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S001. Electric Avenue

name

S001. Electric Avenue

category

current

leaders

memo

structure

intro ABABABB

perfnotes

for Tesla Takedowns

choreography

rumors that some will dance the electric slide to this

url

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtPk5IUb...

description

disco-rap-reggae

key

Dm

charts

• Elec Av Baritone Sax.mus.pdf
• Elec Av Bb1.mus.pdf
• Elec Av Bb2.mus.pdf
• Elec Av C.mus.pdf
• Elec Av Eb 1.mus.pdf
• Elec Av Eb2.mus.pdf
• Elec Av Perc.mus.pdf

lyric

Boy (boy, boy)
Boy (boy, boy)
Now in the street, there is violence
And, and a lots of work to be done
No place to hang out our washing
And, and I can't blame all on the sun
we gonna rock down to Electric Avenue
And then we'll take it higher
(Oh) we gonna rock down to Electric Avenue
And then we'll take it higher
Workin' so hard like a soldier
Can't afford a thing on TV
Deep in my heart, I abhor ya
Can't get food for them kid
we gonna rock down to Electric Avenue
And then we'll take it higher
(Oh) we gonna rock down to Electric Avenue
And then we'll take it higher
Oh, no
Oh, no
Oh, no
Oh, no
we gonna rock down to Electric Avenue
And then we'll take it higher
(Oh) we gonna rock down to Electric Avenue
And then we'll take it higher
Who is to blame in one country?
Never can get to the one
Dealin' in multiplication
And they still can't feed everyone
we gonna rock down to Electric Avenue
And then we'll take it higher
(Oh, no) we gonna rock down to Electric Avenue
And then we'll take it higher
Oh, out in the street
Out in the street
Out in the daytime
Out in the night
we gonna rock down to Electric Avenue
And then we'll take it higher
(Oh) we gonna rock down to Electric Avenue
And then we'll take it higher
Out in the street
Out in the street
Out in the playground
In the dark side of town
we gonna rock down to Electric Avenue
And then we'll take it higher
(Hey) we gonna rock down to Electric Avenue
(Oh, yeah) and then we'll take it higher
we gonna rock down to Electric Avenue
(Rock it in the night) and then we'll take it higher (Electric Avenue)
(Rock it in Miami, mama, meh) we gonna rock down to (Electric Avenue)
(Whoa in a Brixton) and then we'll take it higher (Electric Avenue)

notes

original by Eddy Grant in response to 1981 immigrant uprising in Brixton, UK. Inspired Bunny Wailer's "Electric Boogie," which introduced the Electric Slide dance

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