This is How it Should Be Done

Lyrics

[Intro: TLC] This is how is should be done [Verse 1: Left Eye] This is how it should be done comin' out of the black shade Fightin' to lighten a path made back Let's go way back to the beginnin' That's when an idea took part from the start And listen to another Marley beat I'm impatient I gotta leave my seat for motivation Pump the bass what's next Kickin' the steps me and the mirror's havin' wreck So hard that I cracked my neck And I'm poppin sweat now I'm soakin' wet But I feel it Grab the beat cause I must Defeat it's a funky groove So I steal it To improve what could Soon be the Left Eye move Pin it down and snatch a sample to loop it up And start makin' my own example, 'cause [Chorus: TLC, (Chilli), Marley Marl] This is how it should be done (This is how it should be done, yeah, yeah) This is how it should be done This is how it should be done This style is identical to none [Verse 2: Left Eye] This is how it should be done, steppin' into a shade a bit lighter Now it's time to write a rhyme, a rhythmic type of memo Tick-tack it to the track, it is now my demo-kay What's ta do, where's to go? Yo, I don't know Who's to see, see ya at the local show? Me and Mo' takin' a chance and he's dancin' 'Round and 'round the deck as I flow But what an awkward situation 'Cause there's not much crowd participation For checkin' me out, I'm too new It gots to be somethin' else another way to do it So I sit back and think for a minute Which city needs a little more talent in it Maybe A.T.L. is the place packed up, left Philly gotta hit LaFace [Chorus: TLC, (Chilli), Marley Marl] This is how it should be done (This is how it should be done, ooh) This is how it should be done (This is how it should be done, hey) This is how it should be done (Ooh, hey) This is how it should be done This is how it should be done This style is identical to none [Verse 3: Left Eye] This is how it should be done and I'm comin' through Grippin' the mic spittin' down what's after verse two And ready to rock the spot cause I'm on it They wanna see what I got Givin' it all and makin' it seem so simple to be myself Along wit' doin' what I do Cool, they want me not knowin' I'm soon to be the "L" of TLC Word up, T-B-O-Z, that's T-Boz, saucin' it up is Chilli We three alike all small in height but I'm Left Eye 'Cause the eye is right So now they thinkin', well, is we ready enough Yeah it's time to get busy The aftermath is the brightest path so far Yo, 'cause here we are [Chorus: TLC, (Chilli), Marley Marl] This is how it should be done (This is how, this is how) This is how it should be done This is how it should be done This is how, it should, should be done This is how it should be done (Hmm, should be done) This is how it should be done This is how, it should, should be done