Uh, yeah Uh-huh
We got Pete Rock and CL 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 CL, 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
'cause if they got mine, they got yours too
But together here's what we gotta do

Tell 'emstraighten it out
Ah, yeahstraighten it out
You know this is the word (say what?)straighten it out
That's right y'allstraighten it out (say what?)
You got tostraighten it out
Everybody muststraighten it out (say what?)
Straighten it outyeah
Straighten it outit'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 CL, produced by the PR
And add in any credit that you heard thus far
I start from scratch, 'cause the bass line's critical
Better than the original who first made it
But 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, seeya, 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, truestraighten it out
You gots to tell 'em tostraighten it out
(Say what?)straighten it out
You got to tell 'em tostraighten it out
(Say what?)straighten it out
That's rightstraighten it out
C'mon (say what?)straighten it out
That's rightstraighten 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
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
'cause who Jah bless, let noone 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 gottastraighten it out
Everybody muststraighten it out (say what?)
You gottastraighten it out
Everybody muststraighten it out (say what?)
Straighten it outyou got to
Straighten it outc'mon (say what?)
Straighten it out
All black people muststraighten it out
Say what?
Straighten it out
Everybody muststraighten it out
The YG's, they muststraighten it out
The Hilltop, they muststraighten it out
The whole money-earnin' muststraighten it out
Everybody muststraighten it out
Come onstraighten it out
Ah, yeahstraighten it out (to close)