Word Up Songtext
von Cameo

Yo, pretty ladies around the world
Got a weird thing to show you
So tell all the boys and girls
Tell your brother, your sister, and your mama too
′Cause they're ′bout to go down
And you'll know just what to do

Wave your hands in the air like you don't care
Glide by the people as they start to look and stare
Do you dance, do your dance, do your dance quick
Mama, come on baby, tell me what′s the word

Ah, word up (up)
Everybody say when you hear the call, you got to get it underway
Word up (up), it′s the code word
No matter where you say it, you'll know that you′ll be heard


All you sucker. D.J.'s who think you′re fly
There's got to be a reason and we know the reason why
Try to put on the pants, and act real cool
But you got to realise that you′re acting like a fool
If there's music we can use it we need to dance
We don't have that type of psychological romance
No romance, no romance, no romance for me mama
Come on baby tell me what′s the word?
Ah, word up, y′all
Everybody saying, when you hear the call you got to get it underway, aw!

Come on, y'all you people say
W-O-R-D up
W-O-R-D up
W-O-R-D up
W-O-R-D up

You say (W-O-R-D up)
W-O-R-D up (you say) W-O-R-D up
W-O-R-D up

Hey whoo (hey, hey, hey-hey-ey-ey)
You can do it

La, la, la, la, la, la, low (whew, ooh, do it)
Say it like that (like that)
Say it like that, y′all know it (woah)
Everybody's got to know-ow.(woah yeah)
Everybody say it, woah!

C-A-M-E-O, you say (C-A-M-E-O)
C-A-M-E-O, you say (C-A-M-E-O)
Can you dig it?
Can you dig it? Can you dig it? Can you dig it? Can you dig it?


Do we have a good time or what? (Yeah)
Did we have a good time or what? (Yeah)
We sure had a good time, don′t you forget it
From everybody on this stage on behalf of Cameo
We wanna say thank you for coming out
We wanna send you love, we feel your love

And now it's time to show some more love
Everybody from the front to the back
If you′re not doing so already, please stand up
If you're not doing so already, please stand up
Thank you, darling
How you doing?

Now, we'd like for you to hold your right hand up in the air
Don′t wave it like you just don′t care
Don't wave it
Don′t (ok)
Now, we want you to say in the top of your lungs
In the front to the back side
That's all we want you to say

Say W-O-R-D up, you say (W-O-R-D up)
W-O-R-D up, you say (W-O-R-D up)
C-A-M-E-O, you say (C-A-M-E-O)
C-A-M-E-O, you say (C-A-M-E-O)
We love you, later

(We want more, we want more)
(We want more, we want more, we want more)