Bell Biv DeVoe — Word to the Mutha Club Mentality

[Intro: Johnny Gill] Hoo, ooh Ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh Ooh Johnny, Ronnie, Ricky, Mike, Ralph, Bobby, too Yeah Word Word Word Oh, word Word to the mutha Hoo Hoo Ooh Yeah [Verse 1: Ricky Bell] People come People go In this business You'll never, never know Some are good Some are bad You know we got what no one's ever had, oh [Pre-Chorus: Ralph Tresvant] And the time will come When we will be as one Wanna be legends, yeah And nobody knows How we really feel They don't know the deal [Chorus: Bobby Brown, (Bell Biv DeVoe)] (Get back) We've got to put this back togеther (Get right back) And send our word to thе mutha (Get back) Right back where we started from (Get right back) And send our word to the mutha [Verse 2: Michael Bivins, (Ronnie DeVoe)] Times are getting kinda hard on the boulevard Brothers and sisters being slayed and scarred Girlies in the halls, bitin' the walnuts Of the pusherman, for losing the loot (Get to know the Johnson or he will shoot) He pulled the trig' 'cause he figured he could be a bigger nig In the projects, you see So feel the bozack Yo, Rick, come easy [Verse 3: Ricky Bell] We are one, breaking new Oh, Ronnie, Bobby, Ricky, Mike, Ralph, and Johnny, too You see, it ain't nothing but a thing that we're gonna do Everybody's always talking 'bout the NE crew Oh yeah Oh yeah [Interlude] Oh-ho Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey Oh yeah Come on, come on, come on, come on Say what? Say what? Say what? Say what? [Verse 4: Ronnie DeVoe] It's poison Don't be cruel It's my prerogative To do what I gotta do Have a little sensitivity Do me, baby I wanna get rubbed the right way So what you gotta say Oh, no, she's a candy girl Living in a half-crazy world That's the way I'm living, girl Now every little step I take Is another NE heartbreak My, my, my Word [Chorus: Bobby Brown, (Bell Biv DeVoe)] (Get back) We've got to put this thing together (Get right back) And send our words to the mutha (Get back) Bringing it right back where we started from (Get right back) And send our words to the mutha (Get back) We got to bring it back We got to bring it back to the mutha (Get right back) Hey, hey, hey [Verse 3: Ralph Tresvant, Bobby Brown, Both] It's bound to go down Lost spirits never found (Trips to the graveyard's a common thing in Beantown) Smugglers, pimps, pocket-pickers, punks and troublemakers (Pick eject in button pushers and dream shakers) Crackheads having babies, future's hazy I don't know, shit's crazy (All I could do is turn the heat up Defeat all odds, get revenge and put the beat up, and eat up) Suckers looking for the kill, first blood's gotta spill Light 'em up with a Mac-10, and that's basin' (Check the scene with the green pepper weapon Keep steppin') Like true brothers Word to the mutha [Pre-Chorus: Ralph Tresvant] The time will come And we will be as one Wanna be legends, yeah, yeah Nobody knows How we really feel They don't know the deal [Outro: New Edition] Hey, y'all Hey, y'all, hey Word to the mutha Hey, y'all Hey, y'all, hey Word to the mutha (Ooh yeah) Hey, y'all (Ooh) Hey, y'all, hey (Ooh) Word to the mutha (Hey, hey, baby) (Everybody sing it) Hey, y'all Hey, y'all, hey Word to the mutha (Word to the mutha) (Everybody sing) Hey, y'all Hey, y'all, hey Word to the mutha Hey, y'all (Ooh) Hey, y'all, hey Word to the mutha Hey, y'all (Ooh) Hey, y'all, hey Word to the mutha Hey, y'all (Ooh) Hey, y'all, hey Word to the mutha