[00:00:00] Straighten It Out (LP版) - Pete Rock/CL Smooth [00:00:09] Uh yeah Uh-huh [00:00:19] We got Pete Rock and C L Smooth [00:00:25] And we're here to tell you to [00:00:27] And that's a fact baby [00:00:29] Now you're gonna kick some lyrics [00:00:32] Like this c'mon [00:00:33] Walk the fine short line and put the needle to the grind [00:00:36] Representin' one kind seeing eye for the blind [00:00:38] Witness what I carry on bears a further purpose [00:00:40] From how we do slam a few then you want to purchase [00:00:43] A dialogue of funk you love to pop it in your trunk [00:00:45] I win more disciplined than a Show-lin monk [00:00:47] Pete Rock and C L well set to spark it [00:00:50] The powerful target to destroy the black market [00:00:52] But when you say black listen [00:00:53] I don't know you lose me [00:00:55] I guess another beggar can afford to be choosey [00:00:56] I come to the maximum artist on a major label [00:00:59] Any duplication of this one is fatal [00:01:01] On one to five I gotta hit ya live [00:01:04] Beat your a** with my tape any race or shape [00:01:06] Cuz if they got mine they got yours too [00:01:08] But together here's what we gotta do [00:01:10] Tell 'em straighten it out [00:01:11] Ah yeah straighten it out [00:01:15] You know this is the word (say what ) straighten it out [00:01:18] That's right y'all straighten it out (say what ) [00:01:20] You got to straighten it out [00:01:22] Everybody must straighten it out (say what ) [00:01:25] Straighten it out yeah [00:01:27] Straighten it out it's like that (say what ) [00:01:30] The funk legacy I pass on clearancy for high rates [00:01:32] Every time we sample all the past time greats [00:01:34] Stick it in the SP-1200 beat I make a loop [00:01:37] Lovely where the Troop in a Lexus coupe [00:01:39] Just a little bit set to make a whole lot happen [00:01:42] The musical inside my rapping [00:01:44] Written by the C L produced by the P R [00:01:46] And add in any credit that you heard thus far [00:01:48] I start from scratch cuz the bass line's critical [00:01:51] Better than the original who first made it [00:01:53] But now you want to sue me but fans never boo me [00:01:56] Believe I know the times we been broke too G [00:01:58] Here's another sample clear seeya [00:01:59] Get the hell outta here [00:02:01] Like a bootleg you're over for the year [00:02:03] You'll only get the credit where the credit is due [00:02:05] So listen what I shout out is true [00:02:07] Yeah true straighten it out [00:02:09] You gots to tell 'em to straighten it out [00:02:10] (Say what ) straighten it out [00:02:13] You got to tell 'em to straighten it out [00:02:15] (Say what ) straighten it out [00:02:17] That's right straighten it out [00:02:20] C'mon (say what ) straighten it out [00:02:22] That's right straighten it out [00:02:24] Straighten it out (say what ) [00:02:25] Like the strands of lamb's wool [00:02:27] I'm thinking that's said [00:02:28] Here to go to the head and count the locks on a dred [00:02:31] I and I'd 'mit to verify going to multiply [00:02:34] A theory many thought a conspiracy [00:02:36] Here to let you know that it applies to all of us [00:02:38] You're no exceptions to the rule and that's a plus [00:02:40] Cuz who Jah bless let noone curse [00:02:42] Straighten out what I be about reckon above the clout [00:02:45] And let the management work for me [00:02:47] Because I don't need the unnecessary hostility [00:02:50] A proper marketing plan so we can gobble up the dough [00:02:53] Straighten it out so everybody know [00:02:54] The kids are official with the purpose of a smooth surface [00:02:57] Kicking the service one time to make 'em nervous [00:02:59] We're finally here and very long overdue [00:03:01] Pete Rock this one's for the crew [00:03:03] You gotta straighten it out [00:03:05] Everybody must straighten it out (say what ) [00:03:08] You gotta straighten it out [00:03:10] Everybody must straighten it out (say what ) [00:03:13] Straighten it out you got to