This is how we do it Fm7 - F# La la la la la la... [drums only] This is how we do it. It's Friday night, and I feel all right The party is here on the West side [add bass] So I reach for my 40 and I turn it up Designated driver take the keys to my truck Hit the shore 'cause I'm faded Honeys in the street say, "Monty, yo we made it!" Fm7 F# It feels so good in my hood tonight Fm7 The summertime skirts and the guys in Kani F# All the gang bangers forgot about the drive-by Fm7 F# You gotta get your groove on, before you go get paid Fm7 So tip up your cup and throw your hands up F# And let me hear the party say Fm7 I'm kinda buzzed and it's all because F# (This is how we do it) Fm7 South Central does it like nobody does F# (This is how we do it) Fm7 To all my neighbors you got much flavor F# (This is how we do it) Fm7 Let's flip the track, bring the old school back F# (This is how we do it) [bass, drums only] This is how we do it, all hands are in the air And wave them from here to there If you're an O.G. mack or a wanna-be player You 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 A hundred-dollar bills y'all Fm7 F# If you were from where I'm from then you would know Fm7 That I gotta get mine in a big black truck F# You can get yours in a '64 Fm7 F# Whatever it is, the party's underway Fm7 So tip up your cup and throw your hands up F# And let me hear the party say Fm7 I'm kinda buzzed and it's all because F# (This is how we do it) Fm7 South Central does it like nobody does F# (This is how we do it) Fm7 To all my neighbors you got much flavor F# (This is how we do it) Fm7 Let's flip the track, bring the old school back F# (This is how we do it) Fm7 I'm kinda buzzed and it's all because F# (This is how we do it) Fm7 South Central does it like nobody does F# (This is how we do it) Fm7 YNV, SCC, all my homies F# (This is how we do it) Fm7 I'll never come wack on an old school track F# (This is how we do it) [Rap:][drums only] Check it out! Once upon a time in '94 Montell made no money and life sure was slow All they said was 6'8" he stood And people thought the music that he made was good There lived a D.J. and Paul was his name He came up to Monty, this is what he said You and OG are gonna make some cash Sell a million records and we'll make in a dash Fm7 I'm kinda buzzed and it's all because F# (This is how we do it) Fm7 South Central does it like nobody does F# (This is how we do it) Fm7 To all my neighbors you got much flavor F# (This is how we do it) Fm7 I'll never come wack on an old school track F# (This is how we do it) [ad lib fade out]