(lisa andquot;left eyeandquot; lopes, marley marl)
This is how it should be done
this is how it should be done cominand' out of the black shade
fightinand' to lighten a path made back
letand's go way back to the beginninand'
thatand's when an idea took part from the start
listen to another marley beat iand'm impatient
i gotta leave my seat for motivation
pump the bass whatand's next
kickinand' the steps me and the mirrorand's havinand' wreck
so hard that i cracked my neck
and iand'm poppin sweat now iand'm soakinand' wet
but i feeeel it
grab the beat cause i must
defeat itand's a funky groove
so i steeeel it
to improve what could
soon be the left eye move
pin it down and snatch a sample to loop it up
and start makinand' my own example cause
Chorus:
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
This is how it should be done steppinand' into a shade a bit lighter
now is the time to write a rhyme a rhythmic type of memo
tick-tack it to the track it is now my demo-kay
whatand's to do whereand's to go yo i donand't know
whoand's to see see ya at the local show
me and mo takinand' a chance and heand's dancinand'
round and round the deck as i flow
but what an awkward situation
cause thereand's not much crowd participation
for checkinand' me out iand'm too new it
gots to be somethinand' 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
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This is how it should be done (hey)
This style is identical to none
This is how it should be done and iand'm cominand' through
grippinand' the mic spittinand' out whatand's after verse 2
and ready to rock the spot cause iand'm on it
they wanna see what i got
givinand' it all and makinand' it seem so simple to be myself
along witand' doinand' what i do
cool they want me not knowinand' iand'm soon to be the andquot;landquot; of tlc
word up t.b.o.z. thatand's t-boz
saucinand' it up is chilli
we three alike all small in height but iand'm left eye
cause the eye is right
so now they thinkinand' well is we ready enough
yeah itand's time to get busy
the aftermath is the brightest path so far
yo cause here we are
This is how it should be done
this is how, this is how
Chorus
