Serving as a smooth laid-back contrast to the hardcore nature of Big Ill’s preceding solo track, Al Skratch’s “Summertime (It’s All Good)” details his adventures through New York City, specifically his native Harlem borough during the summer season.
It is also the last original song on Creep Wit' M...
[Intro: Al Skratch]
Yeah, this is how we do it
(Yeah) Say what?
(Yeah) Come on (Ooh)
Yeah (Ooh-woah)
Sing, brother (Ooh, ooh, ooh)
It's all good (Ooh-woah)
[Verse 1: Al Skratch]
Uptown, summer in the city
85 degrees and the girls are lookin' pretty
Yo, check it as I wreck it
I love the summertime, that's when fine girls get naked
I slide in my ride and let my drop-top down
Pop up on my block, stopped by a cop clown
On my corner, now what he wanna do?
Hold me up for a few 'cause my car is brand new
Ran through one light? Not did I ever
I'm just makin' money, ain't nothin' funny, it's sunny as the weather
Since I'm in the right, not the wrong, check it
They go oop-oop, "Move along, be gone"
So I do, as I search for my crew
We got a job to do at the barbecue
By the swimmin' pool makin' women drool as I kick it (Yeah)
I'm drinkin' and I'm thinkin' I'm addicted
But to which one honey bun wanna get done
Layin' in the sun, sippin' rum, havin' fun
Come one, come all, we can all have a ball
When it's summertime and we all feel fine
[Chorus: Al Skratch]
It's all good (Yeah)
In the summertime (Say what?)
It's all good (When?)
In the summertime (What we doin' now?)
Gettin' together (Say what?)
Havin' fun
Keepin' that love (How we keepin' it?)
One on one
It's all good
[Verse 2: Al Skratch]
Bounce downstairs to my stoop to chill
I see my man, Ill, in his Coupe DeVille
He say, "Yo, what's up, Al? Now what you wanna do?"
I said, "I got the money for the Buddha if you got the brew"
He said, "Yeah, come on, jump in
Let's head down to the beach for a swim"
Now you know how I'm behavin', troop
When I see them fine hoochies in they bathin' suits (Right)
Walkin' by, lookin' all fly
I gotta get a piece of that sweet potato pie, I
Like it a lot when it's hot
125th Street, that's the spot (Yeah)
In Manhattan, yeah, 'cause it's happenin'
At Harlem Week, you could find 'nough action
Madballs, 156 corner crew
Where everyday life is shoot dice, drink brew (Uh)
When the sun shine, it's fine Uptown
It only get better as the sun goes down
I'm Al Skratch and I'm back with another rhyme
In my hood it's all good when it's summertime
[Chorus: Al Skratch]
It's all good (When?)
In the summertime (Say what?)
It's all good (When?)
In the summertime (What we doin' now?)
Gettin' together (Say what, say what?)
Havin' fun (How we keepin' now?)
Keepin' that love
One on one
It's all good
[Interlude: Al Skratch]
Yeah
As we move along on cruise control
With some soul, y'all, for the summertime
It's all good
Yeah
Now all my homies sing
[Chorus: Al Skratch]
It's all good
In the summertime (Summertime)
It's all good (Ohh)
In the summertime (Ooh, yeah)
Gettin' together
Havin' fun (Havin' fun)
Keepin' that love (Ooh)
One on one (One on one)
It's all good (Ohh)
In the summertime (Ooh)
It's all good (Yeah)
In the summertime (Woo)
Gettin' together (Me and you)
Havin' fun (Yeah)
Keepin' that love (Keepin' that love, how we keep it now?)
One on one (One on one)
It's all good (It's all good)
[Outro]
Ah, ha-hey
Ohh, ho, ah
Ah, ohh, ho, ho, ohh
Ooh-ho, ha
Hoo-ha, ohh, oh-ho-ho
Summertime (It’s All Good) was written by Al Skratch & LoRider & LG Experience.
Summertime (It’s All Good) was produced by LoRider & LG Experience.
Ill Al Skratch released Summertime (It’s All Good) on Tue Aug 02 1994.