Shocklee - Sadler - Ridenhour



Uh, your bad self

Help me break this down from off the shelf

Here's a music servin' you so use it

Papa's got a brand new funk

Get down (party for your right)

Huh, let's get it on

Like we said before

They say the brothers causin' trouble

Hate to bust their bubble

'Cause we rumble

From our lower level

To condition your condition

(We're gonna do a song)

That you never heard before

Make you all jump along to the education

Brothers gonna work it out

And stop chasin'

Brothers, brothers gonna work it out



Chorus



You got it...what it takes

Go get it...where you want it?

Come get it...get involved

'Cause the brothers in the street are willing to work it out



So many of us in limbo

How to get it on, it's quite simple

3 stones from the sun

We need a piece of this rock

Our goal indestructible soul

Answers to this quizzin'

To the Brothers in the streetSchools and the prisons

History shouldn't be a mystery

Our stories real history

Not his story

We gonna work it one day

Till we all get paid

The right way in full, no bull

Talkin', no walkin', drivin', arrivin' in style

Soon you'll see what I'm talkin' 'bout

'Cause one day

The brothers gonna work it out

Brothers, brothers gonna work it out



Chorus



You got it ... what it takes

Go get it... where you want it?

Come get it...get involved

'Cause the brothers in the street

Are willing to work it out

Let's get it on... we are willin'

Let's get it on, let's get it on ... we are willin'

Let's get it on, let's get it on, let's get it on ... we are willin'



Now we are ready if you are ready



In 1995, you'll twist to this

As you raise your fist to the music

United we stand, yes divided we fall

Together we can stand tall

Brothers that try to work it out

They get mad, revolt, revise, realize

They're super bad

Small chance a smart brother's

Gonna be a victim of his own circumstance

Sabotaged, Shellshocked, rocked and ruled

Day in the life of a fool

Like I said before to live it low

Life take you time, time yo go slow

Look here, not a thing to fear

Brother to brother not another as sincere

Teach a man how to be father

To never tell a woman he can't bother

You can't say you don't know

What I'm talkin' 'bout

But one day ... brothers gonna work it out



You got it ... what it takes

Go get it ... where you want it?

Come get it ... get involved

'Cause the brothers in the street

Are willing to work it out



Let's get it on... we are willin'

Let's get it on, let's get it on ... we are willin'

Let's get it on, let's get it on, let's get it on ... we are willin'

Now we are ready if you are ready