Dramatics, The - Shake It Well Lyrics






My name is Squirrel
Best shaker in the world
Shake it on down
(Shake, shake, shake it, baby)
Shake it down to the ground
(Baby, baby, shake it down)

Oh, yeah, yeah...

You've got problems
I've got problems
I can tell, ooh, ooh

Here's my best key
Such a good therapy
It's called shake it well
Well, well, well

It's the best sensation
For your frustrations
And it never fails, no

Move your body to the music
And shake it well, oh, girl

Hey, hey
Shake it right on time
Do it to the music
Ooh, you got it on
Let's see you use it

Let your hair hang down
Oh, you party pooper
Forget about yourself
Ooh, let the music groove

Not an inspection
Just a bad reaction
Baby, ain't no thrill
Ain't no thrill to me

There could never be
A better remedy
Then to shake it well
I can tell, hey, hey

Whatever your ailment
You'll find contentment
If you shake it well
Oh, just for me

If you feel you wanna move
Just get in the groove
And shake it well
Ha ha, just for me

Hey, hey
No matter what?
You might be heavy
Or you might be thin

Long hair, short hair
Short or tall
You might not have
No hair at all

Let the music slip it to you
Shake it well
Oh, you move me

Ooh, let your body
Ooh, get real nimble
Then you'll soon feel swell
I swear you will, I swear

Hold it now, wait a minute
(Hey, what is it, man, come on)
Everybody out there ain't shaking
Let's get a groove
(Everybody's gotta be moving here)
Come on, man, let's all shake

Shake it, shake it
Shake it, shake it, shake it
Shake it, shake it
Shake it, shake it, shake it...

Everybody, shake it well
Hey, hey, hey, shake it

Shake it, shake it
Shake it, baby
Baby, baby, shake it well
Shake it on down
Shake it down to the ground

Shake, shake, shake it
Oh, baby, don't you fake it

Don't mean no disrespect
But they're doing it at the discotheque
Oh, just shake it well, hey, hey, hey

Get it off?
Come on, y'all, let's keep it clean
We gone shake it well, I swear

It ain't dirty
So don't you worry
Just shake it well
Ain't nobody gonna
Say nothing about it now

Everybody in Hollywood, ooh
The exercise might do some good
Ha ha, just shake it well

Hey, everybody in New York City
I swear it would be a pity
If you don't shake it well
Shake it well, shake it well

Everybody all over the world
Man, woman, boy or girl
Come on and shake it well
Come on and shake it well

You might have problems
But the music can solve em
If you shake it well
If you shake it well

Hey, hey
Come on and shake it well
Shake it well

Hey, hey, hey...
Shake it well...





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  1. s.... b....

    My fathers has this album and loved this song! Drove me nuts! 😂

  2. B.... ....

    My grandpa played the drums on this this hype

  3. B.... B....

    This here was a hit I remember this song in Carr Square Village them Dramatics was the bomb they made a lot of hits back to back.

  4. D.... ....

    The Dramatics debut this jam on local Detroit television in October of 1977

  5. m.... a....

    Hey squirrel? best shaka in the world this lady said lets go HEY HEY HEY!!!

  6. A.... D....

    Me and demeshia song

  7. F.... C....

    MUST BE A 70'TH PARTY, SHAKE IT WELL...👍👍👍

  8. G.... G....

    RIP Mr. Willie Ford.

  9. K.... F....

    Still shaking ❤

  10. L.... S....

    Love the Dramatics!!!

  11. E.... B....

    no singing groups like this anymore; no music like this anymore.

  12. A.... D....

    Demeshia

  13. J.... B....

    All Time Favorite 🎉🎉🎉Timeless💝

  14. M.... S....

    HAPPY 70TH BIRTHDAY LARRY "SQUIRREL" DEMPS (FEBRUARY 23, 2019)

  15. G.... N....

    Whatever you do just shake it well

  16. M.... S....

    HAPPY 67TH BIRTHDAY LARRY JAMES "L. J." REYNOLDS (JANUARY 27, 2019)

  17. R.... T....

    This is a classic...we use to call the thumbs down wallflowers back in the day

  18. A.... R....

    I like them when they were on the Volt record label !!

  19. T.... G....

    Who's still shaking it well in 2018

  20. J.... B....

    My Ishhh yall💖💖Shake It Well Mz, Niq Niq👠👠

  21. J.... S....

    nothing against unsung but they skipped over this be my girl was good but to me this was their last big hit in my opinion in the fall of 1977

  22. S.... M....

    It's my party song My sophomore year of high school 1977 at CVS used play this cut when I wake up in the morning getting ready from school soon as I come home

  23. M.... K....

    Every time I listen to this, I imagine me and a bunch of others jammin' and dancin' down a dance line, lip syncing while dancing! I made and performed this song... According to my imagination (don't you dare tell me I didn't) Lol!

  24. m.... l....

    Me Too! Nancy

  25. M.... S....

    FABULOUS 5 THE DRAMATICS FOREVER Ron Lenny Larry LJ Willie

    M.... S....

    I still give Wee Gee his props. He was a singing fool!!!

  26. R.... P....

    James Jamerson on bass guitar

  27. A.... B....

    I love this song and these guys,dramatics👍

  28. A.... C....

    Detroit own The Dramatic s real Music💯💯💯💯💯

  29. A.... B....

    I love these guys and all there music❤👍

  30. C.... W....

    That was a real party so shake it well

  31. �.... ....

    【昭和のマイナー曲紹介】the dramatics「In The Rain」
    http://toriprojpop.hatenablog.com/entry/thedramatics-intherain-odorumie

  32. H.... S....

    Pardon my French but whoever was on that bass was kicking ass

  33. M.... S....

    LOVE THE DRAMATICS FOREVER 💗 RIH RONALD DEAN BANKS BANKO LEONARD CORNELL MAYS ANGELS

  34. J.... F....

    I've been looking for this song for a while but I always titled it wrong! But I found it baby and I'm astactic!!! One thing though, I would have never thought the Dramatics did this song!! Learn something new everyday! I'm Soo happy now!!!

    J.... F....

    You sound like how I felt when I FINALLY found a song by Craig T. Cooper called "Quality Time". Heard that joint for YEARS and couldn't find the artist who made it if my life depended on it. Lol!

    J.... F....

    I believe the word you're looking for is ecstatic.

    J.... F....

    Me too, I thought another band made this! 🤩🤩

  35. M.... S....

    They took this video off of utube 😢😢😢😧😭

  36. M.... S....

    LENNY MAYS love the video too ❤❤❤❤

  37. D.... D....

    Shaken it well shake it

  38. S.... E....

    NWA sampled this

    S.... E....

    Do you know what song ?

  39. Y.... N....

    GET THE AND FUCK OTTA HURR ,NO BULLSHIT , I HAD FOREVEA THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS BY THE OHIO PLAYERS!!! I am really fucked up reiiiighhtt neeeowwwww ,,,, ewwww weeeeeeee !!! That's crazy. The Dramatics are now in my top 3 favorite band/groups,,EVA in the history of MY entire life. ..period .

  40. C.... 5....

    TNR-vintage. This is a great song. Groovy song. Shake it. Kelsey West Philly 😊 ✌

  41. D.... ....

    I can't believe it , but it's been 40 years ago this Fall that we partied to this one here......!

  42. j.... b....

    You just have to go to the concert. To understand what, you see is what you get. The best concert ever.!

  43. T.... ....

    I loved a lot of the Dramatics music, but I had forgotten about Shake it Well. I seem to remember there was a dance out with that same name, but darn if I remember how to do it.

  44. M.... S....

    HAPPY 68TH BIRTHDAY LARRY "SQUIRREL" DEMPS (FEBRUARY 23, 2017)

    M.... S....

    Melody Sanger

  45. M.... S....

    HAPPY 65TH BIRTHDAY LARRY JAMES "L. J". REYNOLDS (JANUARY 27, 2017)

  46. D.... M....

    lolol he said let the music seep into you. lolol

  47. k.... ....

    Don't mean no disrespect, but they doin it in the discotheque, shake it well. Most listeners don't know what a discotheque is, but it STILL sounds GOOD!!!!

    k.... ....

    khem127 what is it??

  48. l.... K....

    this is a badaaa cut

  49. R.... P....

    the best song was when my Ship Sails by The Dramatics

    R.... P....

    ROLAND PATRICK I love that song too last night was my first time hear it

    R.... P....

    ROLAND PATRICK Treat Me Like A Man is my favorite

    R.... P....

    Giiiiiirl I'll put a hold on yo check!!! 😂😂😂

  50. J.... B....

    My late mother Wintress Faye Wright could really Shake It Well when this song came on. R.I.H. Faye

  51. D.... D....

    shake it well is the greatest

  52. A.... T....

    the dramatics is one of favorite groups real love songs 1977 shake it well and iam still shaking well playing in my car went to see them last month

    A.... T....

    i love shake it well also.

    A.... T....

    Ron Banks Killed this song.

  53. C.... M....

    My nickname at work is Squirrel so the guy who is the greeter was singing this I thought he made it up the he told me to go home and look it up ha good song

    C.... M....

    shawn clark love this song

    C.... M....

    This is my shit man.. I tell u

  54. N.... ....

    This is the funk!

    N.... ....

    +Naturelle Banks ...funkier than a skunk's butt!

  55. K.... W....

    LOL@The Dramatics clothes at 2:30 mark when they were on Soul Train hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. Shake It Well is a nice jam and my dad has their Shake It Well album and it's very good. I like the album pictures. RIP Ron Banks, Lenny Mayes and William Howard.

  56. n.... w....

    They will play this at my wake if I don't get up then go on and start the funeral !!!

    n.... w....

    Shake it well Nancy.

    n.... w....

    We will all get up and get down....in our Hot Pants!!!!!!!!

  57. T.... G....

    I remember listening to this, the first time! My parents had an 8-track, and I fell in love with The Dramatics, at that moment. I couldn't have been any older than 7 or 8.

  58. b.... b....

    love Ron Banks, thanks RIP

  59. S.... ....

    Shake it - shake it - Shake it - Ba-by-
    Baby - Baby - shake it well -
    Shake it on down -
    Shake it down to the ground -

    Shake - shake - shake - shake it -
    Oh, baby, dontcha you Fake - it -

  60. U.... M....

    IN THE MIRRORS.

  61. L.... W....

    1977, heading down Page Ave. going to work at Moog Automotive, with my potnah "Country Slicker Joe" on the cb radio and the Dramatics blasting this....dems was the days!!!!!! Joe used to jump on the first lyric..."My name is 'Squirrel', best shakah in the world"!!!!!! LOL

  62. J.... R....

    This was one of the first 8-tracks I ever bought and my intro to The Dramatics. In 7th grade me and my neighbor were the only Mexicans & used to hang out with the brothers on our block & gamble when this shizznit hit. The brother that lived across the street name was Darell and they called him Squirrell, and when he got hot on the dice he was the best Shaker in da World! Hearing it 35 yr's later and I'm back on that same block, but all the brothers are gone. I miss 'em JohnnyfromRichmondCa.

    J.... R....

    One Love

    J.... R....

    Johnny ReadallLobato
    To cool!!!!!

  63. k.... l....

    ilike thissong shakeit well by the dramatics in 1977 and from lp shake it well in 1977 sign kevin david427

  64. g.... ....

    Loving that bass......

    g.... ....

    goldenlady97 James Jamerson from Motown fame,(Funk Bros.) good ear man

  65. L.... ....

    This song was the lick back when I was a kid. I remember my older cousins gett'n it to this and my brother thought he was as cool as the Dramatics. LOL... My name is sqawl, best shaker in the waaarld...
    My fave, " you might have problems but the music will solve them..."

  66. K.... W....

    ...You may be heavy or you may be thin.. long hair, short hair.. short or tall, you might ot have no hair at all...ye-e-e-e-esssssssssss! music and dancin is such good therapy even if you hav no hair.. this song is so the bomb. If I was an artist I would remake this and Ciara choregraph my moves

  67. c.... ....

    when you can put out a six minute track with nothing but excellence in every aspect, you cannot deny the greatness of the music:)

  68. n.... ....

    RIP RON BANKS-2010

  69. P.... ....

    @therealraybaby me too!!

  70. R.... M....

    This was truly one of my favorites " I swear it is..I swear it is" LOL!! RIP Ron Banks and God Bless the Dramatics and there family members during this very difficult time. Detroit should do a tribute just like we did for MJ at Motown.

  71. L.... A....

    Dayyyumm you are not the only one because I have been doing the exact same thing for the last 30 or so years....Wow...thanks for this post!!!!

  72. W.... H....

    For the past 25-30 years I've been singing the first stanza of this song whenever I'm on a long trip and need to stay awake or I'm getting dressed to go out --- "My name is Squirrel, Best shaker in the world"

    However, I could never remember the name of the song or where I originally heard it.

    Today I did a google search on the lyrics and eventually found my way to this YouTube video. You've made me a very happy old man today!

  73. r.... j....

    Written by the great EDDIE HAZEL, from FUNKADELIC

  74. P.... ....

    We rarely had an opportunity to hear squirrel lead a song. He is a solid vocalist. I wonder why they didn't use him more as lead?

  75. M.... U....

    Funky Soul- Funky Soul Right On Baby!!!!!

  76. D.... ....

    LOL!! :-)

  77. B.... N....

    you are the black queen of Disco D.J.

  78. k.... ....

    that intro makes me mmmoooooovve