i got something to say
man
you dig?
i mean
you cats been up here rapping
ain't said nothing about the real thing
you know what i mean?
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'
the high-hat lickin'
a groove so hard it makes your feet kickin'
to a dope groove
i mean
a fresh groove
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
it's the oakland stroke
yo
miss thang. uh-huh
uh-huh
can't cope with the oakland stroke
uh-huh
uh-huh.oakland
californ-i-a
if you get the nerve then you might wanna try
you can't hang
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
from a dope groove
i mean
a fresh groove
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
it's the oakland stroke
uh-huh
uh-huh
you can't cope with the oakland stroke
uh-huh
uh-huh
make your body move
you can't cope with the oakland stroke
uh-huh
uh-huh
now give me something. that's right
uh-huh
uh-huh
well
to sum it up
all i'm really trying to say
is that the oaktown brothers like to do it one way
funky
greasy
nasty
hard
and never once do we drop our guard
when the bass starts lickin'
the high-hats kick in
the guaranteed hit to make feet start kickin'
others wanna hang but can't cope
it's the oakland stroke
what
what
what
what did you say that groove was again?
what'd you say that groove was
man?
the oakland stroke
we gon' ride it out this way. uh-huh
uh-huh
you can't cope with the oakland stroke
you can't cope with the oakland stroke
uh-huh
uh-huh
you can't cope with the oakland stroke
let
let
let me hear you say
na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na"