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Artist: Otis Redding
Canonical path: /otis-redding/shake
Related lyric paths: 6
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Shake
Read Shake lyrics by Otis Redding on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Shake
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You listen while i talk to you now
I tell you what we're gonna do now
There's a new thing a goin' around yeah
And i'll tell you what it's puttin' down
Move your body all around and just shake
Oh that's the way you do it now
Oh go on, go on, baby now
Shake, shake it, shake it, baby yeah
You shake it like a bowl of soup yeah
You let it go loop the loop yeah
You put your hands on your hip now
Come on and let your backbone slip
Move your body like a whip and just shake
Got to, got to, got to have it now
Keep on pushin', baby, shake
Got to, ooh, yeah, oh
Ring a ling a ling
Honey, shakin' is the greatest thing
But if you're ready to roll
You got to do the thing with soul
Shake it, shake with all your might
And if you do it, do it right now
You put your hands on your hip, yeah
And honey, you let your backbone slip
Move your body like a whip
You just shake
Got to, got to do it
Got to, got to have it now
Shake, shake, shake, shake
Oh shake, ooh yeah
If you want to really roll now
Got to do the thing with soul
Shake it, shake with all your might, yeah
Now if you do it, do it right now
Just let your body loop the light
And just, got to shake it
Shake it, baby, now
Got to, got to have it
Shake it, shake early in the mornin' now
Shake, shake, shake it in the evenin'
Shake it all, all night long
Shake, shake it all night long
Shake, shake it all night long
Shake, shake it all night long
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Otis Redding performs "Shake", and this lyric page sits inside the Otis Redding catalog on LyroVerse.
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