(upbeat music) >>Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to "DMV The Beat."

Tonight we're proud to present Sirius Company.

A combination of sounds for music such as go-go, R&B, soul, pop and hip hop genres.

This go-go group is undoubtedly on the verge of stardom.

Welcome to "DMV The Beat."

(audience cheering) (calm groovy music) >>I'd like to welcome y'all to the WHUT Studios.

We are Sirius Company.

And this first song we wanna do is...

It's a song I wrote a few years ago.

And when I was writing it, I think I wasn't in my right state of mind if you know what I mean.

'Cause I could have sworn I was writing it about my girlfriend.

Come to find out, I ain't even have a girlfriend, so.

Song is about my guitar, y'all.

♪ We are so into, together a harmony, right babe ♪ ♪ Can't wait to see you soon ♪ ♪ Whenever you're right up my side, babe ♪ ♪ Oh yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ And I can't stand the sight of you ♪ ♪ In the arms of another man ♪ ♪ It doesn't feel the same, no ♪ ♪ I take your hand and ask if you will join my wedding band ♪ ♪ And we can share the pain, baby, oh ♪ ♪ The moment I touched you ♪ ♪ Touched you, babe ♪ ♪ Knew that I loved you ♪ ♪ You made my life complete ♪ ♪ Whoa, whoa, whoa ♪ ♪ From the way you scream at me, caress you babe ♪ ♪ Caress you, baby ♪ ♪ You made my life complete ♪ ♪ You will leave me alone to help how you felt, baby ♪ ♪ How you cared for me ♪ ♪ Ooh, ooh, care for me, baby ♪ ♪ Always had my, my, my, my, my, my show ♪ ♪ Let you on stage right beside me, baby ♪ ♪ The way you hypnotized, signified blew my mind, baby ♪ ♪ I knew that you wanted me ♪ ♪ And I knew from the go when we met on the floor ♪ ♪ Together we would be ♪ ♪ You're the only one I want for me ♪ ♪ The moment I touched you ♪ ♪ I knew that I loved you ♪ ♪ You made my life complete ♪ ♪ Whoa, whoa ♪ ♪ From the way you scream at me when I caress you, babe ♪ ♪ Caress your name, baby ♪ ♪ You made my life complete ♪ ♪ You got me thinking that you seeking to lose me ♪ ♪ I know that you be sitting there ♪ ♪ But you cheating, but school me ♪ ♪ Mine is the fact that you keep it ♪ ♪ Between the sheets dripping ♪ ♪ I ain't seen you when weeks ♪ ♪ Freak, you been missing ♪ ♪ And what you mean you speak sweet ♪ ♪ And man, listen, my running schemes ♪ ♪ To peeps and and blend with them ♪ ♪ He pulling on your strings ♪ ♪ And they dull when they can't cut ♪ ♪ What, you can't talk now 'cause you ain't amped up ♪ ♪ That ain't how you used to roll ♪ ♪ I thought you was like getting your RV ♪ ♪ And had acoustic soul ♪ ♪ Nevermind trying to walk with you ♪ ♪ I gotta heavy heavy metal just to talk with you ♪ ♪ Look, they got me backin' with these country boys ♪ ♪ So I stay in flight ♪ ♪ They say I'm wrong 'cause I ain't playing right ♪ ♪ Carter studio, you tell me that you stayin' tonight ♪ ♪ I guess you got a better man in your life ♪ ♪ From the moment I touched you, baby ♪ ♪ From the moment I touched you ♪ ♪ I knew that I loved you ♪ ♪ I knew that I loved you ♪ ♪ Oh ♪ ♪ You made my life complete ♪ ♪ Girl, I love when you scream at me, babe ♪ ♪ From the way you scream at me ♪ ♪ With like a rush of air ♪ ♪ You made my life complete ♪ ♪ Hey, girl, you know that I love you, baby ♪ ♪ From the moment I touched you ♪ ♪ I knew that I loved you ♪ ♪ I knew that I loved you ♪ ♪ You made my life complete ♪ ♪ From the way you scream at, baby ♪ ♪ From the way you scream at me ♪ ♪ From the rushing air ♪ ♪ You made my life complete ♪ ♪ Let me break it on down for you ♪ (calm groovy music) Now, I told y'all this song is about my guitar, right?

And sometimes when me and my guitar home alone, we're doing all kind of things.

This is how we talk, this is how we communicate right here.

(singer scatting) ♪ Somebody sing my song for me ♪ ♪ From the moment I touched you ♪ ♪ Moment I touched you, babe ♪ ♪ I knew that I loved you ♪ ♪ You made my life complete ♪ ♪ God knows how much I love you ♪ ♪ From the way you scream at me ♪ ♪ Like a rush of air ♪ ♪ You made my life complete ♪ ♪ Whoa, whoa ♪ ♪ From the moment I touched you ♪ ♪ Oh, baby ♪ ♪ I knew that I loved you ♪ ♪ You made my life complete ♪ ♪ When I hold your body next to mine ♪ ♪ Like a rush of air ♪ ♪ You made my life complete ♪ (singer vocalizing) ♪ Ooh, baby ♪ ♪ Sing that song one more time for me ♪ ♪ From the moment I touched you ♪ ♪ I knew that I loved you ♪ ♪ You made my complete ♪ ♪ From the way you scream at me ♪ ♪ You know I loved you, baby ♪ ♪ Yes I do ♪ (audience clapping) >>Welcome to "DMV The Beat."

I'm John Monds, host of "The Quiet Storm" on 96.3 WHUR.

Happy to be here tonight with another artist from right here in DC that you know and love.

In fact, you know so much about him, we're gonna do a little history first.

We're welcoming Frank Sirius.

>>Yes sir, how you doing.

>>Sirius Company's the name of the new band.

>>Yeah, man.

>>You're joined by Jon here with us.

Jon is a newbie to go-go, somewhat.

(all laughing) >>Well, I guess so, yeah.

>>Absolutely not.

I got about 10 years.

>>So take me back.

We were talking about what happened before the listen band.

You were going to high school.

Your dad was in music.

>>Yeah, my dad was a doo-wop singer in the 60s.

I grew up around it all my life pretty much.

And then I grew up listening to go-go.

They played Chuck brown and Trouble Funk all day, all night, cookouts, everything.

So I grew up listening to it.

And when I was 10 years old, my dad got me a drum set.

I had my little tidy-widy underwear.

I came down in the morning, I had the John Riggins jersey on, and I jumped on the drum set and the first beat I played was (scatting).

The old Mr. Magic beat.

So I been in love with go ever since.

And in high school I met some guys that's also sang, and we started listening and rest is history, man.

It took us a while to get to where we wanted to get to, but we got there.

>>Any members from the old group in the new group?

>>Yeah, so I got my congo player Peany.

I have one of my closest friends Jason who plays trumpet and raps.

I mean, the group, we all stayed connected.

We all stayed friends.

And so, whenever I needed something, I always pluck some of my old guys, and here we are.

>>So John is a little bit younger, but his first actually listening to go-go was a listen band.

Where were you when you saw the listen band?

>>Man, my first go-go period, I was at Mirrors Nightclub right on New York Avenue.

It was a Monday night and I was in my first band and the guy was like, I'm gonna show you somebody, man.

Let's go out to this whatever.

I'm like it's Monday night.

What's going on with Monday night?

I dunno nothing about it.

Go in, Monday night looks like a Saturday night and my man and O and others are on stage, so yeah.

First time seeing go-go live was in right there.

>>And you were hooked at that point.

>>Absolutely.

>>So all then, you mentioned doo-wop, and of course you're from DC, there's so much music that's come through this area.

Why go-go over, for instance, just straight R&B?

>>That's a good question, 'cause John and I both, in my opinion, were good enough, are good enough to pretty much play on any stage, R&B, jazz, go-go, what have you.

But for me, I grew up listening to go-go, like I said, but our heroes were the James Funks, were the Chuck Browns and Big Tony's and Sugar Bears, you know what I mean?

So, listening to go-go, some of my friends, none of 'em listen to rap.

During the late 80s, early 90s, none of 'em listened to a whole lot of R&B, and we listened to go-go.

That's what you bumped in your cars and play your PA tapes and stuff like that.

So, I wanted to grow up and be Buggs from Junk Yard.

You know what I mean, so.

I'm just a go-go guy, man, through and through.

And I can't really shake it, not that I want to.

It's been good to me.

>>I can personally pinpoint my first hearing go-go, which was really Chuck Brown, "Bustin' Loose."

I worked in North Carolina on the radio station in high school.

But really driving through DC and hearing Trouble Funk, "Drop the Bomb."

It was really the one that was like, okay.

>>Yeah, yeah, yeah.

They was so dynamic, man.

They still are dynamic.

And their music just touch you in a different kind of way.

You know what I mean?

Hearing those guys play back then just, excuse me, seeing them on records.

I remember the first time I picked up a album, and I could see Trouble Funk, "Drop The Bomb" and "Bustin' Loose" on the album.

It was like, man, these guys from around here you know what I mean?

So I was starstruck at an early age from go-go artists.

And that's how I got started, man.

>>We're here with Sirius Company, and "On Top of The Moon."

>>Thank y'all so much, y'all.

(upbeat groovy music) ♪ Hey, Lisa ♪ ♪ The Lisa of world is in here ♪ ♪ Nessa, Gloria ♪ ♪ Let's play that song now ♪ ♪ You must be a special lady ♪ ♪ And a very excited girl ♪ ♪ You must be a special lady, lady ♪ ♪ And a very excited girl ♪ ♪ Sitting on top of the world ♪ ♪ Your love is shining bright ♪ ♪ Bright like the summer skies ♪ ♪ Bright like the midnight shining ♪ ♪ The moon, the stars at night ♪ ♪ At times it's overwhelming ♪ ♪ I try, but I can't help it ♪ ♪ And if I wanted to, I couldn't do better than you, baby ♪ ♪ There's nobody better than you ♪ ♪ You could believe that's true ♪ ♪ Flying high overtop the clouds ♪ ♪ So high I can't see the ground ♪ ♪ Girl, I might be into you ♪ ♪ Let's just rendez-vous, yeah ♪ ♪ On top of the moon ♪ ♪ Yeah, don't you wanna go ♪ ♪ On top of the moon ♪ ♪ One time, let's just rendez-vous ♪ ♪ On top of the moon ♪ ♪ Yeah, just you and me baby ♪ ♪ On top of the moon ♪ ♪ Your right, pretty please, pretty please, pretty please ♪ ♪ This world is crazy, crazy ♪ ♪ But as long as you're my baby ♪ ♪ Everything's all right ♪ ♪ Guess why ♪ ♪ You must be a special lady ♪ ♪ You're an exciting girl ♪ ♪ Got me sitting on top of the world ♪ ♪ Swear I go out my way each and every day ♪ ♪ Just to put a smile on your face, babe ♪ ♪ There's nobody better than you ♪ ♪ You could believe that's true, babe ♪ ♪ Flying high overtop the clouds ♪ ♪ So high I can't see the ground ♪ ♪ Girl, I might be into you ♪ ♪ Let's go rendez-vous, oh ♪ ♪ On top of the moon ♪ ♪ Yeah, don't you wanna go ♪ ♪ On top of the moon ♪ ♪ One time, let's just rendez-vous ♪ ♪ On top of the moon ♪ ♪ Said this world's so crazy, crazy, baby ♪ ♪ On top of the moon ♪ ♪ You and me, lady, let's rendez-vous, ooh, ooh ♪ ♪ Love ain't gotta be so complicated ♪ ♪ Love's the only thing we'll ever need ♪ ♪ Yeah, when you're in my arms, I'm so elated, yeah ♪ ♪ When you're in my arms, you're all I need ♪ ♪ Ooh, ooh, love ain't gotta be so complicated ♪ ♪ Love's the only thing we'll ever need ♪ ♪ Yeah, when you're in my arms, I'm so elated ♪ ♪ Now let's board this rocket ship ♪ ♪ Yeah, come on and come with me ♪ ♪ On top of the moon ♪ ♪ Yeah, said don't you wanna go ♪ ♪ On top of the moon ♪ ♪ That's right, let's just rendez-vous ♪ ♪ On top of the moon ♪ ♪ Lady, don't you wanna go ♪ ♪ On top of the moon ♪ ♪ Me and you, lady ♪ ♪ Let's rendez-vous ♪ ♪ On top of the moon ♪ ♪ That's right ♪ ♪ On top of the moon, on top of the moon ♪ ♪ On top of the moon ♪ ♪ Yeah, yeah, let's just rendez-vous ♪ ♪ On top of the moon ♪ ♪ Girl, this world's so crazy, crazy, baby ♪ ♪ On top of the moon ♪ ♪ Me and you, lady, let's rendez-vous ♪ ♪ Haven't heard a part like this in a long time ♪ >>Chicken wing.

I wanna see Tanya.

♪ Wishing on a star ♪ ♪ She my gang, gang ♪ ♪ She the same, same no matter what we going through ♪ ♪ Sipping on a crescent, yeah, we smoking the best ♪ ♪ And we high as the moon ♪ ♪ Sitting amongst the stars, at the cars, or the bars ♪ ♪ You're close to my heart ♪ ♪ Now, you know that it's true ♪ ♪ I'm in love with you ♪ ♪ Let's go rendez-vous ♪ ♪ She my gang, gang ♪ ♪ She the same, same no matter what we going through ♪ ♪ Sitting on a crescent, yeah, we smoking the best ♪ ♪ And we high as the moon ♪ ♪ Sitting amongst the stars, at the cars, or the bars ♪ ♪ With this space in my heart ♪ ♪ Now, you know that it's true ♪ ♪ I'm in love with you ♪ PD west, hey.

All ladies to the front, fellas in the back.

♪ For Myesha ♪ ♪ Myesha ♪ ♪ Tonya, rendez-vous ♪ Get up.

♪ She my gang, gang ♪ ♪ She the same, same no matter what we going through ♪ ♪ Sitting on the crescent, yeah, we smoking the best ♪ ♪ And we getting high as the moon ♪ ♪ Then amongst the stars, at the cars, or the bars ♪ ♪ This space in my heart ♪ ♪ Now, you know that it's true ♪ ♪ I'm in love with you ♪ ♪ Let's go rendez-vous ♪ ♪ On top of the moon ♪ ♪ Don't you wanna go ♪ ♪ On top of the moon ♪ ♪ One time, let's just rendez-vous ♪ ♪ On top of the moon ♪ ♪ That's right ♪ ♪ Said, don't you wanna go, baby ♪ ♪ On top of the moon ♪ ♪ Me and you, lady, let's rendez-vous ♪ (upbeat groovy music) >>This song is dedicated to my children, y'all.

With all the craziness going on, they need it now more than ever.

♪ My time waiting anxiously inside ♪ ♪ Hoping you'd be the one I waited for all my life ♪ ♪ Can't wait to see you ♪ ♪ You pretty little thing ♪ ♪ To hold you, baby, when I look into your eyes ♪ ♪ My pretty sunshine ♪ ♪ Sunshine, sunshine, sunshine ♪ ♪ Pretty little sunshine, baby ♪ ♪ Sunshine, sunshine, sunshine ♪ ♪ Ooh, ooh, sunshine, sunshine, sunshine ♪ ♪ Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ Sunshine, sunshine, sunshine ♪ ♪ Listen, that night I almost cried ♪ ♪ And now my friends say I ♪ ♪ I'm such a lucky guy ♪ ♪ A lucky guy ♪ ♪ To have you in my life ♪ ♪ Baby, you light my sky ♪ ♪ You make my day so bright ♪ ♪ Sing you to sleep at night ♪ ♪ My, my, my, my love would so dark ♪ ♪ Without my sunshine, sunshine, sunshine ♪ ♪ My sunshine baby ♪ ♪ Sunshine, sunshine, sunshine ♪ ♪ I really wanna hold you, babe ♪ ♪ Sunshine, sunshine ♪ ♪ Really wanna love you, babe ♪ ♪ Look into your eyes now, babe, oh ♪ ♪ Well, well ♪ ♪ Listen, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh ♪ This song is dedicated to our sunshines.

And for those of y'all that don't know what your sunshines are, your sunshines are your children.

And when me and my man Uno wrote this song about 19 years ago, we wrote it outta the love that I have for my oldest son being born.

So if anybody out there got kids out there, anybody out there, DMV the V-land, I want you to put your hands in the air like this here.

We celebrating love tonight, y'all.

We celebrating our children.

We celebrating love for our kids.

♪ This is for your sweets and touching ♪ ♪ You won't ever work for nothing ♪ ♪ Anything you want, I give you ♪ ♪ Especially if I have you ♪ ♪ I love you ♪ ♪ Anywhere you go, I follow ♪ ♪ Anything you want, I teach you ♪ ♪ It won't be easy ♪ ♪ I really need you, baby, baby, baby ♪ ♪ You know I love you, baby, baby, baby ♪ ♪ I gotta hold you 'cause I love you, baby, baby, baby ♪ ♪ I gotta hold you because I love you ♪ ♪ I really need you ♪ ♪ I got to have you ♪ ♪ And my, my, you know that we love you so ♪ ♪ It's a pleasure just to watch them grow ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ Anything that you ever wanted baby ♪ ♪ You know we've got to go and get it ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ Hey Tanya, forever-ever ♪ ♪ Forever, I really, really love you, love you, love you ♪ ♪ Love you, love you, love you, love you, love you, love you ♪ ♪ Love you, love you, love you, love you, love you, love you ♪ ♪ I said I love you, love you, love you, love you, love you ♪ ♪ Love you, love you, love you, love you, love you, ♪ ♪ Love you, love you, love you, love you ♪ ♪ I really, really love you, love you, love you, love you ♪ ♪ Love you, love you, love you, love you, love you, love you ♪ ♪ Love you, love you, love you, love you, love you ♪ ♪ For the kids, y'all ♪ ♪ I really, really love you, love you, love you, love you ♪ ♪ Love you, love you, love you, love you, love you, love you ♪ Everybody in the building, do me a favor.

Repeat after me.

♪ Say oh ♪ ♪ Oh ♪ ♪ Say oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ Say oh, oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ Say oh, oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ Say, oh oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ Say oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪ (singer scatting) (audience scatting) ♪ Say oh ♪ ♪ Oh ♪ ♪ Say oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ Say, oh, oh ♪ ♪ Oh, oh ♪ ♪ Say oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪ Listen.

♪ I said I love my baby, love my baby ♪ ♪ Said I love my baby, love my baby ♪ ♪ Said I love my baby, love my baby ♪ ♪ Said I love my baby, love my baby ♪ ♪ Said I love my baby, love my baby ♪ ♪ Said I love my baby, love my baby ♪ ♪ Said I love my baby, love my baby ♪ ♪ Said I love my baby, love my baby ♪ Make sure you love them.

Hold yours kids as much as you can today, y'all.

♪ Said I love my baby, love my baby ♪ They need our love more than anything.

So when you get home tonight.

♪ Say I love you, gotta hold you, baby, baby ♪ Everybody.

>>Welcome back to "DMV The Beat."

We're here with Sirius Company.

We have Jon and Scooby with us because that's what everybody knows them by, including the teachers as we just found out.

So Sirius Company, really I look at it as a super group in go-go because you have members from your old band.

You also have Ms. Kemp of Georgia.

So how did that all come together?

>>My knucklehead sister, we played in Familiar Face together, another super group, in my opinion.

And then when we left Familiar Faces, I called her up and said, "Let's team up and do our thing."

And we have our own band and do it the way we see it.

And it's been working out, man.

We've been working, can't complain.

It's been a fabulous, nice four years.

And she's the woman of the group, the face, the pretty face.

And she can sing a little bit too.

>>So just a little bit.

>>Just a little bit.

>>So was that an added touch?

Lot of all-male bands in go-go.

She was one of the first.

>>Yeah.

>>As far as the females concerned.

>>Yeah, she's definitely a pioneer in the game.

Stepping on the scene with RE back in the '92, I believe, 93.

And ever since then, she's been a powerhouse in the game.

I consider ourselves lucky to have her, doing her thing.

When we put the band together, I kind of wanted to have a versatile band.

Like everybody in the band plays couple instruments and it serves us well, especially in times where guys might be late coming from another gig or some guys they work, they might be late coming off work.

And it's nothing for John to jump on the keyboard you know what I mean?

Or Peany to jump on the drums or Marcus to jump on the drums or congo.

So it's like everybody has multiple things that they do.

And it makes us one of the more versatile bands in the city.

>>I noticed that you pretty much were able to sound check everybody's instrument.

>>Oh, you noticed that?

>>Yeah, I did.

Unusual, 'cause everybody wants to do their own thing, but yeah, you pretty much play everything, I take it.

>>Yeah, I think growing up in the early 90s when every neighborhood had a band, that was the thing.

Everybody jumped on everything.

It's not that uncommon actually for band members that came up in that era to be able to play three or four instruments on the stage, maybe not professionally or classically trained and all that kind of stuff growing up in the alleys and the streets.

But they're definitely guys that can play congos, drums, a little bit of keyboard, so.

>>You mentioned you started four years ago, which would've put you right in the middle of the COVID outbreak.

How did that affect everything moving forward?

>>You wanna talk about that?

>>It was very painful.

>>Yeah, I mean, I guess for us, we've really much like everybody, had to get creative.

We started doing shows from his kitchen, you know what I'm saying?

And those actually went over well with the fans that kept us in touch with and in tune with the people who come see us all the time, so much so that a few still request those types of concerts to this day after things have opened up.

Financially, it hurt because I'm full time, full time.

Also the band is full time.

Hurt had to go find some jobs, you know what I'm saying?

Some stuff you could do, but you got through it and you keep moving.

And it's just part of the process, part of your journey.

>>Something we could talk about, tell our grandkids about.

>>Yeah, yeah, yeah.

>>And now people are just ready to be out.

So you said you did seven shows over the weekend?

>>We did.

My guy, how many you had last week?

>>Well, I recounted, I had 11.

I had 11.

>>So these are all festivals, club shows?

I mean, people are back out and ready for it.

>>They're ready to party.

It's a blessing.

I'm not complaining, you know what I mean, to be in demand and have people call your phone 'cause there was a time in my life where nobody called the phone, you know what I mean?

So I'm not complaining.

Keep calling, everybody.

(all laughing) >>Quickly.

You're watching "DMV The Beat."

Sirius Company is here and this is "Take It There."

(upbeat funky music) >>This song's a song produced by the late, great Shelly Thompson.

One of the last songs he produced for us before he passed away.

RIP Chuck.

Jon with it.

♪ It's only us today ♪ ♪ Of your smile ♪ ♪ Walk on by ♪ ♪ Soft and dance ♪ ♪ Fell on earth before ♪ ♪ Now you go ♪ ♪ Driving by since that day you stepped up on my scene ♪ ♪ Don't know why, but since that day, ♪ ♪ You dreamt up in my dreams ♪ ♪ Now it seems that we were meant to be ♪ ♪ All I wanted more is at your door ♪ ♪ Girl I wanna take it there ♪ ♪ Take it there ♪ ♪ Take it there ♪ ♪ Take it there ♪ ♪ Don't be scared ♪ ♪ Girl, you know I wanna take it there ♪ >>On keyboard, y'all, Mr. Marvin Young.

Get it Marvin.

♪ All I want is your love ♪ ♪ You're all I'm thinking of ♪ ♪ Won't you take some time to see that I'm sure ♪ ♪ My heart is yours ♪ >>One more time, Jon Williams.

♪ All I want is your love ♪ ♪ Girl, you're all I'm thinking of ♪ ♪ Won't you take some time to see ♪ ♪ That I'm sure ♪ ♪ My heart is yours ♪ ♪ Hold it ♪ Stick out your butt, shake what you got.

And jiggle it, baby.

♪ You know that, baby ♪ And jiggle it, baby.

♪ Do that, baby ♪ ♪ Hold it ♪ Party with the ladies in here.

Party with fellas in here.

All the fellas in here.

Keyshawn.

Hold it.

Ride, ride, ride, roll, roll, roll.

♪ Myesha ♪ ♪ Myesha ♪ Party with Janessa, Angel.

One more time, Jon.

♪ All I want is your love ♪ ♪ Girl, you're all I'm thinking of ♪ ♪ Won't you take some time to see that I'm sure ♪ ♪ My heart is yours ♪ Ladies to the front, fellas in the back.

DC's official music, y'all.

We are go-go.

We are go-go.

♪ Gotta be now or never ♪ ♪ It's gotta be now or never ♪ Angeline, hey, come on.

And Myesha.

♪ It's gotta be now or never ♪ Lisa of the world.

Hey, baby.

And Nessa.

♪ It's gotta be now or never ♪ You know why?

Ronda, smoke.

♪ Tip-Top don't fail me now ♪ ♪ It's gotta be now or never ♪ ♪ I'm gonna hold you down ♪ ♪ It's gotta be time forever ♪ ♪ And I was gonna let it be ♪ ♪ But she acting like she don't know ♪ ♪ It's time that I let her see ♪ ♪ And give her my six shooter ♪ ♪ Shooter ♪ ♪ Shooter ♪ ♪ Sh-Sh-Shooter ♪ ♪ Give her my six shooter ♪ ♪ Shooter ♪ ♪ Shooter ♪ ♪ Sh-Sh-Shooter ♪ ♪ Give her my six shooter ♪ ♪ Shooter ♪ ♪ Shooter ♪ ♪ Sh-Sh-Shooter ♪ ♪ Give her my six shooter ♪ ♪ Shooter ♪ ♪ Shooter ♪ ♪ Sh-Sh-shooter ♪ ♪ Go like a pistol do ♪ ♪ Be at the show on the low straight dipping through ♪ ♪ I see you hate me 'cause I ride with a chick or two ♪ ♪ Picked a few ♪ ♪ Hey, only if they picked a school ♪ ♪ And listen here, don't sip fear ♪ ♪ Never sipped a fool ♪ ♪ Only sipping liquor ♪ ♪ Mommy when I lick her ♪ ♪ 'Cause I'm a big tipper ♪ ♪ To the stripper ♪ ♪ Charming, I'm freaky with you ♪ ♪ Thunder will make you hit you ♪ ♪ See me when I ride ♪ ♪ I climb, dipping the line ♪ ♪ My time, continue to shine ♪ ♪ My line hit rewind ♪ ♪ So easy when they grind ♪ ♪ We on the grind ♪ ♪ We use it ♪ ♪ Whatever it take to make it best, we do it ♪ ♪ And we proves it ♪ ♪ On sweet, two-step, I'm likely to breathe ♪ ♪ What, what, what ♪ ♪ Tip-Top don't fail me now ♪ ♪ Trying to get down forever ♪ ♪ I know you gonna hold me down ♪ ♪ It's gotta be now or never ♪ ♪ I was gonna let it be ♪ ♪ But she acting like she don't know ♪ ♪ It's time that I let her see ♪ ♪ And give her my six shooter ♪ ♪ Shooter ♪ ♪ Shooter ♪ ♪ Sh-Sh-Shooter ♪ ♪ And give her my six shooter ♪ ♪ Shooter ♪ ♪ Shooter ♪ ♪ Sh-Sh-Shooter ♪ ♪ Shooter ♪ ♪ Give her my six shooter ♪ ♪ Shooter ♪ ♪ Shooter ♪ ♪ Sh-Sh-Shooter ♪ ♪ Give her my six shooter ♪ ♪ Shooter ♪ ♪ Shooter ♪ ♪ Sh-Sh-Shooter ♪ ♪ Look, I said move mommy, grove mommy ♪ ♪ Shake it how you like it ♪ ♪ Oh, you got the tools to do what makes it excites, yeah ♪ ♪ Them jeans that you're wearing giving you a tight fit ♪ ♪ I'm trying to get up in between just like this ♪ ♪ Oh, do if you feel that it's right ♪ ♪ You can hop up in my truck and we can get it all night ♪ ♪ You know that I'm a star ♪ ♪ Do them things to excite me ♪ ♪ How you rubbing on my situation like me ♪ ♪ Oh, yeah, you thought I was a nice dude ♪ ♪ I'll pay your car note, your house bill, your lights too ♪ ♪ Uh-Uh, one of your girlfriends just sized you ♪ ♪ Gave you the last stroke ♪ ♪ Show you what do I do ♪ ♪ Hey, you know they call me the godson ♪ ♪ You better hold tight ♪ ♪ And I like short skirts, WHUT ♪ ♪ You about to get that work, for sure ♪ ♪ Tip-Top don't fail me now ♪ ♪ We trying to get down forever ♪ ♪ I know you gonna hold me down ♪ ♪ It's gotta be now or never ♪ ♪ I was gonna let it be ♪ ♪ But she acting like she don't know ♪ ♪ It's time that I let her see ♪ ♪ And keep my six-shooter ♪ ♪ Shooter ♪ ♪ Shooter ♪ ♪ Sh-Sh-Shooter ♪ ♪ Give her my six-shooter ♪ ♪ Shooter ♪ ♪ Shooter ♪ ♪ Sh-Sh-Shooter ♪ ♪ Give her my six-shooter ♪ ♪ Shooter ♪ ♪ Shooter ♪ ♪ Sh-Sh-Shooter ♪ ♪ Give her my six-shooter ♪ ♪ Shooter ♪ ♪ We are ♪ ♪ Do that dance, we are ♪ ♪ We are ♪ ♪ We are ♪ Do that dance.

Let's drew smoke.

Get it some more.

♪ We are ♪ ♪ Wait a minute ♪ ♪ Hey ♪ ♪ We are ♪ ♪ Hold it ♪ ♪ She freaking, it's time for tweaking, tweaking ♪ ♪ She freaking, it's time for tweaking, tweaking ♪ ♪ Gotta be now or never ♪ >>Welcome back to "DMV The Beat."

We're here with Sirius Company.

We have Scooby and Jon here.

Let's talk about the situation that was going on here in DC.

The mayor came out and proclaimed go-go music to be the music of DC, which I think is definitely the truth.

She is a big fan of go-go.

In fact, when the park opened up for Chuck, she was there.

She was running for office and I told her that day she was gonna win.

And she said, "Don't jump the gun."

>>Oh yeah, she aint' want you to jinx it.

Yeah, she's a big supporter.

She actually comes to see us.

She's actually come to see us play recently.

>>Like two weeks ago.

>>Two weeks ago like the club just hanging out, you know what I mean?

So, shout out to Mayor Bowser.

It was a big shot in the arm for us, man.

The music has been official, unofficial-official, but the music has been the music of DC, but her making that proclamation and actually making it official on paper, it was a big thing for us because it gives us that sense of pride that we always had kinda underground, you know what I mean?

But when you go to Jamaica and you hear reggae, there's a sense of pride that beams across everybody from the flight attendants to the people that you see in the street, that's their one thing that they can hang their hat on.

And I think for us, now that when you come to DC, anybody that comes to DC, they can kind of understand go-go is the music of DC.

You can either hear it and like it or not hear it, but it's gonna be here.

And that gave us a push on the back that says, y'all go do y'all thing, we got y'all as a city, as an official city.

>>Are you politically involved here in the city?

>>Yeah, I have a non-profit that I started called Go-go Music Collective that is geared towards educating youth about go-go music and just the business of music in general.

But I try not to get too political as far as throwing my name in a hat for anybody.

I don't wanna alienate anybody when I do that, but I do support definitely Kenya McDuffie.

I support my guy, not to say any names.

>>Right.

(John chuckling) >>We gonna see what happens and I support Mayor Bowser also.

>>So what about the Don't Mute DC movement that's going on?

What are your thoughts there?

>>Well, I mean, since the very beginning, and just to give a little history on it, the Don't Mute DC movement started when some guys or a guy that moved here from somewhere else, one block from the Mecca, DHU, came down to the store on Seventh and Florida and complained about go-go music being played and why he did that, I don't know, but it spawned a movement where thousands showed up at the rally, shut the city down and let people know that this is our music and you can't come here from somewhere else and take our houses, take our homes, take our businesses, and then also tell us we can't play our music.

And it was definitely a rallying cry for not just the music, it was intact on the culture.

And when you start taking people's culture, to me, it feels like, it's a strong word, but it feels like slavery.

You know what I mean?

Like all over again.

And that might be a stretch and taking it too far.

But at the end of the day, you can't infringe on people's cultures and the ways of life that they've been celebrating for 40, 50 years.

>>I'm always surprised when people come to a place that they want to live, then they wanna change everything when they get there.

So it's like, well, why did you come here?

Stay where you are.

Same thing happening, Austin, Texas.

They have South by Southwest there.

People moved in, gentrification.

They didn't want to hear the music anymore and the bands playing, but that's what the city's always been.

So you had the same thing here.

I mean, as long as I can remember, late 70s coming through here, I always heard music playing in the city.

And a change of folks shouldn't change that.

>>It's a part of the fabric of the town.

You can even get with it or get gone.

That what my dad say.

>>We could agree with on that.

So where is Sirius Company going?

>>Hopefully to the Grammys.

We wanna make music to expound on what go-go music is viewed as, you know what I mean?

Right now, it's viewed as a regional, city kind of thing.

And although it's been played all over the world, it hasn't been accepted in a way where, I say respected in a way from the masses as some of the other genres.

And I think that that's what I strive for.

To continue to make music to one day get a hit to be able to say we are go-go artists and this is what we do.

>>Sirius Company is on "DMV The Beat."

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