a 2011 pancocojams post entitled "Pinning Birthday Dollars."
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In another Shabooya Roll Call Teacher's Edition video that I came across(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNVGyR7u9N4 Shabooya Roll Call!! Fun Friday!!! published by The Classy Teacher's Lounge, Jan 27, 2023) one girl's verse is very similar to the verse that Trudy chanted in Proud Family- Louder And Prouder's "Old Towne Road" episode (i.e. rhyming the word "bossy with "saucy". In this context, "saucy" means something like "having a lot of flava", "being bold not boring", "being charismatic", "being exciting" etc.)  

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Jan. 28, 2023 - TikTok/YouTube video "If The Disciples Made Music" by Chris Chris. (This Tik Tok trend is called "Hallelujah Roll Call", "Shabooya Roll Call- If Biblical Characters Made Music" and other titles.



Chris Chris, Jan. 28, 2023
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This TikTok/YouTube video appears to be the first in a series of TikTok challenges that are loosely entitled "Hallelujah Roll Call" or "If Biblical Characters Made Music". Many of those TikTok/YouTube compilations include parts of Chris Chris' "If The Disciples Made Music" video.

The characters in these "Hallelujah Roll Call" or "If Biblical Characters Made Music" videos introduce themselves and chant using an adapted form of the Shabooya Roll Call chant. Some of these videos are called "Shabooya" - If Biblical Characters Made Music" or similar titles that include the word "shabooya". 

Here are two verses from this Chris Chris video:
"fourth disciple: 
My name is Peter
(Peter)
I’ll cuss you out
(out)
But I’m saved now
So I’ll just shout
(Heeey!)
But if you ever run up on Jesus
and I’m near
(and I’m near)
Best believe
that I’m cuttin off your ear
(SLICE SLICE)

fifth disciple:
My name is Andrew
Peter is my brother
(Um hum)
I was catchin fish
I caught ’em like no other
(Um hum)
One day I was on the boat
to fish again
(Um hum)
When Jesus said You should be fishers of men
(Um hum)"
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These lyrics document how the lyrical formation for "Shabooya Roll Call" has changed from its 1996 Spike Lee Get On The Bus movie version and the 1006 Bring It On-All Or Nothing movie version till now. For instance, notice that in Chris Chris' (and others) 2023 "Hallelujah Roll Call" versions the soloist's verses don't have a consistent length and the responses to the soloist's words aren't consistent. 

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2023/03/chris-chris-if-disciples-made-music.html for the pancocojams post entitled "Chris Chris - "Hallelujah Roll Call" ("If the disciples made music") video & lyrics" for the complete transcription of that video .

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Feb. 4, 2023 -"Women of black history month"

Kendria Bland, Feb. 1, 2023
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This video is part of a skit about three historical Black women (including Eve) who are chanting their "Shabooya Roll Call" verses about what they are known for and/or otherwise giving "attitude". 

In the order of their appearance, the women who are featured in this video are Rosa Parks, Eve, and Harriet Tubman.

Based on the comments in that video's discussion thread https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltmn22f-NBg  the full skit hasn't been uploaded to YouTube or other social media sites yet.  

Here's my partial transcription of that video. Additions and corrections are welcome. 

"Shabooya 
Sha Sha Shabooya Roll Call

My name is Rosa
(Yeah)
They say I'm supposeda
Sit in the back
But I'm tired here
So I'm gonna sit right here I'm supposed to
(Yeah)
Come get me up b-
It gonna take bout three, four, five men
And (imitating holding a shotgun) ???? 
[The rest of the women pull her back because she was about to go HAM (completely lose her control].

My name is Eve.
(Yeah)
I can't believe
Yeah
I trusted Satan, ate that apple.
He deceived
(Yeah) 
And, yeah I'm naked
I thought I was awakened
I was the first to do it
Y'all my daughters
We're related.
(Yeah)

Trick, I'm Big Harriet (pronounced "Harry") 
Don't call me slave, ho (whore)
(Yeah)
I'm from the underground railroad
I'm out the door
When I say "where" you betta go
???"

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The Starrkeisha Cheer Squad (The "Petty" Cheer), information, videos, lyrics, & comments

Randome Guye Published on Apr 3, 2016

Click https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wn67XyvePOE&feature=youtu.be for the original YouTube video of the Starrkeisha Cheer Squad (The Petty Cheer". That video begins with the cheerleaders practicing their cheers and includes some back and forth comments between Starrkeisha, the rest of her cheerleading squad (who look like her but may do other actions), and the coach.

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Edited by Azizi Powell

Latest revision - May 26, 2026

This is Part II of a four part series on "Starrkeisha" videos.

This post showcases one video of "The Starrkeisha Cheer Squad" (The "Petty" Cheer). Selected comments from these examples are also featured in this post along with the words to this cheer.

Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2016/06/child-support-rap-battle-starrkeisha-vs.html for Part I of this series. Part I showcases a November 2011 "Starrkeisha" video "Child Support Rap Battle - Starrkeisha VS Cameron J".

Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2016/06/starrkeisha-imma-independent-my.html for Part III of this series. Part III of this series showcases the Starrkeisha video "Imma Independent" and includes my analysis of writing styles of selected comments that are found in discussion threads of eight Starrkeisha videos.

Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2016/06/facebooking-youtube-video-comment.html for Part IV of this series. Part IV focuses on what I call "Facebooking YouTube Comment Threads: Kids Commenting On Starrkeisha Videos' Discussion Threads." Examples of those "Facebook type" comments from Starrkeisha discussion threads are featured in that post.

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The content of this post is presented for folkloric, cultural, and entertainment purposes. I selected this video to showcase out of all the others "Starrkeisha" videos because of my interest in documenting African American originated and African American influenced cheerleader cheers.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to Cameron J, the developer of, the "Starrkeisha" character and the producer of this video. Thanks also to others associated with this video and thanks to all those who are quoted in this post.

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INFORMATION ABOUT "STARRKEISHA"
Note: This is an excerpt of this section that is found in Part I of this series.
"Starrkeisha" is a fictional character that was created by and performed by Cameron J for YouTube channel RandomStructureTV. Here's information about Cameron J that is found on his Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/CameronJMusic:
"Cameron J: musician/Band
Members: Cameron J. Henderson
Genre: RNB, Jazz, Rock, Blues, Techno
Hometown: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
http://www.YouTube.com/RandomStructureTV"
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Update: June 26, 2016 Correction:
The first Starrkeisha video is "I Need My Child Support Money!- StarrKeisha/Cameron J" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l--wmtJ7Vj8 ,Uploaded on Jan 15, 2011.
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"Starrkeisha" is portrayed by African American male Cameron J as a relatively young "ratchet" (ghetto") Black woman who is sassy, street smart, and creative- She raps, sings, and dances (especially twerking). In keeping with the caricatures of "ratchet" women, Starrkeisha is portrayed as wearing a short blue wig or weave, a blue jacket that is too short for her, and other "dumpster dump" clothes. In spite of her attire, Starrkeisha brags about how many brand name clothes and accessories she has.

In contrast with almost all characters that have been created by female impersonators, "Starrkeisha" has a mustache and a short beard. Since mustaches and beards aren't part of the description of ratchet wome, I wonder if Starrkeisha is portrayed that way to add more comedic elements to those skits, and to emphasize that this character isn't real-although the situations she finds herself in and her responses to those situations could be real. That said, a lot of people who comment on discussion threads for Starrkeisha videos interact with and react to Starrkeisha and Cameron J as though they are both real. And as a result of Starrkeisha's mustache and beard, a lot of children who comment on those discussion threads don't understand that Cameron J is portraying Starrkeisha (and, sometimes, also himself) and are confused about whether "Starrkeisha" is male or female. Questions such as "Is she a boy? and statements like "She can't be pregnant 'cause she's a man" are found numerous times in the discussion threads that I read for these videos."...

Additions and corrections to this post would be greatly appreciated.

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CHEER LYRICS - THE PETTY CHEER
(King of Weird)

Leader - Okay ladies, let's get in formation.
All - Gimme a P
Gimme a E
Gimme a T
Gimme a T
Gimme a Y
I'm petty all the time.

Gimme a P
Gimme a E
Gimme a T
Gimme a T
Gimme a Y
I'm petty all the time.

P E to the T T Y
I’m petty
All the time.

Leader - My name starrkeisha
Group- Yeah
Leader - And I'm the best
Group- Yeah
Leader -You know I'm petty
I like to start some mess.

Leader- Cause you don't like me
Group -Yeah
Leader -But you don't want to get down.
Group -Down
Leader -You don't want to start stuff*
When Kiki come around.

Get down now.

All- P E to the T T Y
P E to the T T Y
I'm petty
Yeah Yeah
I'm petty.

P E to the T T Y
P E to the T T Y
P E to the T T Y
P E to the T T Y

Leader- Okay ladies, let's get in formation.
All - P E to the T T Y
P E to the T T Y
Leader- Okay ladies, let's get in formation.
All - I'm petty.
Leader- Close up [?], suga, 'for** you get eliminated.
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*I'm not sure about my transcription of the end of this line.

** 'for = before

This is a remix of R&B and Pop song. Here's a list of some of the clips of songs in that remix: (These song clips may not be in the order that they appear in this video)
"Work" - Rihanna
Work From Home - Fifth Harmony
Formation - Beyoncé
Pull over by Trina
Hello - Adele

At the end of that remix, the leader says "Work" and she and the other members of the squad say "I'm petty all the time". The video ends with the leader saying "Let's go, Pettys", which sounds like "Petty" could be their school's name, but the cheer's lyrics suggest otherwise.

I'm not certain about the "Close up" phrase in that last line. If it's the right transcription, then "Get flag" probably means the same things as "Get lost"; "Leave", Get out of here fast".

The line "Okay ladies, let's get in formation" is lifted from Beyonce's 2016 hit song and video entitled "Formation".

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UPDATE: June 26, 2016 8:54 PM
The line "P E to the T T Y" in this 2016 Starrkeisha video has the structural pattern of Jay Z's 2001 Hip Hop song "Izzo" (H.O.V.A)- "H to the Izz-o, V to the Izz-A ".

In the March 2011 video "Starrkeisha Fights!", Starrkeisha spelled her name using an adaptation of that "Izzo" (H. O. V. A" pattern: "My name is Starrkeisha- S to the t to the a to the r to the r to the k to the e to the i to the s to the h to the a". (That clip begins at 1:09 in the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rl2TvW2aTq4.

Also, the portion of the Petty cheer that begins with the line "P E to the T T Y" uses basically the same rhyming pattern as "Shabooya Roll Call" (except that Starrkeisha chants two verses instead of giving someone else a turn as soloist).

Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2012/01/the-right-rhyming-pattern-for-shabooya.html for a pancocojams post about Shabooya Roll Call.
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end of the update

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Added 7/29/2016
The Line "okay ladies, let's get in formation" is from Beyonce's hit song "Formation." Click https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfMlFxrMb18 for a video of that song.

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SELECTED COMMENTS FROM THIS VIDEO'S DISCUSSION THREAD
These comments are given in relative chronological order, with the oldest dated comments given first, except for responses. However, these comments may not be in consecutive order.

The comments that are followed by [^] are quotes from the video. I'm particularly interested in those quotes, and in examples of African American Vernacular English.

I've assigned numbers for referencing purposes only and I've added brief explanatory comments or other editorial comments for some of these comments.

WARNING: As is the case with a number of YouTube video discussion threads, the Starrkeisha video discussion threads that I have read contain profanity, the n word, and sexually explicit language. None of those examples are found below.

April 2016
1. Mildred Corbett
"I wish my cheerleaders at my school cheers like that be cause that was so funny that every one would die so hard that they want to record it and watch it over and over again I love you starkeisha and do the ghetto version. That would have been even funnier if you do that and stop acting like a girl in real like and act funnier than Reggie couz if you know him he's funny but not that funny"
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I'm not sure who "Reggie" is. I think he's someone that the commenter knows irl (in real life).

"couz" cause

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2. Joshua Phonharath
"OMGGG THE COACH"

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3. Shawnise Bennett (May 2015)
"yo when he was milly rocking...(This comment is followed by a smiley faced icon.)
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"Yo" here is an exclamation that doesn't have any literal meaning, but is similar to "Hey" or "Yeah".
"Milly Rock" is a 2015 Hip Hop dance that was introduced by the rapper 2 Milly.

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May 2016
4. Misa Amane
"HOW DO YOU DO THE CLAP PART"
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What this commenter and several others call "the clap part" or "clapping" is actual an example of "steppin'". Steppin' originated with and is still mostly associated with historically Black Greek letter (university based) fraternities and sororities. This particular example of steppin is done with rhythmic chest pats. An old term for those chest pats is "pattin juba". Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2013/05/an-overview-of-black-greek-letter.html for a pancocojams post that provides information about steppin and two video examples of steppin.

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5. Naomi Jagozinski
"WE NEED A TUTORIAL LIKE NOOOOWWWW PLEASE THIS CHOREOGRAPHY BE POPPIN"

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6. Princess Ada
""you gotta give it to him, that routine was on point"
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"on point" = done exactly right

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7. David Hazinski
"gurl now I told u there is a replay button for a reason"

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8. Naomi Jagozinski
"+David Hazinski lolol but it's annoying to replay :("

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9. David Hazinski
"GURL DON'T GET NO SASS WITH ME"

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10. Naomi Jagozinski
"+David Hazinski im NOT BEING SASSY! Both of our last names end with "zinski" ain't no sassyness round hur"
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"hur" = here (My guess is that "here" was probably written that way so that it would "sound Black".

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11. lαuren
"+David Hazinski okay, I'm making an assumption here so don't get all pissed at me, but you have a very white sounding male name and you're trying to act like a sassy black woman like wyd"
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I don't know what "wyd" means.

A standard African American description of someone talking sassy is that person having "a smart mouth", or talking "back" at someone. This isn't a compliment. It's more likely that David Hazinski's "Gurl Don't Get No Sass With Me" would be given as "Gurl" (or Girl) don't give me no sass". I think he might have written that comment to show of his ability to "talk Black", but I wouldn't give him the best grade for that attempt.

"Talking sassy" means coming up with pithy, clever, biting retorts that are given with an aggressive, self-confident attitude

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12. Robert Fortenberry
"Name of the song that plays after Adele hello? That beat is sick!
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"sick" = very very good

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13. Poker Face
"Formation by Beyoncé"

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14. Nirvana Ramirez
"this entire thing is amazing. BRAVA"

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15. Brittnay Kingston
"The definition of lit"
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"Lit" means it is "on fire", "hot", smokin', "dynamite", "the bomb" etc. (In other words "amazing" as the commenter directly above this example wrote.)

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16. sabrina robles
"This is pure talent"

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17. kelis wilcox
"I can't help but press replay. It's just so catchy.."

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18. Just Plain Weird
"I got called petty today and I started singing this song to the person who called me petty. I even danced."

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19. Floralbby11
"This is so funny and messed up though because petty means small or little of importance so i really don't get this lol"

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20. Sweat And Temptation
"+Floralbby11 Petty, when used to describe a person, means that they like to start trouble over little things and generally like making people upset or frustrated, because they get a sense of power from it."

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June 2016
21. Samantha Yolo
""Petty- of little importance, not mattering

Why is everyone calling themselves petty I really don'tnt get it??"

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22. Samantha Yolo
"don't"

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23. Just Lillian
"it also means to over-exaggerated things, making irrelevant things big for no reason"

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24. A RJ
"petty is also used to describe people who start drama, act childish"

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VaNeajah Brown
25. "i got to learn this DANCE like post a how to do PETTY CHEER man"

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26. Kaiden Nelson
"my mom try to make me dance to it and I said no and now I like the song and I dance to it when my mom is not looking because she will start singing and dancing to it"

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27. Katherine Johnson
"- 80% of people in the comments talking about the ashy knees.
- 20% talking about how much they LOVE this."

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28. Rosie Hunt
"It's official, my squad has decided what to dance to at prom!"

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29. Sabrina Hamad
"This guy is better at dancing like a girl then I am AND IM A GIRL...I wish i could dance like that.."

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30. Ariyah Roundtree
"they killt it 💯💯💯💯💯💯"
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"Killed" it means to do some thing extremely well.

I've seen these "100s" before on comments and assume it's like multiplying what you said to the nth degree.

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31. Petty yh im petty
"I like the dance and the music / beat"

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32. Yel K
"Watched this 5x in a row" (followed by a smiley face emoticon)

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33. Roonniesha Maeweather
"me to"

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34. James Brandon
"Ashy knees and stank hair: MY HIGH SCHOOL CHEER SQUAD."

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35. lajhaya sanchez
"AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO PLAYED THIS LITERALLY 100 TIMES AND JUST LEARNED EVERY MOVE? YES? WELL THAT'S OKAY."

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36. Ayanna Grant
"NO I DID TOO I KNOW IT ALL NOW"

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37. Naømi Løpez
"its a boy btw dressed up as a girl"

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38. angel dubin
"Knees mad ashy"
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In this comment "mad" means "very".

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39. Pat Teneyck
"then girls need to shave and out some lotion on,and sorry but when they started to mix songs it sounded awful sorry I'm not trying to be a hatter"
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"Then" is probably a typo for "them".
"A hater" is someone who criticizes (puts down) someone or something out of jealousy and/or spite.

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40. Shelesha Curling
"well it sounds like that so..........

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50. Sierra Lemessy
"well u are being a hater"

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51. Veronica Morgan
"This is better than most of the cheer leading squads I have seen(followed by four emoticons) No offense to the other squads y'all good too."

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52. Cookie Robertson
"bust the milly rock"
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"bust" = do [perform] a dance (very well)

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53. Mocoya Lewis
"he always Milly Rocking"
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He = the coach

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54. John Williams
"I love this song be having me dead" (This comment is followed by three different emoticons)

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55. victoria ruiz
[written in response to someone writing a very homophobic comment]
"what does it matter if he's gay or not"

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56. BreBre Sanaa
"You P-E to the T-T-Y" [^]

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57. IstartedBawling WhenIwasyoung
"This was like the cheerleaders at my ghetto ass school tbh and I had to be on the cheer squad one year 2"(followed by two smiley face emoticons)

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58. Darell Nettles
"This song is degrading. young girls are singing it and don't realize they are calling themselves petty."

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59. X_PERT GAMING
"lol love the beat tho"

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60. Ebonl Dean
"this is so ghetto"

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61. Cayden Armstrong armstrong
"DANGGG THEY ARE SOOOO ASHY"

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62. Cecee
"lmaooo"

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63. Cayden Armstrong armstrong
"Ikr"

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64. Cecee
"at first i thought they were knee pads"

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65. The Random Bffs
"Their knees look like mine sometimes when I don't put any lotion on or when im baking, who can relate (I am black too)."

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66. Johnathan Bryan
"starrkiesha is a man !!!!!"

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67. Olivia Stout
"My friends performed this on stage and it was the last day of school(followed by two smiley face emoticons)

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68. Yomi Love
"-.- The girls at my school sing this stupid song. Singing about being petty isn't a good thing. This "song" is downgrading to girls all over."

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69. Panic Disco
"I'm going to do this for Halloween" (followed by one smiley face emoticon)

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70. AriannaStreams
"This is all over my school"

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71. Emonte Clay
"they gay"

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72. skylar whitworth
"My cheer squad is gonna do this at a football game against our rivals"

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73. Lauren Pandas
"Does anyone else know that that is a dude dressed in a cheerleading uniform?"

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74. Tiyonna Caldwell
"I love the all of y'all and the song I play is over and over and over,over,over,over,over,over again

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75. Kayla Smith
"I looked up petty on urban dictionary xD"

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76. phoenix smith
"Can you buy this song on iTunes?
If you can what's it called!!????"

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77. Phoenix Phillips
"is that a girl or a boy"

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78. Kim krissy
"Why r their knees so white?
Don't they have coco butter or somethin. XD"

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79. kaysikayla bratcher
"yass like that step"
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"Yass" - a contemporary, hip form of the word "yes"
"step" refers to the steppin routine that the squad did with chest pats.

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80. Deshawn ingram
"This video Is really amazing I love it. I keep listening to it you slayed @thekingofwierd"

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81. Young fleet
"dude imma subscribe your mad cool"

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82. Lakeisha Moore
"I love this"

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83. Ella lakey
"I love this video I'm learning the choreography

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84. Isabella Giron
"Hahahah omg! I have been searching for this video and I've finally got it! Great choreography and cheer song! Keep it up!"

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85. Dallas Belton
"So lit"

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86. Chaylea Ville
"Tbh, that wouldn't be a bad cheer to do at a game. Maybe it's just me but I'd watch it."

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87. Darryl Jackson
"milly rock my fav part"

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88. Fluffy Heart
"Is this a mashup of cheer and steppers"

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89. Babyxo Adi
"ayeee about to do the challenge !"

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90. Adriane Russ
"I love the beat that thing go hard"

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91. Oops Boops
"This needs to be on iTunes I neeeeeeedddd iiiitttt!"

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92. Jasmin Laureano
"Should've been casted for Bring it On."
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The commenter may have been joking. Bring It On is a rather influential series of movies about high school cheerleading competitions." The "Shabooya" cheer was featured in one of the Bring It On movies.

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93. April Dobbs
"ARE THOSE MEN DRESSED UP AS CHERRLEADERS"

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94. LuvMeHateMe Spice
"I love this video so much I am trying to learn the dance cos I love it soo much its unbelievable but I am getting stuck on the part when she mashes up all of those work songs and stuff. But he is so funny I am subscribing on all of my friends channels (this comment is followed by a smiley face and a heart emoticons.)

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95. The Original
"anyone else think this actually has a good beat?"

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96. Nayelli Estrada1
"I love the remix part. I gotta say that's great. The whole video is hilarious though" (The comment is followed by two smiley face emoticons).

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97. Marcus McElhaney
"Them mr.Brown legs lol"
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"Mr. Brown legs" is probably a reference to the American television show Meet The Browns which has a Black cast.

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98. Amyah Hoover
They slayed that 24/7" (followed by four smiley face emoticons)
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In the context of this comment "slayed" has the same meaning as "killed" or "murdered", meaning to do some thing exceptionally well.

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99. Princess Arroyo
"yooo this is me.. everyone says my petty level is on 10000 which is true"

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100. Talia Simons
"What is going on with the knees?"

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101. Angelica 454
"black girls' nightmare"

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102. Angelica 454
"lol jkjk"

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103. Samantha Liz
"wat happen to there knees"

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104. Revolt KofKen
"there black so there knees are ashy, its a joke"

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105. RaKesha Crawford
"this song is so tite"
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106. Shesly fuentes
"Tell me why they dance better that original cheerleaders today"

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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."

-snip-
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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