Released: August 24, 1991

Songwriter: Larry Mizell Fonce Mizell Freddie Perren Deke Richards Berry Gordy Kay Gee Treach

Producer: Kay Gee Naughty By Nature

[Intro: Treach]
Arm me with harmony
Dave, drop a load on 'em!

[Verse 1: Treach]
O.P.P., how can I explain it? I'll take it, frame by frame it
To have y'all all jumping, shouting, saying it
O is for "other," P is for "people's," scratch your temple
The last P, well, that's not that simple
It's sort of like, well another way to call a cat a kitten
It's five little letters that are missing here
You get on occasion if the other party isn't gaming(Uh)
It seems I gotta start the explaining, bust it
You ever had a girl and met her on a nice hello
You get her name and number and then left feeling 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, a 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 what 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 getting a
Who think it's wrong 'cause I was splitting and co-hitting 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

[Hook]
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.? (All the homies!)

[Verse 2: Treach]
Well, for the ladies O.P.P. means something gifted
The first two letters' 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 rhyming with "cleanness" or "meanness"
I won't get into that, I'll do it ah sort of properly
I'll say the last P, hmmm, 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 looked 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 then y'all could throw that skeleton bone right in the closet do'
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

[Hook]
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.? (All the ladies!)

[Verse 3: Treach]
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've been the way she hit the ceiling
'cause after that she kept on coming back and catching 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 got 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 OPP, 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 ain't going to admit it
When O.P.P. comes, damn skippy, I'm with it

[Hook]
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.? (This whole party!)

[Outro: Treach]
Break It Down!

Naughty By Nature

Naughty by Nature is a hip hop trio from East Orange, New Jersey. The group consists of rappers Treach and Vin Rock, and their producer DJ Kay Gee. DJ Kay Gee left the group in 2000 due to financial issues.

The group has Grammy-nominated works like “O.P.P.”, “Hip Hop Hooray” and “Feel Me Flow”. They have also won a Grammy for their hit album Poverty’s Paradise.