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Ella Baker Shaker is an original Bounce track dedicated to joy, freedom and ancestral lineage. We tell the story of Ella Baker as her legacy continues to encourage us to dream up new worlds. Ella Baker said “We who believe in freedom cannot rest until it comes.” We hope this song encourages a generation of youth to become “Ella Baker Shakers” who shake up systemic barriers and fight for justice and freedom.
The full Black Joy Experience Volume 2: Comrade will be streaming on all platforms on February 18th, 2022.
lyrics
Ella Baker was a bad girl! Bad girl!
This is the story of Ella Baker (Ella Baker, Ella Ella Baker)
This is the story of Ella Baker, (Ella Baker, Ella Baker, Ella Baker)
This is the story of Ella Baker, (Baker, Baker)
This is the story of Ella Baker, ( Ella Ella, Ella Ella, Ella Ella)
Ella Baker had to shake it up, (Shake it up, shake it up now)
Ella Baker had to wake it up (Wake em up, wake wake, em up now)
Cuz if you noticed life is tough enough, (tough, tough enough)
So Ella taught us how to break it up (break it up now, break it up now)
Ella Baker shaker, Ella Baker shaker, Ella Baker shaker, shaker, shaker, shaker, shaker,
Ella Baker shaker, Ella Baker shaker, Ella Baker shaker, shaker, shaker, shaker, shaker,
Ella Baker shake, shake it down, shake it down nah, Ella Baker shake, shake it round, shake it down nah
Ella Baker shake, shake it down, shake it down nah, Ella Baker shake, shake it round, shake it down nah
Ella Baker shake, shake it down, shake it down nah, Ella Baker shake, shake it round, shake it down nah
Ella Baker shake, shake it down, shake it down nah, Ella Baker shake, shake it round, shake it down nah
Ella Baker had to shake it up, (Shake it up Ella, shake it up now)
Ella Baker had to wake it up (Wake em up, wake wake, em up now)
Cuz if you noticed life is tough enough, (tough, tough enough)
Ella taught us how to break it up (She got to break it up now, break break it up now)
Ella Baker had to shake it up, teach em up, tough enough, twerk it up
Breaking it, shaking it, overtaking it, baking it, never ever ever ever letting people mistaken it
Cuz we poppin it, stop’n it, wop woppin it, droppin it, its the center of my joy, So we moppin it, moppin it
Cuz we poppin it, stop’n it, wop woppin it, droppin it, its the center of my joy, So we moppin it, moppin it
Ella Baker had to shake it up,
Ella Baker had to wake it up
Cuz if you noticed life is tough enough,
So Ella taught us to break it up
credits
released February 3, 2022
Company: J. Lykes Productions
Album Title: The Black Joy Experience Vol. 2: Comrade
Track Title: Ella Baker Shaker
Artists: Jonathan Lykes
Featured Artists: Big Freedia
Producer: OnRae LaTeal (@OnraeLateal)
Songwriters: Jonathan Lykes, Big Freedia
Audio engineer: HoodMusik Beats
Mix Engineer: Luke Campolieta
Mastering Engineer: Kenny Daniels
Jonathan Lykes is the founder and executive director of Liberation House. He is also a founding member of Black Youth
Project 100 (BYP100), a movement of young adults using a Black Queer Feminist lens to advocate for community/institutional change. J. Lykes curated a freedom song and chant album series, The Black Joy Experience, helping to teach holistic energy through the Black radical tradition....more
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