Slave
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1, 2, 3...

Down, yeah, yeah
Go down
Don't stop just go around
Yeah, yeah
Around, yeah, yeah

Down, yeah, yeah
(Go, down yeah yeah)
It's round
(It's round)
Don't stop just go around
(Don't stop just go around)
Yeah, yeah
Around
(Around)
Yeah, yeah

Baby girl is a goal
Shey dem no tell you I be goal keeper
The way we rocking all the gold
You'll probably think I was a gold digger
Shawty bad and she know
I got two I'm the new Noah
I could never let her go
Come and take her if you get liver

Do you really want to get down?
(Lemme see you get down)
To get down?
(Lemme see you get down)
Do you really want to get down?
(Do you really want to get down?)
To get down?
(To get down?)

Go down, yeah, yeah
(Go, down yeah yeah)
Go down
(Go down)
Don't stop just go around
(Don't stop just go around)
Yeah, yeah
Around
(Around)

Down, yeah, yeah
(Go, down yeah yeah)
It's round
(It's round)
Don't stop just go around
(Don't stop just go around)
Yeah, yeah
Around
(Around)
Yeah, yeah

Ja nowo e soke
(Ja nowo)
Fine boys ja nowo e soke
Fine girls ja nowo e soke
(Ja nowo)
Summer vibes jo nowo e soke
Now
(Down)

Ja nowo e soke
Fine girls ja nowo e soke
Fine boys ja nowo e soke
Summer vibes ja nowo e soke
Down
(Down)

I don't wanna see you sitting down
Groove, groove yeeaah
I don't wanna see a single frown
Move, move

Down, yeah, yeah
Go down
Don't stop just go around
Yeah, yeah
Around, yeah, yeah

Down, yeah, yeah
(Go, down yeah yeah)
It's round
(It's round)
Don't stop just go around
(Don't stop just go around)
Yeah, yeah
Around

(Around)
Yeah, yeah

Overall Meaning

The song "Slave" by VA is a fun, upbeat track with a strong emphasis on movement and dancing. The first few lines of the song are a countdown, setting the stage for the energetic and lively tone of the track. The lyrics are playful and carefree, urging listeners to "go down" and move their bodies without inhibition. This theme of letting loose and having fun permeates throughout the entire song.

The verse of the song is where we get a little bit of storytelling. VA talks about a female who is a "goal" and how she knows it. He also boasts about his own status and wealth, saying that he has "two" and is the "new Noah." The line "Come and take her if you get liver" implies that he is confident in his ability to keep her because he's not worried about anyone else being able to match up to him.

The chorus asks a simple question: "Do you really want to get down?" This is the central theme of the song, and the answer, according to VA, is a resounding "yes." The call to action is to "go down," and not to stop but to keep going around. The repetition of the chorus and the overall rhythm and beat of the song make it perfect for dancing and letting go.

Line by Line Meaning

1, 2, 3...
Counting down to something

Down, yeah, yeah
Get low, crouch down

Go down
Keep getting lower, continue crouching

Don't stop just go around
Keep going in circles or continue the current motion

Yeah, yeah
Expressing affirmation, excitement

Around, yeah, yeah
Going around in circles

Baby girl is a goal
Liking someone or having feelings for them

Shey dem no tell you I be goal keeper
Suggesting that they are the best person to win someone's love

The way we rocking all the gold
Showing off their wealth and status

You'll probably think I was a gold digger
Acknowledging that others might judge them for their wealth

Shawty bad and she know
Referring to an attractive woman who is aware of her appeal

I got two I'm the new Noah
Comparing himself to the biblical figure Noah who had two of every species

I could never let her go
Suggesting that he wants to hold onto this person

Come and take her if you get liver
Challenging anyone who thinks they can take his love interest away if they are brave enough

Do you really want to get down?
Asking if the person they are referring to wants to party or have a good time

To get down?
Asking again if they really want to party or have a good time

Go down, yeah, yeah
Asking them to continue getting low

It's round
Referring to a circular movement, dance or motion

Ja nowo e soke
Yoruba phrase meaning come and dance/join in the dancing

Fine boys ja nowo e soke
Inviting good looking men to join in the dancing

Fine girls ja nowo e soke
Inviting attractive women to join in the dancing

Summer vibes jo nowo e soke
Rhythmic appeal for people to enjoy the music and have fun

Down
Keep getting low

I don't wanna see you sitting down
Encouraging people to dance and participate rather than simply watch

Groove, groove yeeaah
Expressing the need to vibe and dance

I don't wanna see a single frown
Encouraging people to be happy and enjoy the moment

Move, move
Encouraging people to move and dance

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Written by: Kene Anyafulu

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Comments from YouTube:

Robert Bell

3y↑2

This still blows my mind how different life was back then. How different it would be for my friends if we were to live back in those days. Very eye-opening and informative video!

1gopifatimah

3y↑2

Thank you so much! This is so awesome. I searched Farquier, Virginia slavery. My great great grands were born there in the 1840’s. Haven’t yet found proof of their history during those times, but chances were slim to be black & free. This was the top of the search & I’m in awe & thankful to Google for this. Juneteenth✊🏽

Sheila Jones

4y↑13

Thank you! This is so important...for so many reasons...on so many different levels; past, present and future!

Phenix HI

4y↑1

I REMEMBER THAT VIRGINIA BOOK !!!!!!!!!!!!

Charles Conard

4y↑6

Powerful and important work. Thank you!

Logan Mannke

4y↑11

I'd really like to know where in the hell they went to school that they think people were taught that slavery "wasn't that bad"?? We were taught the atrocities that those people endured and the utter brutality... the first time I was shown a picture of the kkk i was in third grade and it made my skin crawl. My school and teachers were brutally honest with us... we learned about slavery before almost any other history, and in my opinion that was the right thing to do.

Slim Baby

4y↑7

You'd be surprised. In many schools, especially here in the U.S., slavery is downplayed and made to look as though Africans actually were not mistreated THAT badly and that some of them even loved being "helpers" and always pleasing their white owners. But you have to think of who was writing these books. They definitely added their own feelings and opinions within the words and it SHOWS. That's why I love that people are able to look up these things and are being taught to challenge history. Everything we were taught was NOT factual. Some of it just made certain people feel better about things.

Art Sub Lessons

4y↑3

Logan Mannke They showed my fourth grade Virginia history text book.

John Mark

4y↑4

Unfortunately there are many schools that don't or refuse to teach slavery properly. It's sad, only in recent decades are history book becoming honest about it.

Kevin Chambers

3y↑3

This is a great project that many other states should be establishing.

gremlin coco

4y↑5

Great job young man!! I would love to do a tour someday too see all these places

Pam Noonan Rugtiv

3y↑4

Those of us who were taught the myths of slavery from 1960's textbooks also have the intellect to understand the other side of the story. Do not underestimate 'old people'.

Robert Ferguson

I totally agree. I remember that book. That’s what we used in fourth grade. Wish I had a copy of it

Nancy Gajan

5y↑24

Wow! What a powerful thing you are doing!! Thank you!!

Karson Conor

@Dakota Oakley happy to help xD

Dakota Oakley

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Thanks so much, you really help me out !

Dakota Oakley

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Seems to take a while so I will reply here later with my results.

Karson Conor

@Dakota Oakley Instablaster :)

Dakota Oakley

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I stupidly forgot my password. I love any tricks you can offer me

Robert Heflin

4y↑2

Great video and production. Thank you so much.

Redro1982

LOVE IT.❤️ LOVE IT.❤️ LOVE IT.❤️ You all make me so proud and HAPPY!!! Thank You 🙏🏽✊🏽💯

Ultra Jazz

Rev. Jacob looks like a proud honest man but his eyes reflect pain. I love what y’all are doing.

Gwndolyn young

3y↑2

Great! I'm trying to trace my Virgina roots but it's great to see. One day i will be there to see for myself. Great Job!

Ultra Jazz

3y↑2

We remember the past so we don’t repeat it but we must unite to move forward.

George Short

In fourth and sixth or seventh grade I was taught Virginia history from the book pictured. I am now 75, so the book is even older than stated.

Hank Pikuni

2y↑1

Tackling the slave issue just need to tackle the land theft issue to see what this Country was truly built on.

Denise Eanes

Wow! I've come across the name Rev Jacob Randolph many times during my ancestry research. in Virginia.

Holly Geary

Great video!

Catrina Craft

3y↑3

On my way to Florida I stopped by a plantation in Charleston, South Carolina a while back. Very eye opening.

philip cone

This is especially true in the south where textbooks were often donated by the organizations such as the Confederate Daughters of America. But even in the North though slavery was never talked about as a positive, Reconstruction was often given a once over and we learned terms such as “ carpet baggers”. But to actually go over Reconstruction would have gotten in the way of the general conversation about “ the Civil Rights Movement”. And it helped that was not considered a good President.

Lionel Kitpu'see Pinn

Well done! Ty

Moe and Chi Bunch

4y↑4

This is not Our History this is HIS story not ours

Google Earth

Learn more here: https://goo.gle/2Fhhxiv

Skyler Willis

4y↑15

Am I the only one who found both of their voices soothing ?

Mike Downes

5y↑1

See and read more at: https://www.blog.google/products/maps/bringing-slave-dwellings-out-shadows-google-street-view/

B.Selah Lee-Bey

This is dope Justin. s/o fellow WM alum!

jeff fetzer

I kind of like what you say were slaves quarters. Its sort of like what i would like now.. Can you show me where they moved to when they were freed.i have pictures of where my ancestors lived in that time frame or shortly after. The slave quarters have them beat. By a lot

disco 07

Very nice people!

Keetah Brough

2y↑1

but you didn't go get your land back. you came from somewhere... that's
your land, your roots, your identity. Without the roots, you're still a
slave... an economic slave. you gotta claim it, again. if you want
roots.

JayGod Up

5y↑1

✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾

Niquita Potter

Yes he did love his children more, she still had a slave husband

Ace Hardy

👑

Stylish 101

Being a slave “IS ABSOLUTELY NOT” BLACK HISTORY!

Kip Marsh

Great job. The truth is something we're losing rapidly if not already.......

1sunni1

thk you!

Stella Williamson

2y↑1

Please tell us how slavery begin. Is it Biblical
.

Karen Robbins

It’s truly not til we are old ourselves that we really want to know American history,cause people of today want to tear it all away. It’s history,good or bad. I don’t think anyone from that era would choose our era. Fools.

Nabiyah Yahshar'el

3y↑2

Deuteronomy 28:15-68

D Haley

One story that is not ever told is that there were 3500 Black slave owners before the civil war. EXPLAIN THAT.

Jeremy Corrao

So we should preserve history right? Then why are all these statues being taken down? Shouldn't all these plantations and slave quarters be torn down as well. Seems like more of a reminder of slavery than statues.

Lilith’s Moon🌓

2y↑1

No, those statues were glorifying what happened in America. These homes are showing what was happening in America’s history. But you know that….

Bethel Ben Israel

How can we speak, I have information to include

Jonathan Rubino

3y↑1

The country is going to black vengeance

Jennifer Ball

3y↑1

Stop looking back move forward so sad .. can’t you see the blessings you have now and be thankful.

kyrean thompson

3y↑1

Jennifer Ball:: Africa was not poor we were fine in our homeland… yall didnt make us better yall tried to keep us bound which is why we fought for our freedom

Ovens867

@Masked Menace but you 'can' say it to them, because they are still here. No one alive today has been a slave that needs apologizing to.

Smiley face

3y↑4

It’s not about looking back or looking forward, it’s about acknowledging your roots and reflecting on how you ended up in a land that you weren’t invited to. This isn’t political, it’s literally just being human. Some African Americans can’t trace further than their great grand parents and can’t tell where they truly are from. No matter what success you achieve or reconciliation you come to terms with, there’s always an existential part of African Americans that itches to wanna know more and if you can’t relate to it, just kindly step aside and listen or turn a blind eye and keep moving. You trying to make it political isn’t cool.

Jennifer Ball

@Masked Menace you will never hear a holocaust survivor crying about what they went threw they have rose above ... hold your own accountable

Jennifer Ball

@Sophiyah Sunflower my people are you kidding me you know they are trying to divide us so they can conquer you all are still slaves to the Democratic Party they laugh at you all behind you back so sad

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african mate

5y↑3

coltton be like

GlockMagic.com88

I'm offended take them down

Mike Greene

Let's Go Brandon! FJB

Frank Reynolds

Rosanne Barr got a tan

Valeria Vagapova

5y↑11

Unrelated, but I can I just say with all due respect that Justin's eyes are beautiful.
(nice video, too)

Miranda Martin

@Chris Burns so we should discount him as a person you are saying?

bluechase

3y↑1

@Chris Burns hits different don't it

Chris Burns

4y↑6

Valeria Vagapova You know where those eyes came from right?

Jamyla Thompson

Barney

Virus1956

Hey, Barney, that's why we don't have need for people like you on this site, so GIT ON NOW!!!

Jennifer Ball

There are no slaves today unless they choose to be

Lilith’s Moon🌓

@Whatchu Lookin at boy yep

Whatchu Lookin at boy

3y↑4

False. Slaves still exist

M B

5y↑4

One serious question to the staff at Google. why does the pogram shutdown everytime I try to checck which cities align with the Ka'aba through the temple mount it shuts off? why does it take such a long time for the name al Aqsa to appear when i try to zoom in? aren'T Muslims aloud to look uo Islams holy site? and why has YouTube shutdown and censored several Islamic channels, despite them nnot spreading any hatred or terrorism, or violence. you guys have serious m issues.

Mami Chula

4y↑3

Michael Zaccarillo nobody said right wasn’t right. It’s unfortunate that’s happening but this particular video has absolutely nothing to do with his or her topic. There are a lot of issues people have but go post those issues on a video that correlates, don’t be disrespectful by posting irrelevant comments. YOU might do that everywhere but most people with manners don’t do that.

only pimps eat tacos with their hoes

4y↑1

@Mami Chula so funny you say that when we do that everywhere. & yes I'm black, right is right & we'll be under ANY topic doing this.

Mami Chula

5y↑4

That’s sad but this is about black Americans history and slavery. Please go under a channel that correlates with your topic and ask. Let’s not take away anything from the people who died here.