Do The Right ThangWed, 03 Dec 2008 10:13:19 -0800 by
dmcraytonLudacris featuring Common & Spike LeeDo The Right ThangTheater of the Mind"Do The Right Thang"(feat. Common, Spike Lee)[Spike Lee]Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeahHip hop nation, this is Spiz-ike LeeBeen sleepin for too long, wake up..Wake up - WAKE UUUUUUUUUUP! [rooster crows][Ludacris]WAKE UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUP! [rooster crows]I see the sunshine GAZING through the window pane (yeah)Blazin like indo flame; it's to WAKE UP!! Come to yo' sense manyeSnow is all around you, but you don't play in the winter games!Cartridges surround you, but you ain't playin Nintendo games!Load 'em up and fill 'em up, to the top before you cock and aimTryna get from the bottom to the TOP, like the stock exchangeShower shit and shave and hit the corner for a block exchangeAmazing what my people'll (DO), for some pocket changeBut maybe this ain't the life that you chose (chose)This is the life where you stay strappedand pack a knife or end up with a blooded noseStreet survivor or survivor of the streets! (streets!)And only the strong survive, there's no survival for the weak! (weak!)Catch a sneak peak of DEATH if you ain't on ya Ps and QsThey carry banana clips and niggaz'll peel you for ya shoesIt's the (Blues), but not on (Hill Street)Hmm, you could call it, "kill or be killed" street"Lost a pint of blood, let it SPILL" streetSTOP AND WAKE UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUP! !!!! [rooster crows]WAKE UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU UP!!!!! [rooster crows][Chorus]They say my folks'll do WHATEVER for the fortune and the fameAnd it'll take a FORTUNE to get rid of all the pain, but I'm sayinUse your brain homie, do the right thang! (Lemme talk to 'em)Use your brain homie, do the right thang! (Lemme talk to 'em)You say the only family that you got is in a gangAnd the only way to make it is by sellin cocaine, but I'm sayinUse your brain homie, do the right thang! (Lemme talk to 'em)Use your brain homie, do the right thang! (Lemme talk to 'em)[Common]I've been in this 'ere since we were drinkin beersYears we've spent together, used to break up, get together, split a fightEvery night, gettin cheddar, movin whiteOur thang, so we had to (Do it Right) like SpikeHoldin 40s, gettin green on acres, these broads were our mulesThat's when we used to serve in front of Com'wealth SchoolFuel for cars and jewels, chains and toolsIt was (Organized) crime but we remained (Konfused)Mom in the pews, singin, "Lord, protect 'em"You might not a-gree with our views, but you had to respect 'emDiamonds in the rough, but were we reflectina system that's aburpt, the streets, or no ?pressure?One morning in the mirror, I seen my reflectionA young man with good spirits, but needed directionI guess my man's death, was my (Ressurection)'cause now I hear him sayin from heaven,"Wake up! (WAKE UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU UUaaaahhhhh-)Wake up! Wake up! Wake up! Wake up! (aaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh- up!)Wake UP! WAKE UP! WAKE UP! WAKE UP!"[Chorus w/ Common rapping the 3rd+4th and 7th+8th line][Ludacris]I, woke up this morning and got a callMy pot'nah said he had news about a girl named Baby DollShe got fo' baby daddies - fo' kids by fo' different menAnd she just found out she's pregnant, I said, "No, not again!"Man, when she gonna learn she don't wanna spend her life in court?Lookin for back payments and fightin for that child supportsChasin checks, chasin her ounce of respect, chasin paperChasin entertainers or rappers and ballplayersNot carin about a condom, I say, "Help her Lord, PLEASE"'fore she stuck wit mo' babies or ends up fightin some di-SEASEYou know that you a momma and mommas, we cain't lose ya (no!)Treat yourself better, you carry seeds to the future (whoo!)And the future looks dim if we don't get ourselves togetherWe gotta sacrifice, some do WHATEVER for the cheddarSo make the right decisions 'til you ready to give birthAnd know that you the most precious gift we have on this earthBabies, stop and WAKE UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUP!! ! [rooster crows]WAKE UUUUUUUUUUUUUUP!!!! [rooster crows][Chorus 2]They say my folks'll do WHATEVER for the fortune and the fameAnd it'll take a FORTUNE to get rid of all the pain, but I'm sayinUse your brain baby, do the right thang! (Lemme talk to 'em)Use your brain baby, do the right thang! (Lemme talk to 'em)You say you want a family but it's hard without a mayneAnd the only way to make it is to get him fo' his change, but I'm sayinUse your brain baby, do the right thang! (Lemme talk to 'em)Use your brain baby, do the right thang! (Lemme talk to 'em)[Spike Lee - Outro]Wake up, wake up..It's a new day! C'mon brothers, wake upC'mon sisters, wake upATL, wake up, wake up, babyChi-Town, wake up wake upBrooklyn's in the house!Wake up, Brooklyn!Ludacris! Common Sense and ME, SPIKE LEE! [echoes][Ludacris]Al ways do the right thing..I got it, I'm gone [echoes]
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