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Salt-N-Pepa Lyrics

I'm your honey dipper so you say you know

Then you react and attack every flirt and ho

But oh no you gots to go now bro

To and fro unh unh no more

So just walk out the door and be out like Margetta

I've been through this before but now I think I better

Kick ya to the curb 'cause this hurts word

You dis and want to kiss? Now that's absurd

Yo Spinderella ain't the kind type to be pulled down, ya know

Before I go out I go blow-for-blow

So tell those hos that sittin' there waitin' by the phone

That they can have you 'cause you's gone

CHORUS

All you gotta do is just step-step

Me and you, we're through so just step-step

All you gotta do is just step-step

I hate to be ya

I'm not the one to be gone

You better go out and get someone else, hon

Who can eat your lies when you feed it to her

And take that little thumb when you give me to her

'cause you was packin' now you're lackin'

You used to be stackin' when you was the mackin'

But that's alright, it's a small thing, a small thing

A two-minute brother, girls, I stress a small thing

Yo, back to the track in the matter

I don't need to see you think you're all of thatta

Regardless of you my purse and pockets will be fatter

I leaved ya flat, I leave ya flat, I left ya flatter

CHORUS

I wouldn't take ya back if ya paid me

It was so sweet, oh no, I can't believe ya played me

I'll admit you pulled it off kinda well

But guess what? I did it, too, so what the hell?

You reap what you sow, you know, you know how that go

I know you're kinda shocked, but it was you who showed me so

Swallow your pride, take it in, be a man

I understood, now you understand

That the minute you started showing me neglect

Is the same minute I started feeling the effect

Why I held it in I didn't want to accept

That it could be over just for cheap sex

Experience is what we need to learn from

I know we all made mistakes, but you're a big one

So to the lucky man who's up next

Either treat me right or just step (step-step)

CHORUS

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, OLE MEDIA MANAGEMENT LP, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: CHRIS BRAIDE, TEBEY OTTOH, GABRIELLA ELLIS

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Salt-N-Pepa is an American rnb and hip-hop group, consisting of Cheryl James and Sandy Denton ("Salt" and "Pepa", respectively), and Deidre "Dee Dee" Roper (DJ Spinderella). They debuted with "The Show Stopper", a response record to Doug E. Fresh & Slick Rick's "The Show". It was an underground hit and Salt-N-Pepa signed to Next Plateau. Their debut LP was Hot, Cool & Vicious (1986, which was produced by Salt's then-boyfriend, Hurby Azor, the group's manager, and he received songwriting credit for the album, though this was later disputed. Read Full BioSalt-N-Pepa is an American rnb and hip-hop group, consisting of Cheryl James and Sandy Denton ("Salt" and "Pepa", respectively), and Deidre "Dee Dee" Roper (DJ Spinderella). They debuted with "The Show Stopper", a response record to Doug E. Fresh & Slick Rick's "The Show". It was an underground hit and Salt-N-Pepa signed to Next Plateau. Their debut LP was Hot, Cool & Vicious (1986, which was produced by Salt's then-boyfriend, Hurby Azor, the group's manager, and he received songwriting credit for the album, though this was later disputed. According to AMG it also featured DJ Pamela Green, though they do not include her in their list of credits, and neither does the album sleeve.

Hot, Cool & Vicious received little attention until a San Francisco DJ named Cameron Paul created a remix of "Push It" (The b-side to "Tramp"). Mr. Paul's remix of "Push It", rereleased as a single, quickly became a national hit and was nominated for a Grammy, pushing both the single and LP to Platinum album status.

They released A Salt With a Deadly Pepa, which was only a minor hit, though it featured "Shake Your Thang". Their third original LP, Blacks Magic, which received generally positive reviews and expanded Salt-N-Pepa's fanbase among hip hop fans using more R&B. It included "Let's Talk About Sex", one of their biggest songs.

Salt-N-Pepa left Next Plateau and the influence of Azor released "Very Necessary", a largely self-produced album in 1993 (see 1993 in music), and it performed very well on the charts, buoyed by "Shoop" and "Whatta Man" (with En Vogue). In 1994, they appeared in the motion picture "Who's The Man?".

The less commercially successful single "None of Your Business," won the Grammy for Best Rap Performance in 1995. Since Very Necessary, both Salt and Pepa have focused primarily on their acting careers. They released their final album "Brand New" in 1997.

Despite their girl group beginnings, Salt-N-Pepa insist that they wrote many of the lyrics on their first album, and by Blacks Magic they displayed a sex positive, and responsible, feminism, and are often seen as innovators or role models.

In March 1999, Salt-N-Pepa embarked on their final live tour. Pepa (Sandy Denton) married Treach of Naughty By Nature on July 27, 1999. Salt-N-Pepa's greatest-hits album, entitled Salt-N-Pepa: The Best Of was released on January 25, 2000. Treach and Pepa were divorced on July 31, 2001. The group officially disbanded in 2002. Upon disbanding, Salt (Cheryl James) claimed she had become a born-again Christian, and would no longer be involved in hip-hop. However, all that changed when Cheryl announced that she would be releasing her first solo cd "Salt of the Earth" which later changed to "Salt Unrapped".

Cheryl James and Sandy Denton appeared on VH1's Hip Hop Honors in November 2004 without Spinderella. They did not perform.

In March 2005, it was announced that Sandy Denton would join Jose Canseco, Bronson Pinchot, Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth, Caprice Bourret, Janice Dickinson, and Carey Hart on the 5th season of the VH1 series The Surreal Life.

Salt-N-Pepa reunited on September 22, 2005, and gave their first performance in six years. They sang Whatta Man, along with En Vogue, as a part of VH1's Hip Hop Honors program.