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Artist: Aretha Franklin
Canonical path: /aretha-franklin/shout
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Shout
Read Shout lyrics by Aretha Franklin on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Shout
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We-eee-eeel....
You know you make me wanna (shout!)
Kick my heels up and (shout!)
Throw my hands up and (shout!)
Throw my head back and (shout!)
Come on now (shout!)
Don't forget to say you will
Don't forget to say, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
(say you will)
Say it right now bab-ay
(say you will)
Come on, come on
(say you will)
Say it, will-a you-ooooo!
(say you will)
You got it, now!
(say) say that you love me
(say) say that you need me
(say) say that you want me
(say) you wanna please me
(say) come on now
(say) come on now
(say) come on now
(say) come on now
(say) i still remember
(shooby-doo-wop-do-wop-wop-wop-wop)
When you used to be nine years old
(shooby-doo-wop-do-wop-wop-wop-wop)
Yeah-yeah! i was a fool for you, from the bottom of my soul, yeah!
(shooby-doo-wop-do-wop-wop-wop-wop)
Now that you've grown, up
(shooby-doo-wop-do-wop-wop-wop-wop)
Enough to know, yeah yeah
(shooby-doo-wop-do-wop-wop-wop-wop)
You wanna leave me, you wanna, let me go
(shooby-doo-wop-do-wop)
I want you to know
I said i want you to know right now, yeah!
You been good to me baby
Better than i been to myself, hey! hey!
An if you ever leave me
I don't want nobody else, hey! hey!
I said i want you to know-ho-ho-hey!
I said i want you to know right now, hey! hey!
You know you make me wanna
(shout-wooo) hey-yeah
(shout-wooo) yeah-yeah-yeah
(shout-wooo) aaaalll-right
(shout-wooo) aaaalll-right
(shout-wooo) come on now!
(shout) come on now!
(shout) yeah, yeah, yeah
(shout) yeah, yeah, yeah (good sound)
(shout) yeah, yeah, yeah (good sound)
(shout) yeah, yeah, yeah (good sound)
(shout) all-alright (good sound)
(shout) it's all-alright (good sound)
(shout) all-alright (good sound)
(shout) all-alright (aah)
Now wai-a-ait a minute!
I feel aaaaaaallllllright!
(yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah!)
(oooooooow)
Now that i got my woman
I feel aaaaaaaalllllright!
(yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah)
Every time i think about you
You been so good to me
You know you make me wanna
(shout-wooo) lift my heels up and
(shout-wooo) throw my head back and
(shout-wooo) kick my heels up and
(shout-wooo) come on now
(shout-wooo) take it easy
(shout-wooo) take it easy
(shout-wooo) take it easy (higher)
(shout) a little bit softer now (wooo)
(shout) a little bit softer now
(shout) a little bit softer now
(shout) a little bit softer now
(shout) a little bit softer now
(shout) a little bit softer now
(shout) a little bit softer now
(shout) a little bit softer now
(shout) a little bit softer now
(shout) a little bit softer now
(shout) a little bit softer now
(shout) a little bit softer now
(shout) a little bit softer now
(shout) a little bit softer now
(shout) a little bit softer now
(shout) a little bit softer now
(shout) a little bit softer now
(shout) a little bit louder now
(shout) a little bit louder now
(shout) a little bit louder now (ooo)
(shout) a little bit louder now
(shout) a little bit louder now
(shout) a little bit louder now
(shout) a little bit louder now (wooo)
(shout) a little bit louder now (wooo)
(shout) a little bit louder now (wooo)
(shout) a little bit louder now (wooo)
(shout) a little bit louder now (wooo)
(shout) a little bit louder now
(shout)
Hey-hey-a-hey
(hey-hey-a-hey)
Hey-a-hey-a
(hey-a-hey-a)
Hey-a-hey-a)
(hey-a-hey-a)
Hey-a-a-hey)
(hey-a-a-hey)
Jump now!
Jump up and shout now (wooo)
Jump up and shout now (wooo)
Jump up and shout now (wooo)
Jump up and shout now (wooo)
Jump up and shout now (wooo)
Everybody shout now
Everybody shout now
Everybody, shout, shout
Shout, shout, shout
Shout, shout, shou-out
Shout, shout, shou-out
Shout, shout, shout, shout (oh-whoa-yeah)
Shout, shout, shout, shout (oh yeah)
Shout, shout, shout, shout
Everybody shout now (ooo)
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