The song was originally released on the Treat 'Em Right EP released in late 1990, which charted at #73 on the Billboard 200 and #22 on the R&B Albums. The song was then included on the Chubb Rock album The One and then was released as the album's lead single, becoming a transatlantic hit, charting at #67 on the UK Singles Chart and #95 on the Billboard Hot 100, #33 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks, #32 on the Dance Music/Club Play Singles, #11 on the Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales and #1 on the Hot Rap Singles, where it spent three weeks at the top of the chart in March 1991 and was the first of four #1s on that chart, ending up at the top of the end-of-year Hot Rap Singles. In addition, the song was voted at #82 on VH1's 100 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs.

Steve 'Flash' Juon of RapReviews.com said that the song "bridged the gap between boom bap and new jack beautifully. An uptempo booming bass background met with swing, married it, and produced a top ten hit as its offspring", adding that "his skillful rap lyrics were tinged with a sense of humility almost out of proportion to the star he was", that "the pulsating beat and message pulled party people out onto the dancefloor" and that "after a long synthesizer breakdown, you almost think the song is over, then all of a sudden Chubb crashes through your wall Kool-Aid style with one more dope verse that ends with "just treat me right, peace.""

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