Straighten It Out

Lyrics

[Intro: Point Blank, K-Rino, Sample] Have you been to the ghetto lately? Hell yeah, I've been in this mothafucka since day one And I ain't tryin' to get out I just want to straighten it out Yo Blank man You know I understand where you coming from, man You ain't gotta explain all that to me, dog All I can tell you to do is watch out for them laws And keep your nuts up 'Cause K-Rino know you ain't no punk, man See, a lot of people out there gon' try to catch you slippin' So you gotta watch your back, homeboy You know I'm right behind you, so don't even look back [Verse 1: Point Blank] All I remember is I was playing with a matchbox Took the matches out and filled it up with rocks Went up on the cut I slung A lot of niggas got hung, but I was one of the lucky ones Anyway I kept doing it Not knowing something'll come along and ruined it Dope fiends set me up I lost my money, my house, my car and my nuts It was hard to forget And when I finally realized it, I ain't had shit I wanted to skip town and give them a chase I said: "Fuck it!", got a lawyer and tried to beat the case I walked up in the courtroom And looked around at the place where I'd soon meet my doom The judge asked what I plea I waited a couple of minutes and said: "Damn, I'm guilty!" I had to go to the penitentiary Best he can give me was 6 and I knew I had to do 3 Long years behind bars With the rest of American Most Wanted's stars Then I asked myself: "Why me?" I should've thought about this when I was making that money Shit, now I'm in a jail cell all alone Trying to get used to my new home Thinking about things that I used to do Planning when I get out what I'm not gon' do Hell, 3 years ain't that long It'll give me some time to write a whole lot of songs Man, now I'm trying to cheer myself up But deep inside my heart's just tore up Steady tryna psych myself out But after a couple of months I been and played this shit out I used to be a crazy ass dope man Rolling with Scarface, Terrorists and the Peter Man I should've listened to the godfather He said: "Blank, you better chill, or your ass gonna suffer!" Now that's exactly what I'm doing Damn, my life is ruined Selling that shit [Break: K-Rino] Yeah, I know you got to live and learn, you know brother So don't even sweat that, It'll be alright (Let's straighten it out) Yeah, South Park Coalition (Ohhh, yeahhh) We gotta stick together, man (Let's straighten it out) Society ain't down with us, man, so I stay down with society You know what I'm talking about, brother? (Ouh, yeah, yeah, yeah) Blank, you know you a child of the concrete, man (Let's straighten it out) So you can handle anything they throw at you (Ohhh, yeahhh) You got a mind like a hand grenade (Let's straighten it out) Just let it explode on these laws, brother (Yeah) [Verse 2: Point Blank] My son was 8 months when I lost track And he'll be damn near 4 when I get back And if do see him then Will he know I'm his father or think I'm a strange man Sometimes I say he'll remember me But if I ask him: "Come here, Bink'!", will he answer me? I guess this I'll never know Until I get out in 1994... [Break: K-Rino] (Let's straighten it out) Yeah, times get to the point where a brother don't know what's comin' at him (Ohhh, yeahhh) See, when Point Blank's kickin' in reality (Let's straighten it out) S.P.C. can't go wrong (Ouh, yeah, yeah, yeah) Yo, Blank, I know you did wrong, brother (Let's straighten it out) Sometimes you gotta go through the wrong to learn what's right (Ohhh, yeahhh) You know what I'm talking about? (Let's straighten it out) I know you do (Yeah) [Verse 3: Point Blank] Now I'm back on the streets and guess what I'm startin'? Sellin' drugs and store robbin' My son was bigger than a mothafucka I was 22, he was 4, looked just like my little brotha Deep in my heart, I felt nothin' but pain Couldn't count worth shit, but I could measure some cocaine My father said: "Son, ya better sit down... Or somebody gonna put you in the ground!" But nah, I ain't listen I make my own decisions, fuck the ass-kissing I'm not a menace to society God damn it, society's a menace to me! Point Blank is strong I did what ever I had to do, 'cause I knew I wouldn't live long So I called my girlfriend She said: "Baby, please stop, you just got out of the pen!" But one day a lotta shit went wrong Punk mothafuckas done tapped my telephone Yeah, they tried to rob me I knew it wasn't a hit, 'cause the shit was sloppy I went along with it The last thing I saw was the sky, and I'll never forget it And as I laid on the ground I said: "God, I let you down" I guess it's too late to straighten it out [Break: K-Rino] Yo, Blank, you move like a shadow, baby (Let's straighten it out) K-Rino got your back (Ohhh, yeahhh) Since these streets raised you, you use your brain, you'll be alright (Let's straighten it out) (Ouh, yeah, yeah, yeah) You ain't got no choice, 'cause niggas out there So you got people in your life that's down with you (Let's straighten it out) My boy Dope-E, Egypt-E, K.O. (Ohhh, yeahhh) Boy, you can't loose with that S.P.C. (Let's straighten it out) South Park is a war (Yeah) We was born drafted But Ice Cream and Milk is always on your side Just let it ride, brother, let it ride [Outro: Point Blank, K-Rino] 86, Dope Yeah, really, dope Haha, there you go There you go, haha Learn to let it go (Ouhhhh, yeahhhh) Ha, say that's how it go It'll be alright Point Blank (Oh, ah, oh, ah) Haha (No, no, no, no) God damn (Aw, man) (Oh, ah, oh, ah, ohhh) (No, no, no, no) (Aw, man)