care how old you are,
or how young you are.
I don't care if you're married, single,
divorced, engaged, or shacking,
you gotta straighten out
something every now and then.
But I want you to think about all the times
that you've heard somebody say,
let's straighten it out.
Think about it.
And I guarantee you that most of the time,
it was a man who said it.
Now the reason why I say that is,
well, let's face it.
Most of the time,
it's a man
who makes you crooked in the first place.
Ah, we don't mean no harm,
that's just the way we are.
Sometimes we do have a tendency
to sort of take it for granted,
don't we? Always acting like we don't understand some things.
But I believe a woman feels
things deeper than a man.
I don't care what nobody says.
I believe a woman loves stronger
than a man.
Because you see,
sometimes we just don't seem to understand.
I know because, you see,
I'm speaking from experience.
Cause I came home one day,
and my woman was just
going all around the house,
not having very much to say,
and I was kind of puzzled,
I didn't know what to do,
so I looked her straight in the eye
and I said, sit yourself down
girl and talk to me,
and tell me what's on your mind
Don't you keep on telling me
everything's okay
Cause if it wasn't,
you wouldn't be glad
You've been tossing and turning
in your sleep lately, baby
Sittin' around, poutin' all day long
Now how the hell you expect
me to understand
When I don't even know
what's wrong
Let's straighten it out
Baby, let's straighten it out, honey,
let's straighten it out,
let's straighten it out.
Well, the last nine nights started
when we went to bed
Oh, and I could tell something
just wasn't right
When you turned your back to me
and you covered your head
Oh, you didn't even say goodnight
If you're tired
and you don't want to be bothered, baby,
Just say the word and I'll
leave you alone.
Instead of laying there
crying your eyes out, baby,
You and me ought to
be getting it on.
Let's straighten it out, baby,
I said straighten it out, honey
Let's straighten it out,
I wanna straighten it out
I said straighten it out, baby, baby,
baby, let's straighten it out
Honey, honey, honey,
I wanna straighten it out
All night long, baby,
let's straighten it out
Now how the hell do you expect
me to understand,
when I don't even
know what's wrong?
Baby, baby, baby, baby,
just blame it on
That's all I wanna do baby,
is just blame it on
You