YOU AIN'T GOIN NO WHERE

Entire
Group                You ain't goin no where
                no where
                You ain't goin no where
                You ain't goin no where
                no where
                You ain't goin no where
                Hey Shadaya!
Shadaya         What?
(Soloist #1)        What
Group                Introduce yourself
Shadaya         Too shy.
Group                Introduce yourself
Shadaya                I'll try
                My name is Shadaya        
                I cheer for Garfield.
                My sign is Libra.
                And when I'm up
Group                When she's up.
Shadaya                I'm hot stuff.
Group                She's hot stuff.
Shadaya                And when I'm down.
Group                And when she's down.
Shadaya                Don't mess around.
Group                Don't mess around
Shadaya                Don't make me scream
                cause you will be _knocked _out.

-Shadaya {African American girl, 10 years old;
Pittsburgh, PA; 2002; collected by Azizi Powell, 2002

[Continue the chant from the beginning with the next soloist who substitutes her name and her astrological sun sign. This continues until every member in the group as had one turn as the soloist.]

The - indicates a beat before the next word is chanted.

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Foot stomping cheers are performed very much like Black university Greek letter steppin'.

Here are links to two YouTube videos that give a sense of what steppin' (and foot stomping cheers) is like:


"Step"
{This video shows a young girl demonstrating step moves; including body patting. This used to be called "pattin juba"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DI6k7vd4Qs&NR

Added July 04, 2006; From swtytwty99

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"Step Team"
Added April 08, 2006 ;From clonebob
{a high school or community step team}

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDM_R529UQ4&mode=related&search=

Note: This high school step team is co-ed. However, foot stomping cheers are almost always an all female activity. If there are any university step teams that are coed, that is a new phenomenon.

Steppin is usually done as part of a formal competition between sororities, and between fraternities. In contrast to the informality of foot stomping cheers. Although steppin started with African American Greek lettered fraternities and sororities, the art of steppin' has been embraced by Latino, Asian, and other step teams.