[Intro: D'Wayne Wiggins]
To the T-O-N-Y, T-O-N-I, T-O-N-slash-E
Ha ha, that's me
Ha ha, that's me
Ha ha, that's me
Ha ha, that's me

[Verse 1: D'Wayne Wiggins]
Individually picking out the brothers that jam
Commonly known are people like Sly and Graham
Something kinda special about the grooves they wrote
They all had the flavor of the Oakland Stroke
That's the bass drum kickin', the high-hat lickin'
A groove so hard it makes your feet kickin'
To a dope groove, I mean, a fresh groove
It's a guaranteed hit to make your body move
Others try to hang but they just can't cope
They must come to realize, it's the Oakland Stroke

[Chorus: D'Wayne Wiggins, Vanessa Williams]
(Uh-huh, uh-huh)
You can't cope with thе Oakland Stroke
(Uh-huh, uh-huh)
You can't cope with the Oakland Strokе
(Uh-huh, uh-huh)
You can't cope with the Oakland Stroke
(Uh-huh, uh-huh)
You can't cope with the Oakland Stroke
[Verse 2: D'Wayne Wiggins]
If you get the nerve then you might wanna try
You can't hang, you're getting mud in your eye
So don't even flirt or you might get hurt
And you'll wind up looking like dirt
From a dope groove, I mean, a fresh groove
It's a guaranteed hit to make your body move
Others try to hang but they just can't cope
When are they going to realize, it's the Oakland Stroke

[Chorus: D'Wayne Wiggins, Vanessa Williams]
(Uh-huh, uh-huh)
You can't cope with the Oakland Stroke
(Uh-huh, uh-huh)
You can't cope with the Oakland Stroke
(Uh-huh, uh-huh)
You can't cope with the Oakland Stroke
(Uh-huh, uh-huh)
You can't cope with the Oakland Stroke
(Uh-huh, uh-huh)
You can't cope with the Oakland Stroke
(Uh-huh, uh-huh)
You can't cope with the Oakland Stroke
(Uh-huh, uh-huh)
You can't cope with the Oakland Stroke
(Uh-huh, uh-huh)
You can't cope with the Oakland Stroke
(Uh-huh, uh-huh)
You can't cope with the Oakland Stroke
[Verse 3: D'Wayne Wiggins]
To sum it up, all I'm really trying to say
Is that the Oaktown brothers like to do it one way
Funky, greasy, nasty, hard
And never once do we drop our guard
When the bass starts lickin', the high-hats kick in
The guaranteed hit to make feet start kickin'
Others wanna hang, they can't cope
It's the Oakland Stroke

[Chorus: D'Wayne Wiggins, Vanessa Williams]
You can't cope with the Oakland Stroke
(Uh-huh, uh-huh)
You can't cope with the Oakland Stroke
(Uh-huh, uh-huh)
You can't cope with the Oakland Stroke
(Uh-huh, uh-huh)

[Outro: D'Wayne Wiggins, Vanessa Williams]
Now we gon' ride it out this way
You can't cope with the Oakland Stroke
You can't cope with the Oakland Stroke
You can't cope with the Oakland Stroke
You can't cope, you can't cope
You can't cope with the Oakland Stroke
(Uh-huh, uh-huh)
You can't cope with the Oakland Stroke
(Uh-huh, uh-huh)
You can't cope with the Oakland Stroke
(Uh-huh, uh-huh)
You can't cope with the Oakland Stroke
(Uh-huh)
Oakland
(Uh-huh, uh-huh)
Oakland
(Uh-huh, uh-huh)
(Uh-huh, uh-huh)
You can't cope with the Oakland Stroke
(Uh-huh, uh-huh)
You can't cope with the Oakland Stroke
You can't cope with the Oakland Stroke
(Uh-huh, uh-huh)
You can't cope with the Oakland Stroke
[Instrumental Break]

You can't cope with the Oakland Stroke