Tighten Up Pt. 1

Hi everybody

I'm Archie Bell of The Drells

Of Houston, Texas

We don't only sing

But we dance just as good as we walk

In Houston we just started a new dance

Called the Tighten Up

This is the music

We tighten up with

First tighten up on the drums

Come on now, drummer

I want you to tighten it up for me now

Oh yeah

Tighten up on that bass now

Tighten it up

Haha, yeah

Now let that guitar fall in

Oh yeah

Tighten up on that organ now

Yeah, you do the Tighten Up

Yeah now

I said, if you can do it now

You sure would be tough

Now look here

Come on now

Now make it mellow

Let's tighten it up now

Do the Tighten Up

Everybody can do it now

So get into it

We're gonna tighten up

Let's do the tighten up

You can do it now

So baby, get to it

Look to your left now

Look to your right

Everybody can do it

But don't you get too tight

Come on and tighten up

Let's tighten it up now

Let's tighten it up now

Tighten it up

Ah, do the tighten up

Come on and tighten it up

Tighten it up now

Come on now, baby

Tighten it up

Aww, yeah

Sock it to 'em, Bobby

Sock it to me now

Kid, go on

Tighten it up

Come on

Tighten up there, baby

Aww, yeah

Sock it to 'em, let's tighten it up, babe, come on

Now look here

I want that guitar to fall in on now

Tighten it up now

Aw, yeah

Now tighten it up organ

Yeah, everybody tighten it up

Now look here

We gon' make it mellow for ya now

We gonna make it mellow now

Oh, tighten it up

You can get it

Move to your left

Move to your right

Tighten it up now

Everything will be outta sight

Come on and tighten it up

Tighten it up now

You can do it