oakland stroke
tony! toni! tone!
you cats been up here rapping
ain't said nothing about the real thing
individually picking out the brothers that jam
commonly known are people like sly and graham
something kinda special about the grooves they wrote
they all had the flavor of the oakland stroke
that's the bass drum kickin'
a groove so hard it makes your feet kickin'
it's a guaranteed hit to make your body move
others try to hang but they just can't cope
they must come to realize
can't cope with the oakland stroke
if you get the nerve then you might wanna try
you're getting mud in your eye
so don't even flirt or you might get hurt
and you'll wind up looking like dirt
it's a guaranteed hit to make your body move
others try to hang but they just can't cope
when are they going to realize
you can't cope with the oakland stroke
you can't cope with the oakland stroke
now give me something. that's right
all i'm really trying to say
is that the oaktown brothers like to do it one way
and never once do we drop our guard
when the bass starts lickin'
the guaranteed hit to make feet start kickin'
others wanna hang but can't cope
what did you say that groove was again?
what'd you say that groove was
we gon' ride it out this way. uh-huh
you can't cope with the oakland stroke
you can't cope with the oakland stroke
you can't cope with the oakland stroke