Ellamental Vanessa Williams

Way back, take a look, she would cook
When they were stompin' at the savoy
She would blow, and they would dance, don't you know?
It was an uptown kind a show

Cool notes and melodies, harmonies
She sang the song of the universe
She can make a joyful noise up to heaven
And call the angels down to the earth

From jazz, to swing, to be-bop
She kept the spirit alive
For bo, duke, dizzy, and miles
She spoke her mind
She's ellamental to the art
She spoke her mind
She's ellamental to the art

Too hot, until the dawn she sang on
When joints were jumpin' and jive was in
Bodies movin' back and forth to the rhythm
Ever since ella first did her thing

From jazz, to swing to be-bop
She brought emotions and moves
She kept the spirit alive
She spoke her mind