Salsa is a popular form of social dance that originated in New York City with strong influences from Latin America, particularly Puerto Rico, Cuba, and Colombia. The movements of salsa have origins in Cuban Son, Cha-cha-cha, Mambo and other dance forms, and the dance, along with the salsa music, originated in the mid-1970s in New York.
The name "salsa" (mixture) has been described as a dance since the mid-1970s. The use of the term for the dance started in New York. It evolved from earlier Cuban dance forms such as Son, Son Montuno, Cha cha cha and Mambo which were popular in the Caribbean, Latin America and the Latino communities in New York since the 1940s. Salsa, like most music genres has gone through a lot of variation through the years and incorporated elements of Afro-Cuban and Afro-Caribbean dances such as Guaguanco and Pachanga. Different countries of the Caribbean and Latin America have distinct salsa styles of their own, such as Cuban, Colombian, Puerto Rican, L.A. and New York styles.
[Intro:]
Sick bad mih sick mad.
You know it's meritol,
Ah mih say all dancers yuh kno (Dem should kno).
What d people dem say love dancing,
Uno fe love dancing.
Ricky Blaze say,
[Chorus:]
Mih Love to see when Ravers and black blinger dance,
Uno fe dance.
People dem say love dancing,
Uno fe love dancing.
Meritol Say,
We no wah see no dancers and dancers ah war,
Uno fe par.
People dem say love dancing,
Uno fe love dancing.
So we go so.
[Verse 1:]
*ah swing,
Mih say tek whey yuhself inna d dance black bling,
Tek whey yuhself, tek whey yuhself,
Tek whey yuhself inna d dance black bling.
Ding Dong march out with Ravers Clavers.
Shovel bad mine, shovel haters,
Shovel hypocrite and playa haters,
Shovel to d sand shovel papers.
Walk de walk talk de talk,
Timeless New York, New York.
Inna**** inna ****,
Timeless powercut, powercut
Like flames,
Marvin ah do d jesse james
Je je je jesse james,
Je je je jesse james,
Je je je jesse james.
[Chorus]
[Verse 2:]
Work unda disguise,
Calinda come gih dem ah surprise.
Put on yuh jacket put on yuh tie,
Calinda come gih dem ah surprise.
Me tell dem nah bun no coke nah bun no crack.
Spice u ah ***** an ah do vada rcok,
Vada rock, vada rock, everybody,
Vada rock, vada rock, vada rock.
Up on life, up on life,
Sample 6 den we up on life.
Up on life, up on life,
Because hype tv, up on life.
Federation, Global ah chuckle, Karate
An den yuh do d don chuckle.
An fe ah swing fast like a buckle.
Global mek we do d don chuckle.
[Chorus x2]
[Verse 3:]
Inna d dancing zone,
Fresh prince, wacky fresh, rolling stone,
Rolling stone, rolling stone, rolling stone, mih say rolling stone.
Easy Mickey Mouse, can go an cash,
Nuff ah fire bun dem longside teargas,
Tear gas, tear gas, tear gas, mih say tear gas.
Bun dem ova load,
Walk by caution mek we touch d road,
Touch d road, touch d road, touch d road, mih say touch d road.
**** at nights with d gully creeper,
Dance we ah dance like jeepers creeper,
Everybody march out with d gully creeper,
Gully Creeper, Gully creeper.
[Chorus]