Let's Straighten It Out

About Let's Straighten It Out

"Let's Straighten It Out" is the name of a hit song by blues and R&B singer Latimore. From his second album More, More, More, the single spent two weeks at number one on the R&B singles chart in November, 1974. It also peaked at number 31 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. The single was covered by R&B singers Monica and Usher for the Panther soundtrack in 1995. In 1995 a longer version of the same recording appeared on Monica's debut album, Miss Thang. The song has also been covered by O. V. Wright (1978), Gwen McCrae (1978), B. B. King (1989), Millie Jackson (1994), Etta James (2002) and Clarence Carter (2011). more »

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1995

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Sit yourself down boy and talk to me
Tell me what's on your mind
Don't keep on telling me everything's okay
'Cause if it was then you wouldn't be crying
You been acting real funny when I see you lately
Sitting around poutin' all day long 
Now how in the world do you expect me to understand
When I not even know what's wrong 

Straighten it out, let's straighten it out
Let's straighten it out
Baby
Let's straighten it out
Out
Let's straighten it out

For the last few days when I saw you baby
Oh I admit something just wasn't right
It's so many things going through my head
I didn't want to start another fight
But if your tired of people being bothered baby
In the world we'd be all alone
Instead of being apart of a problem baby
You and me oughta be getting along, yeah .

Straighten it out, Let's straighten it out
We need to straighten it out
Let's straighten it out
Me and you, you and me baby,
Baby)
Let's straighten it out
Out, ah ah, yeah,
Hey
Let's straighten it out
Woo, woo, woo, woo, woo, woo,
Yeah

Straighten it out, Let's straighten it out
Let's straighten it out, let's straighten it out baby
Let's straighten it out
I think it's time for you and me to straighten it out
Let's straighten it out
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Let's straighten it out

Now how in the world you expect me to understand
Um, when I don't even know what's wrong 
Baby, baby, baby

Straighten it out, Let's straighten it out
Yeah
Yeah Ooh
Let's straighten it out
Can we straighten, can you help me babe,
Baby, baby, baby
Let's straighten it out
Can you help me sing, sing it baby,
Yeah, yeah 
Oh yeah,
Yeah
Let's straighten it out
Let's straighten it out,
I want to straighten it out with you baby,
Come on,
Come on

Let's straighten it out 
Oh yeah
Let's straighten it out
Let's straighten it out,
Come on, come on, come on

Straighten it out, let's straighten it out
Oh oh, yeah
Let's straighten it out
We need to straighten it out 
Let's straighten it out
Let's straighten it out

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Monica

Monica Denise Brown (née Arnold; born October 24, 1980) professionally known as Monica, is an American R&B singer–songwriter, record producer, and occasional actress. Born and raised in College Park, Georgia, Monica began performing as a child and became part of a traveling gospel choir, at the age of ten. Guided by producers Dallas Austin and Tim & Bob, she signed with Arista Records at age thirteen and released her debut album Miss Thang in 1995. Its first two singles "Don't Take It Personal" and "Before You Walk out of My Life" made her the youngest recording act to ever have two consecutive chart-topping hits on the US Billboard Top R&B Singles chart. more »

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