Story Behind The Song
True experience..1st song on the album SHAKE IT UP, DOWN BY THE SEA does have more lyrics about meeting a young island girl under a coconut tree next to the edge of the water and her sharing stories about mermaids..she invited me to her house,,it rained all night and we fucked all night long into the early morning light! she just wrote me not too long ago. the voice "QUE POCA!" is the lovely ms. Yvonne Perez we shacked up for a while in the air conditioned studio
Song Description
Begins with spanish exclamation "Que Poca!" Then starts right away with thumping bass/drms line. Then steel pan plucks a nice easy rhythmic melody. Danceable and jumping sort of song that makes the girls shake it nice. SHAKE IT UP! has a wide variety of Caribbean Steel drum styles such as Soca, calypso, reggae
| Song Length |
51:45 |
Genre |
World - Reggae/Caribbean, Latin - Tropical |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Instrumental |
| Mood |
In High Spirits, Welcoming |
Subject |
Island, Ocean, Sea |
| Similar Artists |
Afrika Bambaataa, Jimmy Cliff |
Language |
Other |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
Down by the sea
I met a young girl
we talked for a while under a coco tree!
She told me her dreams and mermaid stories
Down by the sea
Down in Belize