Motownphilly / This Is How We Do It - Straight No Chaser

Down, down, down

This is how we do it

Motownphilly’s back again

Join our little East Coast swing

And since he’s goin' off

Not too hard, not too soft

This is how we do it, all the hands are in the air

And wave them from here to there

If you’re an O.G.

mack or a wannabe player

See the hood’s been good to me

Ever since I was a lower-case g

But now I’m a big G

The girls see I got the money

Hundred-dollar bills y’all

If you were from where I’m from you would know

That I gotta get mine in a big black truck

You can get yours in a '64

Whatever it is, the party’s underway

So tip up your cup and throw your hands up

And let me hear the party say

I’m kinda buzzed and it’s all because

(This is how we do it)

Join our little East Coast swing

(This is how we do it)

To all my neighbors you got much flavor

(This is how we do it)

Not too hard, not too soft

The spotlight is on us now, watch us do this

(Da da, da da da, da da da da da da)

Live and direct your hometown

Rap and hype and we can get down

We are ready to roll

So now the world will know that we were

Back in school we used to dream about this everyday

(Could it really happen?) Or do dreams just fade away?

(Then we started singing and they said it sounded smooth)

So we started a group and here we are

This is how we do it

Motownphilly’s back again

Join our little East Coast swing

And since he’s goin' off

Not too hard, not too soft

Yo!

Let’s check it out!

Once upon a time in '96

Them boys started a group

To sing for food and chicks

They heard Montell, they thought they’d give it a try

These dirty choir boys thought they were pretty fly

Sorority girls said sing me a song

The brothers were vibin', they were gettin' it on

Started in Indiana, Hoosier land

Called it «Straight No Chaser», acapella, no band

This is how we do it

This is how we do it

Motownphilly’s back again

(Started back in 1960 school)

Join our little East Coast swing

(This is how we do)

And since he’s goin' oft

(And since he’s goin' off)

Not too hard, not too soft

This is how we do it