Ray Charles
Ray Charles
Ray Charles
Ray Charles
Ray Charles & Mary Ann Fisher
Ray Charles
Ray Charles
Ray Charles
Ray Charles
Ray Charles
[Verse 1]
Hey mama, don't you treat me wrong
Come and love your daddy all night long
All right now, hey, hey, all right
See the girl with the diamond ring
She knows how to shake that thing
All right now, now, now, hey, hey, hey, hey
Tell your mama, tell your pa
I'm gonna send you back to Arkansas
Oh, yes, ma'am, you don't do right, don't do right
Aw, play it, boy
When you see me in misery
Come on, baby, see about me
Now yeah, hey, hey, all right
See the girl with the red dress on
She can do the Birdland all night long
Yeah, yeah, what'd I say? All right
[Chorus 1]
Well, tell me what'd I say, yeah
Tell me what'd I say right now
Tell me what'd I say
Tell me what'd I say right now
Tell me what'd I say
Tell me what'd I say, yeah
[Chorus 2]
And I want to know
Baby, I want to know right now
And I want to know
Baby, I want to know right now, yeah
And I want to know
Baby, I want to know, yeah
[Breakdown/Verse 2]
Hey, don't quit now! (Come on, honey)
Naw, I got, I uh-uh-uh, I'm (Stop! Stop! We'll do it again)
Wait a minute, wait a minute, oh, hold it! Hold it! Hold it!
Hey (Hey) ho (Ho) hey (Hey) ho (Ho) hey (Hey) ho (Ho) hey
One more time (Just one more time)
[Chorus 3]
Say it one more time right now (Just one more time)
Say it one more time now (Just one more time)
Say it one more time, yeah (Just one more time)
Say it one more time (Just one more time)
Say it one more time (Just one more time)
[Verse 3]
Hey (Hey) ho (Ho) hey (Hey) ho (Ho) hey (Hey) ho (Ho) hey
Ah! Make me feel so good (Make me feel so good)
Make me feel so good now, yeah (Make me feel so good)
Woah! Baby (Make me feel so good)
Make me feel so good yeah (Make me feel so good)
Make me feel so good (Make me feel so good)
Make me feel so good yeah (Make me feel so good)
[Chorus 4]
Ah it's all right (baby it's all right)
Said it's all right (baby it's all right)
Said it's all right (baby it's all right)
Said it's all right (baby it's all right)
Said it's all right (baby it's all right)
Said it's all right (baby it's all right)
[Chorus 5]
Woah! Shake that thing now (baby shake that thing)
Baby, shake that thing right now (baby shake that thing)
Baby, shake that thing (baby shake that thing)
Baby, shake that thing right now (baby shake that thing)
Baby, shake that thing (baby shake that thing)
Baby, shake that thing (baby shake that thing)
[Chorus 6]
Woah! I feel all right now yeah (make me feel all right)
I feel all right now yeah (make me feel all right)
Woah! (make me feel all right)
I feel all right (make me feel all right)
I feel all right (make me feel all right)
I feel all right (make me feel all right)
What’d I Say (Parts 1 & 2) was written by Ray Charles.
What’d I Say (Parts 1 & 2) was produced by Jerry Wexler.
Ray Charles reflects, specifically about the vocal bridge:
The people just went crazy, and they loved that little ummmmh, unnnnh… Later on, people said it was vulgar. But, hell, let’s face it, everybody knows about the ummmmh, unnnnh. That’s how we all got here.