Released: August 5, 1995

Featuring: Diddy

Songwriter: Diddy Oji Pierce Montell Jordan

Producer: George Reid Diddy

[Intro: Montell Jordan & Puff Daddy]
Yo, Puff man, are you going to make something dope? (No questions)
This is how we do it!
This is how we do it!
This is how we do it!
This is how we do it!

[Verse 1: Montell Jordan]
This is how we do it
It's Friday night, and I feel alright
The party is here on the West Side
So I reach for my 40 and I turn it up
Designated driver, take the keys to my truck
Hit the 'shaw cause I'm faded
Honies in the street say, "Monty, yo, we made it!"
It feels so good in my hood tonight
The summertime skirts and the guys in Kani
All the gangbangers forgot about the drive-by
You gotta get your groove on, before you go get paid
So tip up your cup and throw your hands up
And let me hear the party say

[Chorus: Montell Jordan]
This is how we do it! (Rollin through my hood)
This is how we do it! (You know the flava is also good)
This is how we do it! (To all the neighbors who got much flava)
This is how we do it!

[Verse 2: Montell Jordan & Puff Daddy]
This is how we do it, all hands are in the air
And wave them from here to there
If you're an O.G. mack or a wannabe player
You see the hood's been good to me
Ever since I was a lower-case g
But now I'm a big G (Hey yo Montell, take me to the bridge)

[Bridge: Montell Jordan]
If you were from where I'm from then you would know
That I gotta get mine in a big black truck
You can get yours in a '64
Whatever it is, the party's underway
So tip up your cup and throw your hands up
And let me hear the party say...

[Chorus 2x]

[Interlude: Puff Daddy]
New York, just bounce come on!
L.A., just bounce come on!
Atlanta, just bounce come on!
D.C., just bounce come on!
Detroit, just bounce come on!
Miami, just bounce come on!
Texas, just bounce come on!
Come on!

[Bridge]

[Chorus 2x]

[Outro]
This is how we do it!
This is how we do it!
This is how we do it!
This is how we do it!

Montell Jordan

Montell Du'Sean Barnett (born December 3, 1968 in Los Angeles, CA), known professionally as Montell Jordan, is an American singer, songwriter and record producer, best known for his 1995 single “This Is How We Do It”.

Jordan was the primary male solo artist on Def Jam’s Def Soul imprint until leaving the label in 2003.

In 2010, Jordan left the music business to become the worship leader at Victory World Church in Norcross, Georgia.