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 scratch, cuz 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, 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 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
 Cuz 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 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 (to close