Uh yeah   Straighten it out   Uh huh   Straighten it out   We got Pete Rock   Straighten it out   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   Pete Rock and C.L., well set to spark it   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 afford to be choosy   I come to the maximum, artist on a major label   Any duplication of this one is fatal   On one to five, I gotta hit ya live   Beat your ass with my tape, any race or shape   'Cuz 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   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 P.R.   And add in any credit that you heard thus far      I start from scratch, 'cuz the bass line's critical   Better than the original who first made it   Now you want to sue me, but fans never boo me   Believe I know the times, we been broke, too, G   Here's another sample clear, see ya, get the hell outta here   Like a bootleg, you're over for the year   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   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 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   'Cuz who Jah bless, let no one curse   Straighten out what I be about, reckon above the clout      And let the management work for me   Because I don't need the unnecessary hostility   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   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