This song is written as the perspective of the boys in the street, as a whole, and what path they are going to choose as they get older and grow into men. (This is why the music video takes place in an orphanage.) The seen, and unseen collective suffering is imbedded in the boys’ mind, consciously or subconsciously, and is haunting them. Which path will the boys choose? Issac Hayes is the voice of reason, maybe God, the angel on his shoulder, or the voice of his forefathers from beyond the grave who can see the big picture and are pleading with the boys not to continue the violence and pattern of killing their brothers, but to rise above. The most beautiful song and has so many levels. Racism towards African Americans in America would not exist if everyone sat down and listened to this song and understood the history behind the words. The power, fear, pleading in RZA and Ghostface voices are genuine and powerful. Issac Hayes’ strong voice makes the perfect strong father figure, who is possibly from beyond the grave.
Move that body
Work that body girl
Twist that body
Shake it shawty
Move that body
Work that body girl twist that body
Twist that body
Shake it shawty
Hey, all my bad bitches stand up
See you by the bar gon' put your hands up
See you got a boyfriend shawty and what?
Ass so big barely pull your pants up
Well I got some for that, Rose put that
Hands in the air put your booty where the flow at
You should know that
Anywhere Moe' at
Pause for the picture shorty we could take a Kodak
Cause you got some mean on
I like you painted them jeans on
And then your whole click bad and you team strong
I know your ex want you back tell 'em dream on, gon'
Shawty wanna show me how that body gon' work
I like all that seduction
She gotta lil' closer over and over
Shakin' that butt'in
I got sucked in'
I gotta show her whats up then
But if she wanna rock with a player
She gonna have to follow my instructions
Like
Move that body
Work that body girl
Twist that body
Shake it shawty
Move that body
Work that body girl
twist that body
Twist that body
Shake it shawty
Whoa
Ain't no compettitionor dissin' thats my position
You listenin' pay attention
You be feeling the same
Twenty one and older
You shakin' cause you wanna
Nobody to tell you no
So you be feeling no shame
Now gon' shake your ass
Make your boyfriend mad uh huh
shake your ass
Make your boyfriend mad uh huh
Give you somethin' you probably ain't never had
I bet your baby daddy cant do that
I got that!
Killer killer for reala'
That what ever you like
He give it to you, wrong
I give it to you right
He gonna give it for a second
I'ma give it all night
He just do it just to do it
I just do it like mike
Shawty wanna show me how that body gon' work
I like all that seduction
She gotta lil' closer over and over
Shakin' that butt'in
I got sucked in
I gotta show her whats up then
But if she wanna rock with a player
She gonna have to follow my instructions
Like
Move that body like
Work that body girl like
Twist that body like
Shake it shawty
Move that body like
Work that body girl like
Twist that body like
Shake it shawty
Whoa
Ain't nothing like watching you rock for me
Go ahead girl and just drop for me
While I just sit back
And just admire that
Hoping that you don't plan to stop for me
Well about a hundred thousand stacks for me
Well I know you like that
But I also like it when you
Move that body
Work that body girl
Twist that body
Shake it shawty
Move that body
Work that body girl
Twist that body
Shake it shawty
Whoa
Work that body girl
Twist that body
Shake it shawty
Move that body
Work that body girl twist that body
Twist that body
Shake it shawty
Hey, all my bad bitches stand up
See you by the bar gon' put your hands up
See you got a boyfriend shawty and what?
Ass so big barely pull your pants up
Well I got some for that, Rose put that
Hands in the air put your booty where the flow at
You should know that
Anywhere Moe' at
Pause for the picture shorty we could take a Kodak
Cause you got some mean on
I like you painted them jeans on
And then your whole click bad and you team strong
I know your ex want you back tell 'em dream on, gon'
Shawty wanna show me how that body gon' work
I like all that seduction
She gotta lil' closer over and over
Shakin' that butt'in
I got sucked in'
I gotta show her whats up then
But if she wanna rock with a player
She gonna have to follow my instructions
Like
Move that body
Work that body girl
Twist that body
Shake it shawty
Move that body
Work that body girl
twist that body
Twist that body
Shake it shawty
Whoa
Ain't no compettitionor dissin' thats my position
You listenin' pay attention
You be feeling the same
Twenty one and older
You shakin' cause you wanna
Nobody to tell you no
So you be feeling no shame
Now gon' shake your ass
Make your boyfriend mad uh huh
shake your ass
Make your boyfriend mad uh huh
Give you somethin' you probably ain't never had
I bet your baby daddy cant do that
I got that!
Killer killer for reala'
That what ever you like
He give it to you, wrong
I give it to you right
He gonna give it for a second
I'ma give it all night
He just do it just to do it
I just do it like mike
Shawty wanna show me how that body gon' work
I like all that seduction
She gotta lil' closer over and over
Shakin' that butt'in
I got sucked in
I gotta show her whats up then
But if she wanna rock with a player
She gonna have to follow my instructions
Like
Move that body like
Work that body girl like
Twist that body like
Shake it shawty
Move that body like
Work that body girl like
Twist that body like
Shake it shawty
Whoa
Ain't nothing like watching you rock for me
Go ahead girl and just drop for me
While I just sit back
And just admire that
Hoping that you don't plan to stop for me
Well about a hundred thousand stacks for me
Well I know you like that
But I also like it when you
Move that body
Work that body girl
Twist that body
Shake it shawty
Move that body
Work that body girl
Twist that body
Shake it shawty
Whoa
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Move That Body Lyrics as written by Richard Preston Jr Butler Cornell Haynes
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