- published: 29 Dec 2015
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Get down is a stance, posture or movement in many traditional African cultures and throughout the African diaspora. It involves bending at the waist and knees, bringing the body low to the ground in moments of ecstasy or intensity. Bending at the knees and waist is an expression of profound spirituality[citation needed] and connectedness to the earth[citation needed]. It also indicates suppleness and conveys qualities and values of vitality, youthfulness and energy.
In Gahu choreography, often dancers move counterclockwise in a circle of alternating men and women; their performance includes "long passages of a lightly bouncy basic 'step' leavened with brief 'get down' sections in which the dancers lower their center of weight and move with intensified strength and quickness."
The term "get down" in popular music and slang is directly related to this particular element of the African aesthetic, filtered through the African American experience. Use of the term by white Americans since the middle-20th century, though, is credited to the influence of a Caucasian disc jockey, Bill "Hoss" Allen, who used it on his nightly soul music shows on Nashville, Tennessee station WLAC.
[Minho] Come down now neol ppateuril
Sangsang gatji anchi machi Dream
Jumokhae fan and anti dul jung hananeun gijeolhaji (geureochi)
Birok nal daesinhal mojopum gateun nyeoseogi natanado
Nuneul gamgo neukkyeodo geu nyeoseokgwa jeoldaero bigyo andwae
Motae jigeum mwotae daeche geu nunbicheun mwonde
Ttan saenggakhago itjiman geureol su eobseo neon naegeonikka
Apeuro mwol deo boyeojwoya doeneun geoya
Gyeongheomeuro bwasseul ttaen eobseunikka
(Gonna make you dance, rhythmemake you dance
He's gonna make you dance, we gonna make you dance- get down,
We will make you hype, we will make you hype)
Dangjang yeogiseo jeongnihae anim nareul mitgo gallae (Get Down)
Mudaereul deotchilhan naega ppurin mulgam
Kkeuchi boiji anha naui tteooreuneun yeonggam
(Neoreul pparadeullyeo Make you mine)
[All] Get Down nanana nanana nanana Get Down!
Get Down nanana nanana nanana Get Down!
[Key] Hey! I'm that cool cat (Meow! )
Check me out (while I lace it down)
I make them drop down in slow motion like the matrix
All my ladies looking good, pretty faces
Ttaettaero Show off gwissongmaneun Turn on
Sesangui jungsim hana S-generation
Excuse me, naega jogeum apseogalge
Expect X, Y ga ttara hal su eopge
[Minho] Tteugeopge saeroungeol wonhae Want more
Wonhandamyeon soriljilleo Scream for more
Never seen this kid hitting flow like this before
Modu jeulgyeo Breaking night like three to four (X2)
[All] Get Down nanana nanana nanana Get Down!
Get Down nanana nanana nanana Get Down!
[Key] Hey! yaksokcheoreom banhae neomu ppareuji anke naega yeol su itge (Get Down! )
Neomeowayaman hae (Get Down! ) neomeool su bakke
(Gonna make you dance, rhythmemake you dance
He's gonna make you dance, we gonna make you dance- get down,
Can you dance with me)
[Minho] Hey! imi naege banhae nugudo daeche motae
Badadeullyeoya hae (Get Down! ) badadeurige dwae (Get Down! ) badadeuril su bakke
[All] Get Down nanana nanana nanana Get Down!
Get Down nanana nanana nanana Get Down!
Get Down nanana nanana nanana Get Down!
Get Down nanana nanana nanana Get Down!
[Key] Nal jageukhaneun ssodajineun yeolgi sok modeun geoseul pyohyeonhan sachineun ichi
[Minho] Boneun geoseuro jokhae geugeollo manjokhae nae ceremonye chwihaeseo neon sseureojil deut hae
[Key] Seuchyeo jinagal manhan taiming sunganeul jaba kkeun raini heunchi anchi jeoldaero nan swipji anchi
[Minho] O neohuideurui hwansang eonjena gidaeisang naui gachireul cheukjeonghal su eobtji Get Down!