On Monday, November 17, 1997 at 2:00:00 AM UTC-6, GrapeApe wrote:   
   > Archie Bell and the Drells are best known for Tighten Up.   
   >   
   > Its possible they may have done the song, but its not on their Greatest Hits   
   on   
   >  Rhino: Tightening It Up: the Best of Archie Bell and the Drells, nor is it   
   >  mentioned by the CD NOW database.   
   >   
   > I think the song you are thinking of is was a hit for Charles Wright & The   
   >  Watts 103rd St Rhythm Band. It was also sampled or used somehow by NWA.   
   >   
   > I am also immdediately thought of a song that  I thought was a Pointer   
   Sisters   
   >  or Aretha Franklin hit "Respect Yourself" that goes something like "if you   
   >  dont respect yourself aint no body gonna give a good ga-hoot! =Respect   
   >  Yourself" Any one know the song I'm referring to here?   
   >   
   > Express Yourself   
   > Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd St Rhythm Band   
   > WB single #3 R&B #12 Pop 1970   
   >   
   > Express Yourself   
   > Express Yourself   
   > you dont never need help from nobody else   
   > all you got to do now   
   > Express Yourself   
   > whatever you do   
   > uh   
   > do it good   
   > uh   
   > whatever you do do do lawd lawd   
   > do it good   
   > alright   
   > its not what you look like   
   >  when you're doing what your doing   
   > its what your doing when your doing   
   >  what you look like your doing   
   > Express Yourself   
   > Express Yourself   
   > you doing it on the moon y'all   
   > uh   
   > in the jungle too   
   > uh   
   > everybody on the floor y'all   
   > uh   
   > jumping like a kangaroo   
   > so let the horns do the the things they do yall uh   
   >   
   > (horn riffs punctuated by grunts, screams)   
   >   
   > some people have everything   
   > and other people don't   
   > but everything dont mean a thing   
   > if it aint the thing you want   
   > Express Yourself   
   > Express Yourself   
   > oh do it   
   > oh do it   
   > do it to it   
   > go on and do it   
   > yall do it   
   > get it   
   > Express Yourself   
   > Express Yourself   
   > uh do it   
   > do it  (doit scat)   
   > (express yourself scat ad lib)   
      
   Respect Yourself would be the Staple Singers.   
      
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