Yo  Pepa  your mic
 Yo  Spin  you hype
 We're def  you're right
 The bass shakin'  dancin' all night
 Booties shakin' from left to right
 Salt and Pepa rockin' the mic
 So that you might

 Shake it up  baby  now (Shake it up  baby)
 You gotta twist and shout (Twist and shout)
 C'mon  c'mon  c'mon  c'mon  baby  now (Come on  baby)
 Go ahead  and work it on out (Work it on out)
 Oooo, work it on out now, baby (Work it on out now)
 You know you look so good (Look so good)
 You really got me going now, boy (Got me going)
 Just like I knew you would (Like I knew you would)

 Oooo, hey baby, listen, I think they're playin' our song
 What up? You gonna get up? Well shut up and come on
 I wanna feel your body close to me, lovin' and holdin' me
 Tight like a vice grip squeezin' all over me
 Yeah, that's the way, hey, don't get carried away
 The other boy, do what the record say

 And shake it up, baby, now (Shake it up, baby)
 You make me twist and shout (Twist and shout)
 C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, baby, now (Come on, baby)
 Work it, work it on out (Work it on out)
 Work that bootie on out now, baby, ha (Work it on out now)
 You know you look so good (Look so good)
 You really got me going now (Got me going)
 Just like I knew you would (Like I knew you would)

 Yeah, gimme gimme gimme all you got boyfriend, you should be enjoyin'
 A sexy girl might ease that antedote to poison
 Boys in the jam ask me to dance, but I say no chance
 I want a man who's advanced in the art of dance
 So when we get on a floor, he can take me on a tour
 And we can do it till the fluid or sweat starts to pour
 Down like the rain and the thunderstorm hard and strong
 Boy, come on, don't wait too long

 You better shake it up, baby, now (Shake it up, baby)
 Twist and shout (Twist and shout)
 C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, baby, now (Come on, baby)
 Go ahead, and work it on out (Work it on out)
 Yeah, work it on out now, boyfriend (Work it on out now)
 You know you look so good (Look so good)
 You really got me going now with that stuff (Got me going)
 Like I knew you would (Like I knew you would)

 Oooo, (Ah) get higher, baby
 (Ah) Higher, baby
 (Ah) Oooo, get higher, baby
 (Ow) Yeah, now break it down

 One good twist deserves a better one, a deffer one
 We're Salt and Pepa, together we'll have lots of fun
 Do it again, babe, for the hit parade
 Cuz Spinderella does a hell of a job keepin' the record playin'
 Shout like ya just sold your soul to rock 'n roll
 You lost control, go hit the floor

 And shake it up, baby, now (Shake it up, baby)
 Come on, twist and shout (Twist and shout)
 Go 'head, go 'head, go 'head, go 'head, baby, now (Come on, baby)
 Go ahead, and work it on out (Work it on out)
 Oooo, work it on out now, baby (Work it on out now)
 You know you look so good (Look so good)
 You really got me going now, boy (Got me going)
 Just like I knew you would (Like I knew you would)

 Shake it up, baby, now (Shake it up, baby)
 Shake it, shake it, shake it, baby, now (Shake it up, baby)
 Come on, shake it up, baby, now (Shake it up, baby)
 Sh-sh-sh-sh-shake it, baby, now (Shake it up, baby)
 Shake it, shake it, shake it, baby, now (Shake it up, baby)
 Shake, shake, shake, baby, now (Shake it up, baby)
 Why don't you shake it up, baby, now? (Shake it up, baby)
 Shake it, shake it, shake it, baby, now (Shake it up, baby)
 (Ad lib / fade