This is how we do it (1995)
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This is how we do it !
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This is how we do it. (2x)
Em
F
1. This is how we do it,
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it's
Friday night, and I feel all right.
Em D
The party is here on the West
side,
Em
F
so I reach for my 40
and I turn it up,
Em D
designated
driver take the keys to my truck,
Em F
hit
the shore 'cause I'm faded.
Em D
Honeys in the street say,
"Monty, yo we made it !"
Em D Em F
It feels so good in my hood
tonight.
Em
D
The summertime skirts and the
guys in Kani,
Em F Em
all
the gang bangers forgot about the drive-by.
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You gotta
get your groove on, before you go get paid,
Em D
so
tip up your cup and throw your hands up,
Em
F
and
let me hear the party say.
Em D Em F
I'm kinda buzzed and it's all because (This is
how we do it),
Em
D Em F
South Central does it like nobody does (This is how we do it).
Em D Em F
To all my neighbors you got much flavour (This
is how we do it),
Em D Em F
let's flip the track, bring the old
school back (This is how we do it).
Em D Em F
2. This is how we do it, all hands are in the
air,
Em
F
and
wave them from here to there.
Em D
If you're an O.G. mack or a wanna-be player,
Em
D
you
see the hood's been good to me,
Em F
ever
since I was a lower-case G,
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but
now I'm a big G., the girls see I
got the money,
F
a
hundred-dollar bills y'all.
Em
F
If you were from where I'm
from then you would know
Em
F
that
I gotta get mine in a big black truck, you can get
yours in a '64,
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Whatever it is, the party's
underway.
Em
D
So tip up your cup and throw
your hands up
Em F
and
let me hear the party say.
Em D Em F
I'm kinda buzzed and it's all because (This is
how we do it),
Em
D Em F
South Central does it like nobody does (This is how we do it).
Em D Em F
To all my neighbors you got much flavour (This
is how we do it),
Em D Em F
let's flip the track, bring the old
school back (This is how we do it).
Em D Em F
I'm kinda buzzed and it's all because (This is
how we do it),
Em
D Em F
South Central does it like nobody does (This is how we do it).
Em D
Em F
YNV, SCC, (This is how we do it),
Em D Em F
I'll never come wack
on an old school track (This is how we do it).
Em D
3. Once upon a time in '94
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Montell
made no money and life sure was slow,
Em D
and all
they said was 6'8" he stood,
Em D
and
people thought the music that he made was good.
Em D
There lived a D.J. and Paul
was his name
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he
came up to Monty, this is what he said :
Em D
You and OG are gonna make some cash,
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sell
a million records and we'll make in a dash.
Em D
Em F
Oh, I'm buzzed and it's all
because (This is how we do it),
Em
D Em F
South Central does it like nobody does (This is how we do it).
Em D Em F
To all my neighbors you got much flavour (This
is how we do it),
Em D Em F
I'll never come wack
on an old school track. (This is how we do it)
+ repeat CHORUS .....
(orig. = capo 1st) (Montell Jordan)