Do the Right Thing

Lyrics

[Intro] "Check this out" "Check this out" "Ah— ah yeah" "Ah yeah" "Ah yeah" "Ah— ah yeah" "Ah— ah yeah" [Verse 1] Do the right thing, not talking about a black or white thing 'Cause that will cause conflict to make this shit legit But your definition of legit and illegitimate Is confusion, now the Redhead wanna set To make things clearer, 'cause in about a year or two What you do is take a look up in the mirror And what you see is the image of hate That you shed upon the others or sisters and the brothers Now in my opinion you need someone to teach The whole world is acting like a giant Howard Beach I asked my man victor, what he used to do for fun He said he learned to shoot a gun before the age of 21 Crime and abortion, all kinds of mind distortion This is very important but just a little caution Of what you can do, here's a clue and it's true, yo Don't wanna burn your sweater or make your life better And do the right thing [Chorus] (Do the right thing) You got to do the right thing (Do the right thing) Do the right thing (Do the right thing) You got to do the right thing (Do the right thing, yeah) [Verse 2] Brothers are stealin' and dealin' and big wheelin' And to a younger mind that stuff is appealin' So what do they do, they gather up a crew Go out and steal and rob instead of gettin' a job Now your mother tried to bring you up better than that The same way she loved you you loved her right back But now you think you're grown and you argue a lot Over money you got from dealin' stuff on the block Now you're not the only one in the world that has problems Keep your head straight and you can surely solve them Be a fly guy and reach sky high And like the Jeffersons you get a piece of the pie I hope you take heed to the message I brought In other words: the lesson I taught The Redhead kick a lyric but I won't sing And the FBI Crew wants you, and you and you to do the right thing [Chorus] (Do the right thing) You got to do the right thing (Do the right thing) Do the right thing (Do the right thing) You got to do the right thing (Do the right thing, yeah) [Bridge] Right about we want all the squaders and the homeboys in the house to help me Count it off as we go a little something like this One, two, three And Manhattan, you gotta do the right thing Brooklyn, you got ta do the right thing ("Ah yeah") And the Bronx you got ta do the right thing Queens Island, you got to do the right thing ("Ah yeah") Long Island, you gotta do the right thing Staten Island, you gotta do the right thing ("Ah yeah") On the West Coast, you gotta do the right thing Everybody, everybody in the world, you got to do the right thing Do the right thing ("Check this out") ("Ah yeah") Do the right thing ("Check this out") ("Ah yeah") Do the right thing [Chorus] (Do the right thing) You got to do the right thing (Do the right thing) Do the right thing (Do the right thing) You got to do the right thing (Do the right thing) [Interlude] The Redhead One sendin' out a message on a positive note Try to make you all see the light when we're supposed to be in the dark You know, this is goin' out to my mother, to my brother To the rest of the FBI tribe And you know what I'm sayin' Everybody else in the world I just want y'all to do one thing And that's the right thing [Outro] (Do the right thing) You got to do the right thing (Do the right thing) Do the right thing (Do the right thing) You got to do the right thing (Do the right thing, yeah) (Do the right thing) You got to do the right thing (Do the right thing) Do the right thing (Do the right thing)