- published: 25 May 2014
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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.
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What do I have to do
What do I have to say
To get you to come over girl
And let me have my way tonight
Is it wrong, is it right, for me and you to just get down
Can we get down
Can U hear the sound
When love's callin' you
Callin' me sexually lady
Please let me
What are your dreams of
I can make them come true
Just tell me girl and I'll try to supply them for you tonight
Is it wrong, is it right, black and white, day in night
Can we get down
Can U hear the sound
When love's callin' you
Callin' me sexually lady
Please let me
There is a way to wake up in the morning time
By my side and feel just fine
It would be so much better
If you could just trust you heart
To make the right decision
I can lead you only half way baby
Please say we can get down and down, down, down, down, dirty baby
Can we get down
Can U hear the sound
When love's callin' you
Callin' me sexually lady