Straighten It Out

Uh, yeah, Uh-huh (Straighten It Out)
 Uh-huh, we got Pete Rock and 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, c'mon
 Walk the fine, short line, and put the needle to the grind
 Representin' one kind, seeing eye for the blind
 Witness what I carry on bears a further purpose
 From how we do slam a few, then you want to purchase
 A dialogue of funk, you love to pop it in your trunk
 I win, more disciplined than a Show-lin monk (oh)
 Pete Rock and C.L, are 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 (what?)
 I guess another beggar can afford to be choosey
 I come to the maximum, artist on a major label
 Any duplication of this one is fatal
 On one to five, I gotta hit yo' live
 Beat your ass with my tape, any race or shape (uh-huh)
 'Cause if they got mine, they got yours too (right?)
 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, clearance 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, where the Troop in a Lexus coupe
 Just a little bit, set to make a whole lot happen
 The musical inside my rappin', written by the C.L, produced by the PL
 And add in any credit that you heard thus far (uh-huh)
 I start from scratch, 'cause the bass line's critical (yeah)
 Better than the original, who first made it (uh-huh)
 But now you want to sue me, but fans never boo me (yeah)
 Believe I know the times, we've 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 (wow)
 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 got 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
 C'mon (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 dread
 I and I'd 'mit to verify, goin' to multiply
 A theory many thought was 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
 'Cause who Jah bless, let no one curse
 Straighten out what I will be about, reckon above the clout (yeah)
 And let the management work for me (yeah)
 Because I don't need the unnecessary hostility (uh-huh)
 A proper marketing plan, so we can gobble up the dough
 Straighten it out, so everybody knows
 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, c'mon (say what?)
 Straighten it out
 All black people must straighten it out
 Say what?
 Straighten it out
 Everybody must straighten it out
 The YG'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
 Ah, yeah, straighten it out
 Ah, yeah, straighten it out
 Ah, yeah, straighten it out
 Ah, yeah, straighten it out
 Ah, yeah, straighten it out
 Ah, yeah, straighten it out
 La-la-la-la-la-la-la
 (La-la-la-la-la-la-la, La-la-la-la-la-la-la)
 
 Uh, yeah, Uh-huh (Straighten It Out)
 Uh-huh, we got Pete Rock and 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, c'mon
 Walk the fine, short line, and put the needle to the grind
 Representin' one kind, seeing eye for the blind
 Witness what I carry on bears a further purpose
 From how we do slam a few, then you want to purchase
 A dialogue of funk, you love to pop it in your trunk
 I win, more disciplined than a Show-lin monk (oh)
 Pete Rock and C.L, are 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 (what?)
 I guess another beggar can afford to be choosey
 I come to the maximum, artist on a major label
 Any duplication of this one is fatal
 On one to five, I gotta hit yo' live
 Beat your ass with my tape, any race or shape (uh-huh)
 'Cause if they got mine, they got yours too (right?)
 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, clearance 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, where the Troop in a Lexus coupe
 Just a little bit, set to make a whole lot happen
 The musical inside my rappin', written by the C.L, produced by the PL
 And add in any credit that you heard thus far (uh-huh)
 I start from scratch, 'cause the bass line's critical (yeah)
 Better than the original, who first made it (uh-huh)
 But now you want to sue me, but fans never boo me (yeah)
 Believe I know the times, we've 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 (wow)
 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 got 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
 C'mon (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 dread
 I and I'd 'mit to verify, goin' to multiply
 A theory many thought was 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
 'Cause who Jah bless, let no one curse
 Straighten out what I will be about, reckon above the clout (yeah)
 And let the management work for me (yeah)
 Because I don't need the unnecessary hostility (uh-huh)
 A proper marketing plan, so we can gobble up the dough
 Straighten it out, so everybody knows
 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, c'mon (say what?)
 Straighten it out
 All black people must straighten it out
 Say what?
 Straighten it out
 Everybody must straighten it out
 The YG'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
 Ah, yeah, straighten it out
 Ah, yeah, straighten it out
 Ah, yeah, straighten it out
 Ah, yeah, straighten it out
 Ah, yeah, straighten it out
 Ah, yeah, straighten it out
 La-la-la-la-la-la-la
 (La-la-la-la-la-la-la, La-la-la-la-la-la-la)