Released: January 24, 1972
Songwriter: Aretha Franklin
Producer: Tom Dowd Arif Mardin Jerry Wexler
[Verse 1]
Rock steady, baby!
That's what I feel now
Let's call this song exactly what it is
Step and move your hips
With a feeling from side to side
Sit yourself down in your car
And take a ride
And while you're moving
Rock steady
Rock steady, baby
[Chorus]
Let's call this song exactly what it is
(What it is -what it is - what it is)
It's a funky and low down feeling'
(What it is)
In my hips from left to right
(What it is)
What it is is I might be doing
(What it is)
This funky dance all night
Oh!
(Wave your hands up in the air)
Oh!
(Got the feeling and ain't got a care)
Oh!
(What fun to take this ride
Rock steady will only slide)
[Bridge]
Rock steady — rock steady, baby
Rock steady — rock steady, baby
[Verse 2]
Step and move your hips
With a feeling from side to side
Sit yourself down in your car
And take a ride
While you're moving rock steady
Rock steady
[Chorus]
Let's call this song exactly what it is
(What it is -what it is - what it is)
It's a funky and low down feeling'
(What it is)
In my hips from left to right
(What it is)
What it is is I might be doing
(What it is)
This funky dance all night
Oh!
(Wave your hands up in the air)
Oh!
(Got the feeling and ain't got a care)
Oh!
(What fun to take this ride
Rock steady will only slide)
[Bridge]
Rock steady, baby
Rock steady ... woo!
Rock steady
(Rock... steady!... rock... steady!)
[Chorus]
(What it is)
It's a funky and low down feeling'
(What it is)
In my hips from left to right
(What it is)
What it is is I might be doing
(What it is)
This funky dance all night
Oh!
(Wave your hands up in the air)
Oh!
(Got the feeling and ain't got a care)
Oh!
(What fun to take this ride
Rock steady will only slide)
[Outro]
Rock steady
Steady, baby!
Rock...rock steady, baby
Baby
(What it is)
Baby baby
(What it is)
Baby
(What it is)
Baby...
Rock steady, baby!
That's what I feel now
Let's call this song exactly what it is
Step and move your hips
With a feeling from side to side
Sit yourself down in your car
And take a ride
And while you're moving
Rock steady
Rock steady, baby
[Chorus]
Let's call this song exactly what it is
(What it is -what it is - what it is)
It's a funky and low down feeling'
(What it is)
In my hips from left to right
(What it is)
What it is is I might be doing
(What it is)
This funky dance all night
Oh!
(Wave your hands up in the air)
Oh!
(Got the feeling and ain't got a care)
Oh!
(What fun to take this ride
Rock steady will only slide)
[Bridge]
Rock steady — rock steady, baby
Rock steady — rock steady, baby
[Verse 2]
Step and move your hips
With a feeling from side to side
Sit yourself down in your car
And take a ride
While you're moving rock steady
Rock steady
[Chorus]
Let's call this song exactly what it is
(What it is -what it is - what it is)
It's a funky and low down feeling'
(What it is)
In my hips from left to right
(What it is)
What it is is I might be doing
(What it is)
This funky dance all night
Oh!
(Wave your hands up in the air)
Oh!
(Got the feeling and ain't got a care)
Oh!
(What fun to take this ride
Rock steady will only slide)
[Bridge]
Rock steady, baby
Rock steady ... woo!
Rock steady
(Rock... steady!... rock... steady!)
[Chorus]
(What it is)
It's a funky and low down feeling'
(What it is)
In my hips from left to right
(What it is)
What it is is I might be doing
(What it is)
This funky dance all night
Oh!
(Wave your hands up in the air)
Oh!
(Got the feeling and ain't got a care)
Oh!
(What fun to take this ride
Rock steady will only slide)
[Outro]
Rock steady
Steady, baby!
Rock...rock steady, baby
Baby
(What it is)
Baby baby
(What it is)
Baby
(What it is)
Baby...
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