13 Meanings
Add Yours
Follow
Share
Q&A
What'd I Say Lyrics
Hey mama, don't you treat me wrong
Come and love your daddy all night long
All right now, hey hey, all right
See the girl with the diamond ring
She knows how to shake that thing
All right now now now, hey hey, hey hey
Tell your mama, tell your pa
I'm gonna send you back to Arkansas
Oh yes, ma'm, you don't do right, don't do right
Aw, play it boy
When you see me in misery
Come on baby, see about me
Now yeah, all right, all right, aw play it, boy
When you see me in misery
Come on baby, see about me
Now yeah, hey hey, all right
See the girl with the red dress on
She can do the Birdland all night long
Yeah yeah, what'd I say, all right
Well, tell me what'd I say, yeah
Tell me what'd I say right now
Tell me what'd I say
Tell me what'd I say right now
Tell me what'd I say
Tell me what'd I say yeah
And I wanna know
Baby I wanna know right now
And-a I wanna know
And I wanna know right now yeah
And-a I wanna know
Said I wanna know yeah
Spoken: Hey, don't quit now! (c'mon honey)
Naw, I got, I uh-uh-uh, I'm changing (stop! stop! we'll do it again)
Wait a minute, wait a minute, oh hold it! Hold it! Hold it!
Hey (hey) ho (ho) hey (hey) ho (ho) hey (hey) ho (ho) hey
Oh one more time (just one more time)
Say it one more time right now (just one more time)
Say it one more time now (just one more time)
Say it one more time yeah (just one more time)
Say it one more time (just one more time)
Say it one more time yeah (just one more time)
Hey (hey) ho (ho) hey (hey) ho (ho) hey (hey) ho (ho) hey
Ah! Make me feel so good (make me feel so good)
Make me feel so good now yeah (make me feel so good)
Woah! Baby (make me feel so good)
Make me feel so good yeah (make me feel so good)
Make me feel so good (make me feel so good)
Make me feel so good yeah (make me feel so good)
Huh (huh) ho (ho) huh (huh) ho (ho) huh (huh) ho (ho) huh
Awh it's all right (baby it's all right)
Said that it's all right right now (baby it's all right)
Said that it's all right (baby it's all right)
Said that it's all right yeah (baby it's all right)
Said that it's all right (baby it's all right)
Said that it's all right (baby it's all right)
Woah! Shake that thing now (baby shake that thing)
Baby shake that thing now now (baby shake that thing)
Baby shake that thing (baby shake that thing)
Baby shake that thing right now (baby shake that thing)
Baby shake that thing (baby shake that thing)
Baby shake that thing (baby shake that thing)
Woah! I feel all right now yeah (make me feel all right)
Said I feel all right now (make me feel all right)
Woooah! (make me feel all right)
Tell you I feel all right (make me feel all right)
Said I feel all right (make me feel all right)
Baby I feel all right (make me feel all right)
Come and love your daddy all night long
All right now, hey hey, all right
She knows how to shake that thing
All right now now now, hey hey, hey hey
I'm gonna send you back to Arkansas
Oh yes, ma'm, you don't do right, don't do right
Aw, play it boy
Come on baby, see about me
Now yeah, all right, all right, aw play it, boy
Come on baby, see about me
Now yeah, hey hey, all right
She can do the Birdland all night long
Yeah yeah, what'd I say, all right
Tell me what'd I say right now
Tell me what'd I say
Tell me what'd I say right now
Tell me what'd I say
Tell me what'd I say yeah
Baby I wanna know right now
And-a I wanna know
And I wanna know right now yeah
And-a I wanna know
Said I wanna know yeah
Naw, I got, I uh-uh-uh, I'm changing (stop! stop! we'll do it again)
Wait a minute, wait a minute, oh hold it! Hold it! Hold it!
Say it one more time right now (just one more time)
Say it one more time now (just one more time)
Say it one more time yeah (just one more time)
Say it one more time (just one more time)
Say it one more time yeah (just one more time)
Make me feel so good now yeah (make me feel so good)
Woah! Baby (make me feel so good)
Make me feel so good yeah (make me feel so good)
Make me feel so good (make me feel so good)
Make me feel so good yeah (make me feel so good)
Said that it's all right right now (baby it's all right)
Said that it's all right (baby it's all right)
Said that it's all right yeah (baby it's all right)
Said that it's all right (baby it's all right)
Said that it's all right (baby it's all right)
Baby shake that thing now now (baby shake that thing)
Baby shake that thing (baby shake that thing)
Baby shake that thing right now (baby shake that thing)
Baby shake that thing (baby shake that thing)
Baby shake that thing (baby shake that thing)
Said I feel all right now (make me feel all right)
Woooah! (make me feel all right)
Tell you I feel all right (make me feel all right)
Said I feel all right (make me feel all right)
Baby I feel all right (make me feel all right)
Song Info
Submitted by
kevin On Jun 26, 2001
More Ray Charles
Hit The Road Jack
Georgia On My Mind
I Got A Woman
You Don't Know Me
You Are My Sunshine
Add your song meanings, interpretations, facts, memories & more to the community.
Believe what you want. After all, RS is an absolutely unimpeachable source, right? Turns out that what I read said that the entire song wasn't the result of one concert but was worked on over the course of an entire tour. So, no, the song you hear on the CD was not made in its entirety in one night; it was in fact edited and added to over the course of a tour.
First of all I can't fucking believe that there is only 10 comments on this song. Maybe people are so busy listening to crap like pussy cat dolls. I really miss good music and good musicians. These knew kids can hardly even play a damn cord on guitar when this man is playing the hell of a piano. Songs like this rocks the hell outta recent crap music. Viva for Ray. May he rest in peace.
Why am i the first person to post on this?!?!? Anyways, Ray Charles is a fucking god. I heard that at some show, he had 11 m,inutes to fill, and he just looked at his band and said "Um...follow me."
I have to agree... he is amazing. I just saw the movie on him, and it was great, just great. We did a fieldshow with his music when I was a freshman in High School, and I remember it perfectly. What an amazing musician.
I just saw the movie. Is it true that he just made it up on the spot? If so, that is fucking amazing.
It's true, this was all improvised. That just sums up what a genuis this man was.
Actually, it's been stated in numerous interviews with the director, actors, etc., that it was just artistic license in the movie that this song was improvised on the spot and that it didn't come about that way. Regardless, the man was still a genius.
I haven't seen the movie, so I don't know about what it has to say, but I read at Rolling Stone that it was improvised. And they probably wouldn't like just because it was improvised in the movie. I believe it.
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/_/id/6595855/sort/rank?pageid=rs.RS500&pageregion=blob
I remember this song being mentioned in my Rock and Roll History textbook, and they had the meanings behind both parts in there. I think they said part one was about him trying to impress a girl, and part two was about people going out dancing and having a good time. Or maybe it was the other way around... it's been a while. Regardless of the meaning, it's a great song that only Ray Charles could do right.
Ahem ... except for Etta James. I love this song. I think it's very cheeky.
Ahem ... except for Etta James. I love this song. I think it's very cheeky.
best song by the best blind musician in my opinion. great movie too