[Intro]
– Hey Sue Ann, check this out!
This is what my mom used to rock to:
("Rock steady, baby, that's what I feel now...")
– Man, I always loved her. You remember that dance called the Rock Steady? Remember that?
– Girl, you used to do it too!
– All the time, but ever since I'm doing my own thing...
– Uh-huh?
– Man, check this out...
(Ro-ro-ro, ro-ro-rock!)

[Verse 1]
Rock steady, baby, that's what I feel now
Let's call this song exactly what it is
You got to move your hips, with the feeling from side to side
Sit yourself down in your car, and honey, take a ride
And while you're moving

[Chorus]
Rock, ooh... rock steady, baby
Let's call this song exactly what it is
(What it is, what it is, what it is?)

[Verse 2]
It's a funky and lowdown feeling (what it is?)
Move your hips from left to right (what it is?)
What it is, is I might be doin' (what it is?)
This funky dance all night, ah...
Put your hands up in the air
When you feelin' you ain't got a care
Don't you know how to take this ride?
Rock steady
Put the devil, everybody sing now!
[Chorus]
Rock, ooh, rock steady baby
Oh, rock, ooh, rock steady, ooh-ooh-ooh

[Verse 3]
You gotta move your hips with a feeling from side to side
Sit yourself down in your car, and honey, take a ride
While you're moving - rock, ooh, rock steady baby
Let's call this song exactly what it is
(What it is, what it is, what it is?)
It's a funky and lowdown feeling (what it is?)
Move your hips from left to right (what it is?)
What it is, is I might be doin' (what it is?)
This funky dance all night, ah...
Put your hands up in the air (rock steady)
Got a feelin' you ain't got a care
Don't you know how to take this ride?
Rock steady
Put the devil, everybody sing now!

[Chorus]
Rock, ooh, rock steady baby
Rock, ooh, rock steady, no-oh!

[Bridge]
Rock, steady
Rock, steady
[Verse 4]
(What it is?) It's a funky and lowdown feeling
(What it is?) Move your hips from left to right
(What it is?) What it is, is I might be doin'
(What it is?) This funky dance all night, ah...
Put your hands up in the air (rock steady)
Got a feelin' you ain't got a care
Don't you know to take this ride?
Rock steady
Put the devil, everybody sing now!

[Bridge]
No, oh... can you feel it?
Oh... rock steady

[Verse 5]
(What it is?) It's a funky and lowdown feeling
(What it is?) Move your hips from left to right
(What it is?) What it is, is I might be doin'
(What it is?) This funky dance all night, ah...
Put your hands up in the air (rock steady)
Got a feelin' you ain't got a care (I said rock...)
Don't you know to take this ride?
Rock steady
Put the devil, everybody sing now!
[Chorus]
Rock, woo-woo-woo, steady, oh
I said rock, ooh, said steady, woo-woo
Rock, oh-oh-oh, steady, oh-oh
I said rock, uh, steady, yeah yeah

[Rap: Cornell Richardson]
Steady to the beat that makes you move
For if you wanna come to party, let me hear you groove
So rock steady in the place, while the place is cool
We're rocking steady girl, we're all night long
So if you really wanna rock, just say it to me
Now me and Sue's gonna tell you how we're ought to be
So rock steady!
So rock steady! Rock!

Everybody in the place, we're back again
To tell you 'bout this thang, that will never end
The rock steady beat is the place, and it won't stop
So let me thrill your feet, move, and let your hands clap
So move to the beat, to make you south
The rock steady beat is often in this house
So when your feet is rocking steady, just go into crew
Our rock steady will make you do what you do

[Verse 6]
Rock steady, baby, that's what I feel now
Let's call this song exactly what it is
You got to move your hips, with the feeling from side to side
Sit yourself down in your car, and let's take a ride
While you're moving
Rock, ooh, rock steady, baby
Let's call this song exactly what it is
It's a funky and lowdown feeling
Now move your hips from left to right
What it is, is I might be doin'
This funky dance all night, ah...

[Outro]
Rock steady, no, no, oh
Rock steady, baby, oh
I said rock, oh-oh, steady
I said rock, oh-oh, I said steady, yeah...
Oh, rock steady
I said rock stea... yeah, rock, oh steady, oh...