Straighten It Out

Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth

Uh yeah. Uh huh.



We got Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth



And we're here to tell you to...



And that's a fact baby



Now you're gonna kick some lyrics



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 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 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 scr