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D'Angelo

Left & Right

Release date: 19th October 1999

From Voodoo
R&B/SoulMusic
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About This Track

A funky party track built on the interplay between D'Angelo's silky vocals and the rapid-fire verses of Method Man and Redman. The two rappers trade boasts and come-ons with characteristic swagger, whilst D'Angelo anchors the song with a chorus that reduces the whole transaction to a simple physical rhythm: left and right, up and down. It's a song about desire stripped to its most basic choreography. The production sits somewhere between new jack swing and the kind of loose, groove-heavy funk that would come to define the album. Method Man and Redman keep the energy high and the mood playful, their competitive energy pushing against D'Angelo's cooler, more measured sensuality. The result is a record that knows exactly what it is: a bedroom jam with enough wit and musicianship to justify the boasting, and enough restraint to avoid tipping into parody.

"Left & Right" is a track by D'Angelo, from the album Voodoo, released 19th October 1999. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

D'Angelo

D'Angelo

Lyrics

Left & Right

[Intro: Redman]

Yo, yo, yo (Yeah, yeah)

Yo, yo

[Verse 1: Redman]

My flow's remarkable

Doc walk like Caine from Kung Fu 'round the globe

Throw obstacles, I'll hurdle them

Herb and wack MCs

Drum racks to the rims, to the caps

Yo Methical, and D, I'm ASAP (Come on now)

I'm crack of dawn chicken huntin' at KFC (Woo)

In '83 I was that scrub TLC talked about

Now I rock the house, chalk 'em out

[Verse 2: Method Man]

Yeah, no doubt

Who got the biggest ass in the house? (Yeah)

Young miss, fillet-of-fish, saltwater trout

Pretty young thing, got a tongue ring and dirty mouth

And she whisperin' them sweet nothings, I air it out (Air it out)

Baby, you got me like Joanie had Chachi

Until she got high and went and fucked Potsie (Yeah)

Lady Godiva, from day one a dick rider

Liar, liar, set your pussy on fire

[Verse 3: D'Angelo]

I see you dancin' right now

I don't need to tell you that you know how

Baby, you do, oh

I say you belong

And if you dream to be free

I can take you there, just follow me

Baby, I won't, huh

I won't steer you wrong

[Pre-Chorus: D'Angelo]

And it seems like to me

You want someone to fit your pedigree

Baby, I do, huh

So what you want?

Smack your ass, pull your hair

And I even kiss you way down there

You know that I will, huh

Think I won't? Huh

[Chorus: D'Angelo, Method Man]

Specially when you do it

Left and right, keep it movin'

Up and down, love it when you do it, babe

Left and right, keep it movin'

Up and down, so what you doin'?

Left and right, love it when you do it

Up and down, love it when you do it

Left and right, keep doin' it, babe, yeah

Left and right and up and down

(Yo, D, how we do it?)

Left and right and up and down

(Ayo, D, how we do it?)

Left and right and up and down

(Ayo, how we do it?)

Left and right and up and down

(Yeah, Houston, how we do it?)

Left, left, left, left

[Verse 4: D'Angelo, Method Man]

Here you are in my world (It's just my world)

Make you feel like a pearl

I'll rub your back, huh, and fulfill your needs

So why don't we just get undressed?

Feel the tender touch of your caress

That's what I want

Why don't you give it to me? (Yeah, give it to me)

[Pre-Chorus: D'Angelo]

I will have you believe

There's no reason for you to leave

Stay right here (Stay right here) in my arms (In my arms, oh)

Where you're safe and secure (Yeah)

Here with me you can be sure

There's no threat (Yeah), say you turn me on

[Chorus: D'Angelo, Method Man]

Specially when you do it

Left and right, oh, yeah

Up and down, you keep it movin'

Left and right, yeah, she movin'

Up and down, oh, yeah

Left and right, love it when you do it

Up and down, don't stop doin' it, babe

Left and right, just keep doin' it, baby

(Talk to 'em)

Left and right and up and down

(Haha, yo, ayo, D, how we do it?)

Left and right and up and down (Oh, yeah)

(Ayo, D, how we do it? yeah)

Left and right and up and down

(C'mon, yo, D, how we do it?)

Left and right and up and down

(Yeah, funked out, how we do it?)

Left and right and up and down (Oh)

(Ayo, stylin', yo, this is how we do it)

[Bridge: D'Angelo, Redman]

I know that you know the sexy little things you do (Oh, oh, yeah, ooh)

The sexy little things you do

I know that you know (Yeah) the sexy little things you do (Oh)

[Verse 5: Redman, Method Man, D'Angelo]

Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo

Yo, Doc be off the wall

With Keith and Mally G

Pushin' a Harley D with a jar of green

Come one-five-one, straight indo, the spot

I fuck brown sugar behind the fiber glass window

It's Doc, pack guns, don't sling weight

The only thing I sling is condoms for spring break

(Fuck 'em) How we do it?

(Leave 'em) How we do it? (Oh, baby)

(Get the money) The pussy

(The weed) Now do it

[Verse 6: Method Man, D'Angelo]

Now take your coat off and stay a while (Oh, oh, oh)

Now, honey child, if you're gon' be actin' funny style

Then I don't need ya

It's Saturday, this night fever (Come on)

Shit is poppin', Cheeba, my mouth cotton

'Tis the season for draws droppin' (Yeah)

And heavy breathin' (Uh-huh)

You ain't skeezin', you dick teasin'?

I'm leavin', actin' rotten (Word)

I got no time for games, I'm no joke (Oh, oh)

Drop that ass when I'm finished (Yeah) and watch it smoke (Yeah)

[Outro: Method Man]

Smoke, smoke, smoke

Yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah

Yeah

Track details

From Voodoo

1999
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    Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    D’Angelo, Method Man, Q-Tip, Redman
    Producer
    D’Angelo
    Bass
    D’Angelo
    Drums
    D’Angelo
    Arranger
    D’Angelo
    Background Vocals
    D’Angelo
    Beatbox
    Q-Tip
    Electric Guitar
    D’Angelo
    Electric Piano
    D’Angelo
    Finger Snaps
    D’Angelo
    Instrumentation
    D’Angelo
    Mastering Engineer
    Tom Coyne
    Mixing Engineer
    D’Angelo, Russell Elevado
    Percussion
    D’Angelo
    Recording Engineer
    Russell Elevado
    Rhodes Piano
    D’Angelo
    Video Director
    Malik Sayeed
    Vocal Arranger
    D’Angelo
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