[ti:The Basement] [ar:Pete Rock] [al:Mecca And The Soul Brother] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Basement (feat. Heavy D, Rob-O, Grap & Dida) (LP版) - Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth/Grap/Dida/Heavy D/Rob-O [00:12.93]Ahh yeahh Feel the funk bay-beeee [00:25.87]That's right this is called The Basement [00:28.41]And my man CL Smooth kick it for you like this [00:31.15]From the Heights not what am I write [00:32.48]Simple I can do this [00:33.65]Like Popeye to Brutus I'm your host like a stewardess [00:36.38]Fly with the neighborhood hi-jackin fella [00:38.99]So prepare for landing and crash into a cellar [00:42.21]Bodies in the buddha cloud misty in the tune [00:44.87]Like a show all nights a figure eight in a lagoon [00:47.58]With Pete Rock the complete lock and beat stop [00:50.24]Now all the horny heffers wanna dangle on my *errr * [00:53.42]Down by the dungeon with the cracks on the wall [00:55.61]Buffoon I'm like a mink [00:56.97]While you're soon to pimp a raccoon stole [00:58.63]Vocal arrangement ready set to hit the pavement [01:01.66]But not before the kid leave The Basement [01:04.88]The Basement put the Funk in Grand [01:09.55]Here comes my man [01:11.69]My brother Grap Lover get wreck cousin c'mon [01:14.66]Call me the Grap Lover yes the younger Soul Brother [01:17.86]Keep your eyes on the prize cause you won't find another [01:20.18]When the funk is played the rhyme I display [01:23.45]Quick to bust a ditz so don't slip in the way [01:26.26]Of the kid with the flavor the party people saviour [01:28.90]Clockin all the honies eyes sharp like a razor [01:31.54]I kick a dance step you're soon to discover [01:34.59]Yo that's the kid from"Mecca and the Soul Brother" [01:37.60]Yeah once in a while I be with CL on the DL [01:40.38]Or I flow with Pete [01:41.31]And find my placement in the Basement [01:42.80]The Basement yes where the beats and the rhymes flow [01:45.77]Peace I gotta go Grapster's out the door of The Basement [01:49.07]Of the Basement Next we got a special guest [01:55.03]I ain't gonna tell you who it is [01:57.61]C'mon rap along [01:59.79]Tick tock tick things are getting thick [02:02.39]Here comes the Heavster and I know it makes ya - sick [02:05.09]To see a black man gettin paid on the regular [02:07.70]Car with the cellular fellas I'm telling ya [02:10.56]I got plots and plans pots and pans [02:13.12]Stocks and grands so make room for the big man [02:16.04]I walk the streets in peace and I'm never strapped [02:18.83]But I know a crew of Young Gunz that'll send you back [02:21.78]So easy does it on the DL [02:23.84]Peace to Pete Rock and the Mecca Don CL [02:26.74]Heavy D's on this track [02:28.29]Letting you know there's no replacement [02:29.87]Peace signin off [02:31.01]Check one two straight from The Basement [02:33.93]Straight from The Basement [02:35.90]I'm telling you now kid [02:39.37]It's crazy fat [02:40.97]I wonder who this is coming up [02:43.62]Fourth but not least the backbone of the Wig Out [02:46.60]Freestyle crazy hardcore no sellout [02:49.25]Speaking upon where I dwell from the dungeon [02:52.54]All over the U S states even London [02:54.81]Pasttime present black to the future [02:57.34]Swimmin in beats like a Dolphin so call me Don Shula [03:00.22]A Raider well like Art Shell crazy defense [03:02.92]A Pro Bowl with soul for local events [03:05.79]The crew name is CL Smooth and Pete Rock [03:08.43]Here to sail when I prevail and stare into the dock [03:11.17]The Pimp Daddy of the funk flavor catch you later [03:14.17]Clever like a secret agent coming from The Basement [03:16.86]That's right crazy funky [03:22.82]Aww my man [03:25.03]He's crazy funky his name is Rob-O check him out [03:28.52]Ali-kazaam you'll never guess what I am [03:30.93]Motto is that nothing ever changes but haircuts and kicks [03:33.52]To stacks of vocal breaks life pays when [03:35.97]Kid said"Pete makes beats in The Basement" [03:38.96]Cold hit the pavement over to the chill side [03:42.00]The real side the 7-7 hillside [03:44.75]I thought I'd just chill take a breath [03:47.24]Straight up Columbus Hill make a left [03:49.79]And get fixed plus the ghetto chicks got flicks [03:52.67]Of me stacks of kicks my joint's bumpin lovely [03:55.61]Walking down the street much props on the centeryell [03:58.52]I hear voices saying [03:59.83]"That's Rob-O'Dingo in The Basement" [04:02.03]Ahh ha ha ha Hah yeah This is funky [04:06.94]I can feel it [04:08.86]My man from the Vernon his name is Di-da make it raw [04:12.63]Fly like an eagle a seagull [04:14.18]Always into something like Snoopy the Beagle [04:17.64]People grab a tight hold of the sound [04:20.45]Hard snatching raw papes off the shelves [04:23.29]Blowing up spots from state to state [04:25.80]I'm coming to town but you just can't wait [04:28.54]Check the station for conversation at six-block [04:31.59]Uno here to put suckers in the mix [04:34.32]I get deeper than oceanography [04:36.81]Thinking of crazy sh*t like psychology [04:39.54]So speak the piece then slide like grease [04:42.27]The beat is fat but the rhyme is obese in The Basement [04:45.87]In The Basement is where I dwell [04:49.93]Check the MC's swell [04:52.90]Cause I am crazy funky with CL Smooth [04:59.79]My man Rob-O G-R baby pah [05:07.36]The Heavster my brother Grap Lover [05:11.26]Everybody