Before I was born late one night
My papa said, "Everything's alright"
The doctor looked where I laid down
My stomach bouncing all around
'Cause a beatbox drum was about to arrive
My mama gave birth to a hand jive
I could barely walk when I left the town
When I was three I pushed around
While chopping wood I grew my legs
And started dancing those caveman eggs
By the time folks left I was only five
And like that you all was born a hand jive
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, everybody
Born to hand jive, baby
Born to hand jive, baby
Yeah
How low can you go?
How low can you go?
How low can you go?
How low can you go?
Higher
Higher
Higher
Higher
Now can you hand jive, baby?
Oh, can you hand jive, baby?
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, yeah
Born to hand jive, oh yeah
Sha Na Na was an American rock and roll and doo-wop revival group formed in 1969. The group performed a song-and-dance repertoire based on 1950s hit songs that both revived and parodied the music and the New York City street culture of the 1950s. After gaining initial fame for their performance at the Woodstock Music and Art Fair, made possible with help from their friend Jimi Hendrix, the group hosted Sha Na Na, a syndicated variety series that ran from 1977 to 1981. Billing themselves as "from...
