Let It Slide

[Verse 1: O.C.]
It’s like many knuckleheads who wander to the eye-to-eye contact
Not knowin' O.C.’s ready for combat
I try to ignore the sons with a arrogant attitude
Mistakin' my face for gratitude, yeah
Just the other night, on the train, me, my cousin Boo
Was on the way up to Club Callaloo
I kinda had a vibe, so we took our 25's and, uh
We had juice with the bouncers on the inside
Mad Jamaican-fakin' niggas frontin', knowin' they American
Me frontin'? The sauce would be embarrassin'
Some old poor-faced fella tried to stare me in the eye and give a whammy
He almost caught a blammy
Just when I was about to reach for my Clyde
Cousin Boo whispered to me, “Yo, O, let it slide”
It ain’t worth smokin' a man, ain’t worth the lead
So to break the tension, I broke him in the head

[Chorus: O.C. + Pharoahe Monch + O.C. & Pharoahe Monch]
I let it slide (I let it slide), I let it slip on by
I let it slide (I let it slide), I let it slip on by
I let it slide (I let it slide), yeah, I let it slip on by
Givin' you one last try to kill it with the eyes

[Verse 2: O.C.]
New day, same shit occurrin', this time, I was asked
What I was looking at, not knowin' he was grassed
He sparked the beef and I was gonna finish it off
It turns out this nigga was soft
He got ‘fraid from the way about my stance, glancin' to my left and right
But nearby stood a man in sight
He’ll see the whole thing if I decide to do a buckwild move
So what alternatives shall I choose, huh?
Fire my steel and take the chance of me bein' bagged?
Or shipped up north for a long, long bad?
Nah, I ain’t for it, so I flashed the Clyde
He saw the nickel-plate, almost havin' a date to die
I wondered why chumps wanna pick on I?
They be like settin' it off, and I be lettin' it slide
I don’t know what they be seein'
But one time in a conflict I flipped, turned into an unstable human being

[Chorus: O.C. + Pharoahe Monch + O.C. & Pharoahe Monch]
I let it slide (I let it slide), I let it slip on by
I let it slide (I let it slide), I let it slip on by
I let it slide (I let it slide), yeah, I let it slip on by
Givin' you one last try to kill it with the eyes

I let it slide (I let it slide), I let it slip on by
I let it slide (I let it slide), I let it slip on by
I let it slide (I let it slide), yeah, I let it slip on by
Givin' you one last try to kill it with the eyes

[Verse 3: O.C.]
When I’m flowin' with my girl, I feel it the most
Beef comin' so close like a champagne toast
On the train, in the city, ‘round the way, ‘round her way
I take it 'pon myself to say, “Niggas is gay”
What you tryin' to prove? Can’t move a mountain with a stare
But when a brother pull a joint, you think it ain’t fair?
Two wrongs don’t make a right
But the philosophy of a fight, fella, is to prolong your life
I roll like it was ten of me, hard what you pretend to be
The motherfuckin' manner's the price to kill Kennedy
I’ll peep out the sons trying the flamboyant and
Put on a smirk ‘cause your staring is annoying, uh
No matter how much I try to avoid noise, I’ll fill ‘em in
But dead that starin' in my grill again
Don’t try to hypnotize with the eyes starin' rectifies beef
Tears brought to your family lives and
That loved one, because you couldn’t stop my Glock, so
Time ran out, ‘cause you punched your own clock

[Chorus: O.C. + Pharoahe Monch + O.C. & Pharoahe Monch]
I let it slide (I let it slide), I let it slip on by
I let it slide (I let it slide), I let it slip on by
I let it slide (I let it slide), yeah, I let it slip on by
Givin' you one last try to kill it with the eyes

I let it slide (I let it slide), I let it slip on by
I let it slide (I let it slide), I let it slip on by
I let it slide (I let it slide), yeah, I let it slip on by
Givin' you one last try to kill it with the eyes

[Outro: O.C. + Pharoahe Monch]
Yo, what’s up with that?
What’s up, man?
What you looking at my face for?
Man, you was looking at me, though
Alright, check this shit out