Clip: Season 2023 | 3m 39s | Video has closed captioning.
Bringing a little east coast swing to your Fourth of July celebration, it's the phenomenal Boyz II Men performing their hit "Motownphilly" at 2023's A Capitol Fourth.
Aired: 07/08/23
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(audience cheering) - Let's go!
♪ Motownphilly back again ♪ - [Audience] Go, go, go, go!
♪ Doin' a little East Coast swing ♪ ♪ Boyz II Men going off ♪ ♪ Not too hard, not too soft ♪ - [Shawn] Let's go!
♪ It's long overdue ♪ ♪ But now Philly's slamming ♪ ♪ We got Boyz II Men, ABC, BBD ♪ ♪ The East Coast family ♪ ♪ Yeah ♪ ♪ Never skipped a beat ♪ - Head down!
- Come on.
♪ While cooling on South Street ♪ - Yeah, where we got- ♪ Jet black Benz ♪ ♪ Plenty of friends, come on ♪ ♪ Uh-huh, uh-huh ♪ ♪ And all the Philly steaks ♪ you can eat, Wanya Morris ♪ ♪ Back in school, we used to ♪ dream about this every day ♪ ♪ Could it really happen ♪ ♪ Or do dreams just ♪ fade away, come on now ♪ ♪ Then we started singing them ♪ ♪ They said it sounds smooth ♪ ♪ So we started a group and here we are ♪ ♪ Kickin' it just ♪ - Everybody sing along two time, one time.
♪ For you ♪ ♪ Motownphilly back again ♪ - [Audience] Go, go, go, go!
♪ Doin' a little East Coast swing ♪ ♪ Boyz II Men going off ♪ - Washington, D.C. How y'all doing out there tonight?
♪ Not too hard ♪ ♪ Not too soft ♪ - Yo, follow me, let's go!
Can I get an "oh yeah"?
Say, "Oh yeah!"
- [Audience] Oh yeah!
- [Shawn] Say, "Oh yeah!"
- [Audience] Oh yeah!
- [Shawn] Yeah, scream!
♪ Ba da da da da da da ♪ ♪ The spotlight is on us now ♪ ♪ Just do this, yeah ♪ ♪ Da da, oh, daa da da ♪ ♪ Da da da da da da ♪ ♪ Live and direct from Philly town ♪ ♪ Rap and hype and we can get down ♪ ♪ We are ready to roll ♪ ♪ So now the world will ♪ know that we flow, oh ♪ ♪ Back in school, we used to ♪ dream about this everyday ♪ ♪ Could it really happen ♪ ♪ Or do dreams just ♪ fade away, come on now ♪ ♪ Then we started singing them ♪ ♪ They said it sounds smooth ♪ ♪ Oh yeah ♪ ♪ So we started a group and here we are ♪ ♪ Kickin' it just for you ♪ - Now break a dance, fellas.
Come on, come on!
♪ Come on now ♪ ♪ Dum dum dum da da ♪ ♪ Dum dum dum da da ♪ ♪ Da yeah, yeah, yeah, da da ♪ ♪ Da da oh oh ♪ ♪ Dum dum dum da da ♪ ♪ Dum dum dum da da ♪ ♪ Da yeah, yeah, yeah, da da ♪ ♪ Da hah oh ♪ - [Attendee] Yeah!
♪ Motownphilly back again ♪ (audience cheering) ♪ Doin' a little East Coast swing ♪ ♪ Boyz II Men going off ♪ - Okay, everybody in America.
♪ Not too hard ♪ - Everybody, put your hands together like this, come on!
♪ Not too soft ♪ - Yes, if everybody's ready to celebrate tonight, y'all make some noise out there!
(audience cheering) Thank you so very much.
Now, check this out.
Y'all repeat after me one time, okay?
Come on, let me hear you say, "Yeah."
- [Audience] Yeah!
- [Shawn] Say, "Yeah!"
- [Audience] Yeah!
- [Shawn] Say, "Oh yeah!"
- [Audience] Oh yeah!
- Say, "Oh yeah!"
Everybody say, "Oh!"
- [Audience] Oh!
- Say, "Hey, ho!"
- [Audience] Hey, ho!
- Say, "Ho, ho, ho!"
- [Audience] Ho, ho, ho!
- Now scream!
(audience cheering) ♪ Motownphilly back again ♪ ♪ Doin' a little East Coast swing ♪ ♪ Boyz II Men going off ♪ ♪ Not too hard ♪ ♪ Not too soft ♪ - Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Here we go one last time!
♪ Can I get an oh yeah ♪ - [Audience] Oh yeah!
♪ Say oh yeah ♪ - [Audience] Oh yeah!
♪ Say oh yeah ♪ - [Audience] Oh yeah!
- Yeah, scream!
(audience cheering) ♪ Boyz II Men, ABC, BBD ♪ - Thank you.
- Happy Fourth.
(audience cheering and applauding) (mic popping) (bright music)
2023 program information
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