The Choice Is Yours

Album: A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing (1991)
Charted: 57
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  • (Here they come yo, here they come)
    (Here they come yo, here they come)
    This or that? This or that? (Here they come yo, here they come)
    This or that? This or that?
    This or that? This or that?
    This or that? This or that?
    Yo (come on)

    Who's the Black Sheep, what's the Black Sheep? (Uh, come on)
    Don't know who I am, or when I'm coming so you sleep (uh, come on)
    Wasn't in my room, wasn't in my sphere (uh, come on)
    Knew not who I was, but listen here (uh, come on)
    Dres, D-R-E-S, yes I guess I can start
    If it's all right with you, I'll rip this here joint apart
    Back, Middle, to the front, don't front
    Want to a good time, gonna give you what you want
    Can I hear a hey? (Hey)
    Can I get a yo? (Yo)
    You got a hat? (Huh?)
    It's for the hoes (ho)
    The styling is creative, Black Sheep of the Native
    Can't be violated, or even decepticated
    I got brothers in the Jungle, cousins on the Quest
    Dead retarded uncles, in pea porridge, may they rest
    Guess, which way, what, when, how
    Mista Lawnge, Dres, Black Sheep slam, now
    Know you've heard the others, phonies to the lovers
    Then of course, the choice is yours

    You can get with this, or you can get with that (this or that? This or that?)
    You can get with this, or you can get with that (this or that? This or that?)
    You can get with this, or you can get with that (this or that? This or that?)
    I think you'll get with this, 'cause this is where it's at

    You can get with this, or you can get with that (this or that? This or that?)
    You can get with this, or you can get with that (this or that? This or that?)
    You can get with this, or you can get with that (this or that? This or that?)
    I think you'll get with this, 'cause this is kinda phat

    Where's the Black Sheep, here's the Black Sheep
    Even if we wanted to the flock could not be weak
    Watch me swing like this, why should I swing it like that?
    Because in fact, on me it might not attract
    Therefore I ignore, do as I feel inside
    I live with me, I've got my back tonight
    Ya know what I'm saying? Yo Black, I'm not playing
    Need to go with this, or go with that with no delaying
    See, in actuality, one be can it be
    I made it look easy, because it is to me
    Any time capacity was filled, try to rock it
    Any time a honey gave us play, tried to knock it
    Never was fool, so we finished school
    Never see us sweat, and you'll never see us drool
    Out to rock the globe while it's still here to rock
    Don't punch girls, and we don't punch a clock
    Gotta go, gotta go, see you later by the cat
    And you can't beat that with a bat

    You can get with this, or you can get with that (this or that? This or that?)
    You can get with this, or you can get with that (this or that? This or that?)
    You can get with this, or you can get with that (this or that? This or that?)
    I think you'll get with this, 'cause this is where it's at

    You can get with this, or you can get with that (this or that? This or that?)
    You can get with this, or you can get with that (this or that? This or that?)
    You can get with this, or you can get with that (this or that? This or that?)
    I think you'll get with this, 'cause this is kinda phat

    Engine, Engine, Number Nine
    On the New York transit line
    If my train goes off the track
    Pick it up, pick it up, pick it up (come on)

    Back on the scene, crispy n' clean (uh, come on)
    You can try, but then why, 'cause you can't intervene (uh, come on)
    We be the outcast, down for the settle (uh, come on)
    Won't play the rock, won't play the pebble (uh, come on)
    Open the door, you best believe, we're sliding through it swiftly (uh, come on)
    Niftily, we can make it hip to be what we are (uh, come on)
    'Cause what we be, be the epitome, Doo, Dah, Dipitty (uh, come on)
    So now I dwell just to say you're plainer (uh, come on)
    Hold your cup, 'cause I got the container (uh, come on)
    Pass a plater, cross the fader (uh, come on)
    Black Sheep get play like the Sony Innovator (uh, come on)
    Never the traitor, party inflater (uh, come on)
    And you can get a scoop later (uh, come on)

    You can get with this, or you can get with that (this or that? This or that?) (Uh, come on)
    You can get with this, or you can get with that (this or that? This or that?) (Uh, come on)
    You can get with this, or you can get with that (this or that? This or that?) (Uh, come on)
    I think you'll get with this, 'cause this is kinda phat (uh, come on)

    You can get with this, or you can get with that (this or that? This or that?) (Uh, come on)
    You can get with this, or you can get with that (this or that? This or that?) (Uh, come on)
    You can get with this, or you can get with that (this or that? This or that?) (Uh, come on)
    I think you'll get with this, 'cause this is where it's at (uh, come on)

    (Uh, come on)
    (Uh, come on)
    (Uh, come on)
    (Uh, come on)
    (Here they come yo, here they come)(uh, come on)
    (Here they come yo, here they come)(uh, come on)
    (Here they come yo, here they come)(uh, come on)
    (Here they come yo, here they come)(uh, come on)
    (Here they come yo, here they come)(uh, come on)
    (Here they come yo, here they come)(uh, come on)
    (Here they come yo, here they come)(uh, come on)
    (Here they come yo, here they come)(uh, come on)
    (Here they come yo, here they come)(uh, come on)
    (Here they come yo, here they come)(uh, come on) Writer/s: Allen Alvoid Jr. Jones, Andres Titus, Ben Cauley, James Alexander, Johnny Hammond, William K. Mclean, William R. Mclean
    Publisher: Audiam, Inc., Downtown Music Publishing, THE MUSIC GOES ROUND, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • Patricia LafayetteRegarding "The song opens with a sample of Ron Carter's upright bass from a 1975 instrumental called "Impressions" by the jazz musician McCoy Tyner. Mista Lawnge had to dig deep to find it. Not only was "Impressions" a rather obscure song..."

    To clarify this, "Impressions" was composed by John Coltrane, and while the 1975 McCoy Tyner recording of "Impressions" is somewhat "obscure", to use the language on this page, Coltrane's album "Impressions" was one of his most famous albums and is widely known in the jazz world. Though Coltrane did not compose the Ron Carter bass motif that Black Sheep sampled, Coltrane is sometimes credited as a composer on songs that uses this Ron Carter sample (for example, "Crash Your Party" by Karmin).
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