Straighten It Out (Vocal)-C.L. Smooth/Pete Rock

[00:09.000][Pete Rock:]Uh, yeah. Uh-huh [00:11.549]We got Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth [00:18.196]And we're here to tell you to... [00:20.954]And that's a fact, baby [00:22.961]Now you're gonna kick some lyrics [00:25.954]Like this, c'mon... [00:28.198][C.L. Smooth:]Walk the fine chalk line, [00:29.197]and put the needle to the grind [00:30.204]Representin' one kind, [00:31.461]seeing eye for the blind [00:32.954]Witness what I carry on bears a further purpose [00:34.958]From how we do slam a few, [00:36.701]then you want to purchase [00:37.961]A dialogue of funk, [00:38.946]you love to pop it in your trunk [00:40.450]I win, more disciplined than a Shaolin monk [00:42.701]Pete Rock and C.L., well set to spark it [00:44.952]The powerful target to destroy the black market [00:47.446]But when you say black, listen, [00:48.959]I don't know, you lose me [00:50.198]I guess another beggar can't afford to be choosey [00:52.209]I come to the maximum, artist on a major label [00:54.701]Any duplication of this one is fatal [00:56.958]On one two five, I gotta hit ya live [00:59.457]Beat your ass with my tape, any race or shape [01:01.947]Cause if they got mine, they got yours too [01:04.205]But together here's what we gotta do [01:06.197][Pete Rock:]Tell 'em... straighten it out [01:07.710]Ah, yeah... straighten it out [01:09.056]You know this is the word (say what?)... [01:11.046]straighten it out [01:12.947]That's right y'all... straighten it out (say what?) [01:15.701]You got to... straighten it out [01:16.951]Everybody must... straighten it out (say what?) [01:19.696]Straighten it out... yeah [01:21.460]Straighten it out... it's like that (say what?) [01:26.207][C.L. Smooth:]The funk legacy I pass on, [01:27.448]clearancy for high rates [01:28.954]Every time we sample all the past time greats [01:30.950]Stick it in the SP-1200 beat, I make a loop [01:34.207]Lovely, way to troop in a Lexus coupe [01:35.960]Just a little bit, set to make a whole lot happen [01:38.947]The musical inside my rappin' [01:40.709]Written by the C.L., produced by the P.R [01:43.205]And add in any credit that you heard thus far [01:45.698]I start from scratch, cause the bassline's critical [01:47.957]Better than the original who first made it [01:50.705]Now you want to sue me, but fans never boo me [01:52.957]Believe I know the times, we been broke, too, G [01:55.447]Here's another sample clear, [01:56.955]see ya, get the hell outta here [01:57.957]Like a bootleg, you're over for the year [02:00.449]You'll only get the credit where the credit is due [02:02.456]So, listen, what I shout out is true [02:04.453][Pete Rock:]Yeah, true... straighten it out [02:07.453]You gots to tell 'em to... straighten it out [02:08.956](Say what?)... straighten it out [02:10.946]You got to tell 'em to... straighten it out [02:12.696](Say what?)... straighten it out [02:15.208]That's right... straighten it out [02:17.205]C'mon (say what?)... straighten it out [02:19.959]That's right... straighten it out [02:21.697]Straighten it out (say what?) [02:23.947][C.L. Smooth:]Like the strands of lamb's wool, [02:25.960]I'm thinkin' that's said [02:26.947]Here to go to the head and count the locks on a dred [02:29.205]I and I'd 'mit to verify, goin' to multiply [02:32.458]A theory many thought a conspiracy [02:34.450]Here to let you know that it applies to all of us [02:36.947]You're no exceptions to the rule and that's a plus [02:39.145]Cause who Jah bless, let no one curse [02:41.154]Straighten out what I be about, reckon above the clout [02:44.403]And let the management work for me [02:46.399]Because I don't need the unnecessary hostility [02:48.906]A proper marketing plan so we can gobble up the dough [02:51.652]Straighten it out, so everybody know [02:53.649]The kids are official with the purpose of a smooth surface [02:56.646]Kickin' the service one time to make 'em nervous [02:58.656]We're finally here and very long overdue [03:01.160]Pete Rock, this one's for the crew [03:02.657][Pete Rock:]You gotta... straighten it out [03:04.395]Everybody must... straighten it out (say what?) [03:06.895]You gotta... straighten it out [03:09.157]Everybody must... straighten it out (say what?) [03:11.146]Straighten it out... you got to [03:12.402]Straighten it out... c'mon (say what?) [03:14.901]Straighten it out [03:16.159]All black people must... straighten it out [03:20.597]Say what? [03:22.058]Straighten it out [03:25.106]Everybody must... straighten it out [03:27.599]The YG's, they must... straighten it out [03:30.097]The Hilltop, they must... straighten it out [03:32.847]The whole money-earnin' must... straighten it out [03:35.347]Everybody must... straighten it out [03:38.547]Come on... straighten it out [03:42.851]Ah, yeah... straighten it out (to close)