Arm me with harmony

Dave, drop a load on 'em

O.P.P., how can I explain it?

I'll take you frame by frame it

To have y'all all jumpin', shoutin', sayin' it

O is for other, P is for people, scratch your temple

The last P, well, that's not that simple, uh

It's sorta like well, another way to call a cat a kitten

It's five little letters that are missin' here

You get it on occasion if the other party isn't gaming

It seems I gotta start the explainin'

Bust it

You ever had a girl and met her on a nice hello

You get her name and number and then you feelin' real mellow

You get home, wait a day, she's what you wanna know about

Then you call up and it's her girlfriend's or her cousin's house

It's not a front, F to the R to the O to the N to the T

It's just her boyfriend's at her house

(Oh, that's why she's scary)

It's O.P.P. time, other people's, but you get it

There's no room for relationship, there's just room to hit it

How many brothers out there know just what I'm gettin' at?

Who thinks it's wrong 'cause I'm splittin' and co-hittin' that?

Well if you do, that's O.P.P and you're not down with it

But if you don't, here's your membership

You down with O.P.P.?

(Yeah you know me)

You down with O.P.P.?

(Yeah you know me)

You down with O.P.P.?

(Yeah you know me)

Who's down with O.P.P.?

(Every last homie)

You down with O.P.P.?

(Yeah you know me)

You down with O.P.P.?

(Yeah you know me)

You down with O.P.P.?

(Yeah you know me)

Who's down with O.P.P.?

(Come on, come on, come on, let me show you what it's all about)

(All the homies)

For the ladies, O.P.P means something gifted

The first two letters are the same

But the last is something different

It's the longest, loveliest, lean, I call it the leanest

It's another five letter word rhymin' with cleanest and meanest

I won't get into that, I'll do it, ah, sorta properly

I'll say the last P, hmm, stands for property

Now lady, here comes a kiss

Blow a kiss back to me, now tell me exactly

Have you ever known a brother who had another like a girl or wife?

And you just had to stop a toast 'cause he look just that nice

You looked at him, he looked at you and you knew right away

He had someone but he was gonna be yours anyway

You couldn't be seen with him at all and still you didn't care

'Cause in a room behind a door, no one but y'all are there

When y'all are finished, y'all can leave and only y'all would know

And y'all could throw the skeleton bone right in the closet door

Now don't be shy 'cause if you're down, I want your hands up high

Say, "O.P.P." (O.P.P.) I like to say with pride

Now when you do it, do it well and make sure that it counts

You're now down with a discount

You down with O.P.P.?

(Yeah you know me)

You down with O.P.P.?

(Yeah you know me)

You down with O.P.P.?

(Yeah you know me)

Who's down with O.P.P.?

(Every last lady)

You down with O.P.P.?

(Yeah you know me)

You down with O.P.P.?

(Yeah you know me)

You down with O.P.P.?

(Yeah you know me)

Who's down with O.P.P.?

(Come on, come on, come on, let me show you what it's all about)

(All the ladies)

A scab tried to O.P.P. me

I had a girl and she knew that matter of fact

Her and my girl was partners that had a fall-out

Disagreement, yeah an argument

She tried to do me so we did it in my apartment, bust it

That wasn't the thing, it must have been the way she hit the ceiling

'Cause after that she kept on coming back and catchin' feelings

I said, "Let's go, my girl is coming so you gotta leave"

She said, "Oh no, I love you Treach" I said, "Now child please"

You gots to leave, come grab your coat, right now you gotta go

I said, "Now look, you choose the stairs or choose the stair window

This was a fling, a little thing, you shouldn't have brought your heart

'Cause you know I was O.P.P., hell, from the very start"

Come on, come on, now let me tell you what it's all about

When you get down, you can't go 'round runnin' off at the mouth

That's rule number one in this O.P.P. establishment

You keep your mouth shut and it won't get back to her or him

Exciting, isn't it? A special kinda business

Many of you will catch the same sorta O.P.P. messing with

Him or her, for sure, I'm going to admit it

When O.P.P. comes, damn, skippy I'm with it

You down with O.P.P.?

(Yeah you know me)

You down with O.P.P.?

(Yeah you know me)

You down with O.P.P.?

(Yeah you know me)

Who's down with O.P.P.?

(This whole party)

You down with O.P.P.?

(Yeah you know me)

You down with O.P.P.?

(Yeah you know me)

You down with O.P.P.?

(Yeah you know me)

Who's down with O.P.P.?

(Come on, come on, come on, let me show you what it's all about)

(This whole party)

Break it down