Straighten It Out

Uh, yeah (Straighten it out)

Uh-huh, we got (Straighten it out)

Pete Rock and (Straighten it out)

C.L. Smooth (Straighten it out)

And we're here to tell you to (Straighten it out)

And that's a fact, baby (Straighten it out)

Now you're gonna kick some lyrics (Straighten it out)

Like this, come on

Walk a fine chalk line

And put the needle to the grind (Yeah)

Representin' one kind

Seeing eye for the blind (Uh)

Witness what I carry on

Bears a further purpose (Uh-huh)

From how we do slam a few

Then you want to purchase (Yeah)

A dialogue of funk

You love to pop it in your trunk

I win, more disciplined than a Shaolin monk (Woo)

Pete Rock and C.L., well set to spark it (Uh-huh)

The powerful target to destroy the black market

But when you say, "Black, listen"

I don't know, you lose me

I guess another beggar can't afford to be choosey

I come to the maximum, artist on a major label

Any duplication of this one is fatal

On one two five I gotta hit ya live (Yeah)

Beat your ass with my tape, any race or shape (Uh-huh)

'Cause if they got mine, they got yours too

But together here's what we gotta do

Tell 'em (Straighten it out)

Ah, yeah (Straighten it out)

You know this is the word (Say what? Straighten it out)

That's right y'all (Straighten it out)

Say what?

You got to (Straighten it out)

Everybody must (Straighten it out)

Say what? (Straighten it out)

Yeah (Straighten it out)

It's like that (Say what?)

The funk legacy I pass on

Clearancy for high rates

Every time we sample all the past time greats (Yeah)

Stick it in the SP-1200 beat, I make a loop

Lovely way to troop in a Lexus coupe (Uh-huh)

Just a little bit

Set to make a whole lot happen

The musical inside my rappin' (Yeah)

Written by the C.L., produced by the P.R

And add in any credit that you heard thus far (Uh-huh)

I start from scratch

'Cause the bassline's critical (Yeah)

Better than the original who first made it (Uh-huh)

Now you wanna sue me

But fans never boo me (Yeah)

Believe I know the times

We been broke, too, G (That's right)

Here's another sample clear

See ya, get the hell outta here

Like a bootleg, you're over for the year (Woo)

You'll only get the credit where the credit is due

So listen, what I shout out is true

Yeah, true (Straighten it out)

You gots to tell 'em to (Straighten it out)

Say what? (Straighten it out)

You got to tell 'em to (Straighten it out)

Say what? (Straighten it out)

That's right (Straighten it out)

Come on (Say what? Straighten it out)

That's right (Straighten it out)

Straighten it out (Say what?)

Like the strands of lamb's wool

I'm thinkin' that's said

Here to go to the head

And count the locks on a dred (Ah, yeah)

I am not meant to verify, goin' to multiply

A theory many thought a conspiracy

Here to let you know that it applies to all of us

You're no exceptions to the rule and that's a plus (Ow)

'Cause who Jah bless, let no one curse

Straighten out what I be about (Oh)

Reckon above the clout (Yeah)

And let the management work for me

Because I don't need the unnecessary hostility (Yeah, uh-huh)

A proper marketing plan

So we can gobble up the dough

Straighten it out, so everybody know

The kids are official with the purpose of a smooth surface

Kickin' the service one time to make 'em nervous

We're finally here and very long overdue

Pete Rock, this one's for the crew

You gotta (Straighten it out)

Everybody must (Straighten it out, say what?)

You gotta (Straighten it out)

Everybody must (Straighten it out)

Say what? (Straighten it out)

You got to (Straighten it out)

Come on

Say what? (Straighten it out)

All black people must (Straighten it out)

Say what? (Straighten it out)

Everybody must (Straighten it out)

The Y-G's, they must (Straighten it out)

The Hilltop, they must (Straighten it out)

The whole money earnin' must (Straighten it out)

Everybody must (Straighten it out)

Come on (Straighten it out)

Ah yeah (Straighten it out)

Ah yeah (Straighten it out)

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Ah yeah (Straighten it out)

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Say it again

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