Take It Up A Step
Adrianna Hicks, Christian Borle, J. Harrison Ghee, And 'Some Like It Hot' Original Broadway Cast
2:50J. Harrison Ghee, Natasha Yvette Williams, Christian Borle, Angie Schworer, Raena White, And 'Some Like It Hot' Original Broadway Cast
Buster, the last time a man threatened us He was twice your size and packing heat Yet here I stand I got a magic phrase that shuts up jerks like you! Doll-face, I don't care wh— Listen up! When a bully like you gets bossy And starts a-screechin' like an alley cat Then Mr. Zee-Bap, Zee-Booly, a-da-fee-bam-bam Is the phrase to make that cat go scat! And when a bloviator pays opinions And doesn't pay a lady what she's owed Then Mr. Zee-Bap, Zee-Booly, a-da-fee-bam-bam Is the code to make him hit the road! Webster's dictionary teaches language so clean But Mr. Webster doesn't have the words that we mean The music hath the charms to soothe the savage breast Even when Zee-Bap, Zee-Booly is what we'd express! So when an argument is at its Z, man And you wanna curse and say "you dirty rat" Then Mr. Zee-Bap, Zee-Booly, a-da-fee-bam-bam Is the classy way to make them scat! Okay, here's your two-hundred You dames are crazy, I'm outta here! When a knuckle-head gets too handsy And tries to wrestle me to the floor I tell him Zee-Bap, Zee-Booly, a-da-fee-bam-bam As I kick him right through the door! And when a caveman like him says "Dollface" "It's time to settle down and be my wife" Then, ladies, Zee-Bap, Zee-Booly, a-da-fee-bam-bam Well, tell him not on your sweet life, ooh! Neither was a lad, neither Christian nor Jew It's all he has to know that we can all bonnez-vous And when we band together, girls I'm certain you'll find We're a family that's simplistic And we intertwine! So when some joker starts explaining what you already knew We'll tell him, "Loopy-doopy, silly-ah-mah-hee, hilly-ah-dah-hee-blue!" Or if he's stinking of perfume when he crawls in after dawn We'll tell him, "Doodly-doodly-doodly-doodly, doo-it and get gone!" Is there a phrase that you can toss (Ooh-ooh, ya-doo-bee-wah!) To show a bully who is boss? (Ee-bee-dee-be-dah-doo-wah) Say Zee-Bap, Zee-Booly, a-da-fee-bam-bam To any slippery snake who's tryna make you less than you am! Yeah, so glad we found each other We'll keep on swinging 'til the metal is gone While singing Zee-Bap, Zee-Booly, a-da-fee-bam-bam Zee-Bap, Zee-Booly, a-da-fee-bam-bam Zee-Bap, Zee-Booly, a-da-fee-bam-bam So listen, ladies, we have got to stick together 'Til the battle is won! Zee-Bap, Zee-Booly, a-da-fee-doo-wah!