Oakland Stroke (Environmental Mix)

[Intro: D'Wayne Wiggins] To the T-O-N-Y, T-O-N-I, T-O-N-slash-E Haha, that's me [Verse 1: D'Wayne Wiggins] 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 [Chorus: D'Wayne Wiggins, Vanessa Williams] (Uh-huh, uh-huh) You can't cope with the Oakland Stroke (Uh-huh, uh-huh) You can't cope with the Oakland Stroke (Uh-huh, uh-huh) You can't cope with the Oakland Stroke (Uh-huh, uh-huh) You can't cope with the Oakland Stroke [Verse 2: D'Wayne Wiggins] 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 [Chorus: D'Wayne Wiggins, Vanessa Williams] (Uh-huh, uh-huh) You can't cope with the Oakland Stroke (Uh-huh, uh-huh) You can't cope with the Oakland Stroke (Uh-huh, uh-huh) You can't cope with the Oakland Stroke (Uh-huh, uh-huh) You can't cope with the Oakland Stroke (Uh-huh, uh-huh) You can't cope with the Oakland Stroke (Uh-huh, uh-huh) You can't cope with the Oakland Stroke (Uh-huh, uh-huh) You can't cope with the Oakland Stroke (Uh-huh, uh-huh) You can't cope with the Oakland Stroke (Uh-huh, uh-huh) You can't cope with the Oakland Stroke [Verse 3: D'Wayne Wiggins] 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, they can't cope It's the Oakland Stroke [Chorus: D'Wayne Wiggins, Vanessa Williams] You can't cope with the Oakland Stroke (Uh-huh, uh-huh) You can't cope with the Oakland Stroke (Uh-huh, uh-huh) You can't cope with the Oakland Stroke (Uh-huh, uh-huh) [Outro: D'Wayne Wiggins, Vanessa Williams] We gon' ride it out this way You can't cope with the Oakland Stroke You can't cope with the Oakland Stroke You can't cope with the Oakland Stroke You can't cope, you can't cope, you can't cope You can't cope with the Oakland Stroke (Uh-huh, uh-huh) You can't cope with the Oakland Stroke (Uh-huh, uh-huh) (Uh-huh, uh-huh) (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 You can't cope with the Oakland Stroke (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 (Uh-huh, uh-huh) You can't cope with the Oakland Stroke