The Main Ingredient

Pete Rock And Cl Smooth The Main Ingredient Lyrics
1.In The House

Hit the lights and i appear beyond the stratosphere of meccable
function
And if you're pretty let your lady sleep in carmel city
Begin and end the day on lennon hunts for beachfronts
To lit blunts, now all agreed we're sippin oj with the dom p
Bounce and bring it like it counts to be luccified
Cl is sextified and women spell me nationwide
You say you want my lips where and i can grab your what?
I love your hips legs breasts faces with the firm butt
Now feel the muscle when i hustle in the bedsheets
Cause my manly treats can hit the fridge for more sweet
Splash, and let me do my thing til it's hot and sweaty
Reload the camcorder, i guess by then you'll be ready
Cause all my children got one life to live
But knockin wifey out the box is clearly a negative
I'm in rugged wears with fancy facial wears
And all the real shit come in pairs, and bounce em in the house
y'all

{q-tip sample} pete rock, is in the house.. cl, is in the
house.. (4x)

Back again, i'm here to win, to bust rhymes on beats again
Copycats and rugrats, sit back and watch a champion
It's time to wreck shop and show the world i'm true to hip-hop
So check the style and peace to niggaz in the penile
Now umm, it's the original funky chicken tactic
I run game on your brain for the fame cause i'm active
You try to follow in my footsteps, you can't do it
I'm pullin your card it ain't hard, i don't have to prove it
It's pete rock and cl smooth to the utmost
From coast to coast, the music makes you overdose
You fiend, for the gangsta lean, i makes you scream
Rugged bro soul on the scene
A.k.a. the funk doer, numero uno, that means
Number one i get the job done plus i pack a gun
So run, and tell your peoples you'll be on the lookout
It's all about 'who's in the house?' with the funk

{q-tip sample} pete rock, is in the house.. cl, is in the
house.. (4x)

Money up steps the new era of my lyrical terror
Funkadelic for lightin up spots ever since little tots
When the dust settle i'm packin heavy metal plenty
The drop'll slaughter many, strictly off illegal entry
It's elementary watson, i drive a benz not a datsun
Before my kicks hit the stage, we've been foot lock-in
Body rockin to keep the ladies flockin with a concoction
Rippin your blouse for no less than arrest in morehouse
My teeth prints where my knife slits, we train em
And scar em like pits, off vibes of the mecca joint
Vibe to position, never runnin out of ammunition
Now to the heart, i'm steppin with a concealed weapon
Nothing's calm when the bomb blaze you know the phrase
It's pete rock and cl smooth knockin nowadays
Eastside kid, you don't want none, so catch a relay
I'm lettin off on anybody tryin to steal my dj

{q-tip sample} pete rock, is in the house.. cl, is in the
house.. (4x)
{q-tip sample} check it out, give me my 'spect (8x)
{q-tip sample} pete rock, is in the house.. cl, is in the
house.. (10x)


2.Carmel City

Let me take you on a journey through carmel city
Where cl's god, and the ladies gotta hit me off
Ballin on the set now baby what's the matter?
When all this is hot sex served on a platter?

Enter my flow so i can hit this show with somethin rugged
It's mainly how all the honies dug it
Like every single day and, bounce around the way and
Chicks are never waitin when the bodies start marinatin
We expand in player's land to unknowns
To turn my stumbling blocks, into my stepping stones
The pound donna karan new york down found
Where there can be no type of slackin in your mackin
The whole agenda is for me to decide; the major hustle
Is god, when brothers coincide, with the bonafide
Cl smooth, you know the mecca don
With lovers only for me, in carmel city

Top notch, butterscotch, lyrics hits the mode
To make the most gorgeous women wanna get nude
Your eyes stay glued, when this is poppin word is bond
Wifey's gone, now i'm about to get my swerve on
Lay my clothes across the bed, cause i'm here to make a point
Plenty chips, got me ballin in a hot joint
Respect the sextafied aura you could never take light
It's like bringin a knife to a gunfight
My large releases got me mixin with the dimepieces
And down to rival one of uncle l's little nieces
In my palace of pleasure, everything is done properly
And if you didn't know, you better ask somebody
Right now, the players are the power structure
Check the roly-poly, now it's time you see the brother
Cl smooth, you know the mecca don
With lovers only for me, in carmel city

It's freaktacular, wasn't hard to get em out the blouse
If only wifey knew, hubby got a stash house
And what moves your man got with so much emphasis
Maybe one or two many get ridiculous
So scandalous, the honey arrives with her crew
And now they're talkin bout comin back withoutchu
Yeah my boys are ballin, here's the raw deal:
Come to my house, you gotta get naked for real
Indulgin, my peoples said let's have a talk
About the time my lady's plane hit new york
I'm bailin off the set, headin for the crib g
Cause i'm the first thing the woman wanna see
Take a hot shower, slip on some linen
Now it's a new time, a new day, a new beginnin
Cl smooth, you know the mecca don
With lovers only for me, in carmel city


3.I Get Physical

It's going down from out of town
Off the wicked streets of new york trouble
Me and my man map the plan and make a hefty bundle
Blessin weight to listen to greats from the bassment gates
Makin the dubplates that cause quakes in other states
My soldiers guzzle 40's with the shorties workin the scenes
In tight jeans that blows all your boyfriends to smithereens
On a scout to get humped out from the zone, bumpin babyface
When everything's live, i let my boo drive
Now do my hot shells ring bells and my knockouts settle beef
Any last requests? you better make it brief
Kid from 'life sucks' to 'major bucks' while pete rocks
Control blocks from ballplayers to corner hustlers
Here come the spark brothers, many retire when i open fire
Droppin smooth synthetic, the physical's mental
But the outcome is energetic
Larger clientele, drops by the cl, the spiritual
To set it one time on the physical

* pete rock cuts n scratches
'i get physical, mystical, very artistical' *

You must be silly my soul is bigger than willie to shock a city
With some of the mecca-fied joint at the boiling point
Makin stable moves, wrestling grooves, here comes the pain
My style's invisible knives, slicin to the root of your brain
Funk locks when the terror come to box from the pete rizzocks
Knocks the ghetto blaster funkin full fashion
Now dames kick the sham real slow, talkin the shopping's urgent
There hasn't been that much scheamin since eve met the serpent
My love rules daisy duke's amused
Check the view of the issue my flexin bounce to your body tissue
You know the iceberg slim, dig it daddy, let the click grows
Exotic to my foes, how i pimp these hoes
Don't be surprised, you get tysonized, the ultimate test
Is like sweet pea spankin all of chavez best
Blessed on a lyrical slugfest, cause every round's critical
One blow that kept the dough physical

* pete rock cuts n scratches
'i get physical, mystical, very artistical' *

You better brace yourself, in other words, fasten seatbelts
When the carmel melts, you love spots in your poom poom shorts
No one can rock me and my latest aristocracy of funktasia
I represent the full intent to bring the flavor
Head or gut, steady layin in the cut, fool it's mine kid
For niggaz doin a master race scarface bid
Maintain god, and keep it all solid
From the overlord adolpho muhammad
To game written twenty years down the line still hittin
Makin arena sites rougher than the hockey fights
It's just one of those nights, topsy turvy like a roller derby
Style is comin sturdy any way you wanna work me
Check the bizarre and hear a star, with so much
Chocolate over the carmel, we need to own a candy bar
But before we merc, run the drill i get physical
Mystical, very artistical

* pete rock cuts n scratches
'i get physical, mystical, very artistical' *


4.Sun Won't Come Out

Open, sesame, steppin through the mist, it's the specialist
Comin to box, and flooded with rocks
We'll get down for mine, the kind that makes cement feel us
Standin in the company of killers
Follow my trail as i walk through the valley of death
Left, to fear no evil, cause what i grip is legal
I'm hot like yard, the point guard of this group, on the loop
Never your right, raising all your game type tonight
Entering the level of high gear
You'd think it took a bob marley spliff to get here
Front to rear god of the drugs that you're hearin
While my neighbors say we need to be jailed for rackateerin
Now appearin, pete rock and cl smooth, to the jugular
Now you got mecca and the soul brother
Slightly, you might raise a hair of doubt
But if we don't rock the spot, the sun won't come out

Check it out, without pete rock and cl smooth
Without _anger in the naion_
Yo, without _mecca and the soul brother_
You know the sun won't come out
Without pete rock and cl smooth
You know we can't _reminisce_
If we don't _straighten it out_
You know the sun won't come out

Un-chained heat, i hustle on the street or beat
To keep you on the edge of your seat, you consumer
A qb-like boomer, the ultimate team
But if i wake up in another woman's bed, i'ma scream
I'm settin up shop pop to overthrow castro
Chokin over noriega's garcia vegas
Guess who supplies the pies and dope triples
Now she leaks ass cheeks, pearly whites and titty nipples
Would cl ever trick loot on pc?
Even if i never had sonny boy i disagree
Cut the small talk, i give more marks than a school of sharks
On attack, so keep your ass back
When it's wack you get a thumbs down, another record deal wasted
Listen man, find another occupation man
Here's the persuasion, blazin one amazin route that's all
about..
.. 'the sun won't come out'

Yo, so check it out, with pete rock and cl smooth
You gotta _act like you know_
_if it ain't rough, it ain't right_ kid
You know the sun won't come out
Without pete rock and cl smooth
You can't _reminisce_ to _t.r.o.y._
If we don't _straighten it out_
You know the sun won't come out

I rule chicks off acoustics, watchin the knicks
We up ten, but need to stop shootin bricks
Put the jailhouse funk in under stars
Til the lines on my looseleaf, look like some metal bars
My forecast hits a megablast, and what i invent
A pack of bloodhounds could never get the scent
Payin off the beast now my bills increase
If there's a five dollar rock sold in the park i want a piece
The sun won't come out, unless the crowd start this
Cause if it was my choice, you all dance in darkness
Cause any verse rips a total eclipse for sun rays
Anyways was the phrase back in my younger days (so check it out)
Now the god displays the attribute, dealin with heat
From the bassment, enterin the streets you meet
Pete rock and cl smooth and when you see what it's about
You know the sun came out, now pass my shades

Yo, without pete rock and cl smooth
Without _anger in the nation_
Yo, without _mecca and the soul brother_
You know the sun won't come out
Without pete rock and cl smooth
You gotta _act like you know_
_if it ain't rough it ain't right_ kid
You know the sun won't come out
Without pete rock and cl smooth
We can't _reminisce_
Yo, if we don't _straighten it out_
You know the sun won't come out
Without pete rock and cl smooth
Without _ghettoes of the mind_
If you know what i'm talkin about
You know the sun won't come out, so check it

One two, pete rock and cl smooth for ninety-four
Breakin you off somethin proper
Check it, peace y'all


5.I Got A Love

What's goin on baby?
Ain't nuttin - it's cl smooth
Sextafied everyday; you gotta know that this live
Let's get right to it

Chorus: repeat 2x

'i've got the love..'
'put the boogie back in, for me and the crew and' -> biz
'i've got the love..'
'i'm like tellin you straight on up' -> biz

Feel the vibe, when it's bumpin in my tribe, steps the
goodfellas
Live on screen now you protect the black queen
Takin my time from the black on black crime
Cause the night mecca hits, victoria runs out of secrets
Doin trials in latex lifestyles boo; i make you
Call my name, and ask who it belongs to
Brand new, with cl, in carmel, livin well
And never cease to flip the hottest dimepiece
Now the legend increase into a great, truly mecca made
So in every escapade there's a panty raid
You know the rules, slippin off them ewes; then we can settle
With the woman that can take me to that next level
Lay down the guns and make sons we can teach
From the horseback rides, and the walks on the beach
And if you got pretty feet i won't cheat
I'm into strictly black pearls when i rocket y'all to different
worlds

Chorus

You want a slow wind under my ceilin fan, read books
And beat me at chess, but as for rockin you, who's the best?
It's all good and correct with no disrespect
Skirt chasin hits, takin love to digable planets
Be wise and recognize, i'd rather show than tell
Who got the clout to stop fakin me all out
Ease your troubles, place your body in the bubbles
Dimepieces fit around the cutie she run with
Embrace the mood, thinkin totally nude with no limits
Goin through every position within five minutes
Now how we did it got a lot of honies with it
Love is urban now fitted showin nothin but the belly button
Many parlay, and peel off lingerie
So when they come pick the one you could learn from
So feel the beat in three-peat like jordan got wings
Cause i'm doin them things, listen

Chorus

At last come the goodies, every woman got a love
Hot with all that sex appeal for real, can i hit that?
I'm warmer than your triple-goose with hands like a masseuse
Don't play; cause i'm the hood your mama loves anyway
My heart flips when you take long business trips
I want a divorce, no i think i wanna see your boss
Check you later honey, searchin in your coach bag for money
Before you leave, i hug you til you can't breathe
We kool and the gang, and kick slang, baby call in sick
But you kiss me goodbye, and said, 'i don't trick'
She's so thick, and god is my witness
Sometimes you just can't believe that i'm gettin this
Rewind off the pete rock design
I want a cutie with a ageless body and timeless mind
The kind that when i wine and dine she pay the bill
Cause it don't cost much to go dutch baby

Chorus (4x, second time with variations)


6.Escape

Check the verse in the bible says man shall never covet
But in your life you put nothing above it, you seem to love it
Invest some stocks to clock what's in my stable
Sweating me like cain sweating abel, you're unstable
You couldn't speak, now what's the fake frown for?
The jealousy, that's why you're feeling so insecure
Used to be by my side but now all i see is pride
On the quest to make lucci, got you open wide
It feels funny, cause it never used to be that way
Remember pr back in the day?
Hey, the number's changed and the crib's a little fatter
But if you was real, you'd see it really wouldn't matter
Check the stat in fact yo, don't ever try to peep this
Don't mistake my kindness for a weakness
The name is pete rock, i'll take you higher than the lism
I'm on a exodus, escapism

Yo, check it out
I like to rhyme, no time for silly head games
Strictly known for busting up your head frames
But skins bold, act like they want to know a nigga
Break they neck to show they figure
But yo, you can't gas me up, you can't hype me
Play it cool when it comes to schooling wifey
On the ways of life it's life, checks, and big money
So the next kid will be up on your honey
Sexing your honey, flexing your benz and your money
Playing you like a crash test dummy, so take it from me
Cause when it happens don't say i never told you so
Peep the verbal lessons in the flow
And ayo, you know they style, and yeah i'm here to warn ya
Getting shaky cause i'm coming up on ya
It's pete rock and c.l. smooth on a major pape mission
Rising to the top, escapism

I'm sitting back, i got the funk on cruise
While you snooze pete rock is steady paying his dues
Putting styles on lock and making beats by the bundle
Scooping more props than bryant gumbal, and staying humble
But then you go and have to act that way
I just hit you off the other day!
But this is sick, cause here you come with your crew of
derelicts
Talking about you need a pair of kicks, or this or that
You hang around cause the pockets are fat
But when i'm on 'e' yo, you ain't trying to check for me
You got more game than rugby
You're only stressing the name now that the papes is flowing
lovely
So stop searching for idealism
And check the off-beat flow of the soul brother with the realism
Shedding some light just like a prism
You can't wait, you can't fake it, escapism


7.The Main Ingredient

One two, one two y'all
One two, check it out
Got my man cl
Can't forget my man, cee-lo
Can't forget money earnin', mount vernon
Can't forget new roch'
Can't forget westchester
Can't forget umm.. cl, hit me off

Feel the funk by the rap czars in sports cars
Comin atcha now you listen at the feet of a master
Caution, not wheel of fortune, here's a portion
Of untamedness, approachin famous, for miscellaneous
The track get crackin though, unexplainable
When i ground a jewel, sound is simply uncontainable
Release my soul, but never make the mistake
And play me like a stone cold fruitcake man
Cause you can never fathom g the dough we want so
My flow's the steadiest, to never leave us penniless
Come on down to the very necessary legendary
Well the more the merry stickin women type of villian
The evidence relentless, i ride to see you magnatized
Mecca to begin you're locked in no doubt
The label better push this, so we can pay the rent
You can season the pot well, but here's the main ingredient

The main ingredient y'all
The main ingredient
Yo, the main ingredient y'all
The main ingredient
Yo, the main ingredient y'all
The main ingredient
The main ingredient y'all
Yo, the main ingredient, kick it cl

I know you wonder what kind of way is that to think:
Put all the wackest rappers on a boat and let it sink
Don't blink; next thing you see you spot is taken
No jax i'm fakin' soldiers took the whole reservation
On a scale of one to ten, we move rather swiftly
Want a dimepiece but we'll settle for an eight-fifty
Don't blow mine, your trump card is exposed to pages
Now your beginning's already at the final stages
Pumpin like 12 gauges from a shotgun blast
I never saw people run so fast, aight?
Stay up all night, then sleep all day
Makin big lucci and would have it no other way
In conjunction, with the function, as stated
Orchestrated by the soul brother nickel plated
Tell the judge you were foolish, and try to be lenient
Cause you never had the the main ingredient

The main ingredient (7x)
Hit the third verse off kid

This cap is peeled layin joints like a minefield
When dynamite's my rhythm this is east coast terrorism
The vernon-ville's mecca don, formin voltron tactics
Let off three verses and the crowd panics
Get em all, the kingpin of the player's ball
Now every tramp in your camp's going awol
My lucci situation is a daily operation
On the strip, i refine you like tales from the crypt
Right here's the real shit, and all that other's counterfeit
Funk to let you know exactly what you're dealin with
P-r slash, c-l smash, love to spend cash
For proper livin, slidin up in wealthy women
Stick your hand in my pants, and grab the mic's no crime
Cause like sisters with voices, it's about time
For you to respect my whole foundation precisely
Be obedient, to the main ingredient

Yo, the main ingredient
The main ingredient
Yo, the main ingredient
The main ingredient (4x)
Check out the funk y'all
Mic check, one two
Cl smooth, and pete rock
Comin back, for ninety-four
Can't forget
Get on, to get on
It's time to get on, peace to i-n-i
Yeah, can't forget baby pah
Can't forget the whole roster
One two
Check it
It's the main ingredient y'all
The main ingredient y'all (4x)
The main ingredient, y'all (7x)
The main ingredient, bust it


8.Worldwide

Who keeps it methods and orthodox, who caught the props
Who's styles are shit, who's gonna rock?
On to the break of dawn, you wanna battle, pay the price
Mathematically precise, smooth and plus nice
With a flow that's like a mailman or letter carrier
Rob-o brings the ghetto area
Funk flavor through your neighborhood, state, town, or borough
Stay down, i don't think i'm quite thorough
Not your average rapper (listen)
Cause in a sec i write some shit to blast your wack ass to mecca
See rob's the most mecca
To grab the microphone and yes y'all it
To school these dreds and stress these bald heads
The ini's in the house (you don't stop)
Pete rock, grap luva, mark, and polo rising and you don't stop
We let the funk slide and let god be our guide
Flowing from the vernon worldwide

It's the funk god, taking you worldwide, so bust it
Flowing over beats cause it's a must, kid
That i proceed to fix the hardcore in the mix
Check one two with the flow that fits
I make the hits that soar, i put the wreck in the raw
'94 in your local record store
It's pete rock and cl, the main ingredient
Now leave your wack style home, cause you won't be needing it
I grab the mic and get wreck for real
You hear me on the wax, kid, you see me on the steel
Can you feel the funk as i inject?
Then god protect it, hold the mic, see i select it
To keep it crazy versatile
But still underground, packs the four pound cause it's wild
In this place you'll find it hard to hide
Soul brother and i'm going worldwide

Now who's the greatest? few debate this, you're still figuring?
Well perish the thought, there's none bigger in
This act son, mecca is all i attract
You're wack, son, yeah your talent's a fraction
While i'm nice, as christ, there's two religions
So envision a messiah on a mission, the competition
I'll stop your wishing point blank cause you lost it
Your joint sank, your soft style's exhausted
And now it's mandatory, you stand before me amazed and awed
Giving praise, you're the god
Rob cipher's born, most mecca supreme
A fly mc with the self-esteem
You keep it wholesome and still i relax a bit
I play your shit out like ??? cause my wig out has to hit
I'm steadily encouraging head bops while you're scurrying to get
props
I'm worldwide

Yo, check out the rhyme buster, pulling niggas through the
wringer
I'm not a singer, as i conduct with one finger
It's the orchestrater, mutilator, master funktator
I've got mad flow from here to asia
Cause i'll amaze ya with the skills that i possess
Knock out the rhymes with all the rest
So i suggest if you're in the way step aside
Cause pete rock is coming worldwide


9.All The Places

'all the places and spaces i've been' (repeat 4x)

Welcome to the zone where the strong only survive
Places i drive all the gangsters can't stay alive
Take my universal journey through the jungles of the hardest
town
Where my brothers lay their life down
You want something to play with?
Go find some toys when you mistake these grown men for little
boys
More real than what is real so feel i'm sending
Compare the god with no beginning and we'll have no ending
My blessed rings are down with the kings revalation
Had heard me on the run-dmc's reincarnation
Child abuse, women loose, robbery and triple homicide
Every where this black man resides still
Check the monolouge, i'm on a 6 a.m. jog
To regain my powers, do a set before the showers
I'm prime for the summertime, the big time bowler
But any season or reason we can't take it over

'all the places and spaces i've been' 'can you feel it?' (repeat
6x)

Are you ready for the legendary crazy rugged ?ready war?
Known to be the smooth that sat by the door
Furthermore, for you and i to click, here's the stats
Take all that dirty money, set the wash doors and laundromats
You love to gamble now we open an after-hours spot
20 sacks with the guiness for the jackpot
Members only, playing pool like willie marconi
With a tenderoni chatting about the gs i'm batting
I'm patting down with the sound of a general
Fully supplied by my ghettofied residential
We come to rebuild and turn off the heat now
Hoping we can take it back to yugenot street
Palled around the screen tv watching the fight
Tonight, cause if it ain't rough it ain't right
Ink tents in all of my circumference i connect
Now demanding all types of respect, can you dig it?

'all the places and spaces i've been' 'can you feel it?' (repeat
6x)

Travelling the warp speed we come to the peak
Like a missle i probe and seek, many can't critique
My physique is still solid, chiseled down to the very last
compound
I'm trying that chin, fool, where you been?
Still sliding girls in as soon as pops fall asleep
His game tight, set to flip a shorty late night
I like rocks and groupies, condo shows and cuties
The hottest cars and the strongest drinks at the bars
This is one of those joints that make you stand by the exits
Cause every time i'm yapping something crazy happens
Keep my tool in my baggy jeans rolling with sneaker feet
Who got a life term working for the firm
My labor's fruit off of business as usual
Plus my two clan band is making me a wealthy man
Now from where i stand, believe it's not a game
Pete rock and c.l. smooth's a household name

'all the places and spaces i've been' 'can you feel it?' (repeat
6x)


10.Tell Me

Tell me how you feel (hey hey hey)
It's time to get down and do this for real (repeat 4x)

There she lays, never the nonsense the mood to watch her focus
on and
Slide so she can ride the man who's born to be sextified
Study my flicks if only chicks knew the mix for better brands
When power lands the sister had other plans
The plot is set for her to wed giver her dad's permission
To marry the next boss in line in his position
Overprotective, the objective is never to leave her
Taking street, who pack the heat, now meet the black caesar
Bought her diamonds and furs, silky jammies isn't hers
But deep down i think a simple man she prefers
Every kiss was a death wish, every plan was a let down
Stopping in tears she pulls over by the playground
Clearing her vision, spots a game through the schoolyard fence
Sneakers squeeking, ball bouncing, looking so intense
And since her hobby was photography with nothing to do
Cool, she takes a flick or two

Tell me how you feel (hey hey hey)
It's time to get down and do this for real (repeat 4x)

A couple of weeks go by, clocking the boys around the town
Her mommy shopping, daddy dealing, leaving night all time around
For her to execute her a level to break the family ties
To gamble her future on the love, murder, money, and lies
Watch out, the woman's about to love and claim her king
So she drove up in the ghetto looking to do her thing
Checking the brothers going crazy when the car skirts by the
flow
I keep it real and peep it all from my window
So please, the lady's heading upstairs the first door
The second deliver my clothes, the third, run my tub water
Every way she represented made sense to me
When black is out of state, building spots, making lucci
The wind blows the candles, now the moon shines on my chest
But nevertheless i gently rest my head on her breast
But danger lurks in the wings based on how the cards read 'em
I think she'd better tell 'em

Tell me how you feel (hey hey hey)
It's time to get down and do this for real (repeat 4x)

The blackest of the seeds to dawn stepping with two briefcases
Son you bless your people when you conquer like hannibal
When i was about your age, i ran the numbers for money
I'm picturing him and john gotti hanging in the study
I grew to be large in crooklyn with your daddy back in the day
We were ready to take harlem before he passed away
Women and booze, the weapon i choose then was truly major
I'm ringside with don king when ali fought frazier
Scars and metals, when the mob settles i was flexing
My daughter was born so i called the x for some direction
Your father's words are like the bible to black
But beware, he came barging in your room and you wasn't there
You let your mind wander, taste and face the search party
Left the grounds fully loaded with the tre pound
Then come in deep on the creep to find you and me
Cause you can't stop destiny

Tell me how you feel (hey hey hey)
It's time to get down and do this for real (repeat 4x)


11.Take You There

Check it out
Ahh yeah
Back again with anotha hit, smash
Pete rock and cl smooth
We got the groove for you
So go call your crew
And let em know we in the house
Cl hit em off with the verses

Never judge a book by the cover; discover the soul brother
With the mecca don, workin brunette to blonde
How many edison con when i respond in full black
With us havin the vernon villians back to back
Amazing grace when i face the great paperchase
For real it's long overdue, so i don't wanna talk to you
I stroke the hell out of mademoiselle who insisted
Every night, she get her back twisted in the unlisted
I'm livin through my son so daddy see it this way
I want him in the nfl, his brother in the nba
No doubt i with a 'piece, down in mecca, all crazy
To the lady, none of this is make-believe
I breathe some of the most powerful lyrics of our century
Battle physically, conquer mentally
Essentially, you're dealing with a mecca affair
So anywhere you wanna go, y'know, i'll take you there

Chorus: unknown singer(s)

C.. l.. whatcha gonna do
You.. know.. you can make me boo
Ohh-ver.. and ohh-ver again
Come on, and take me there

Control now so in the future see me callin the shots
From larger plots to cash to mini-bikes and open mics
I'm blowin up spots for knots in the millenium years
And now i drop it on my peers, brings tears and fears
And now the question manifest in my only
My soldiers wear versace or the army fatigue
That brings a world of intrigue and glamour to my arsenal
Of gods, pimps to players and layers of decepticons
My whole mindstate gravitate to weapon
Makin people in the business get a misconception
It ain't hard to the core, it ain't sex on the beach
It's just another plateau the brothers have to reach
Emphatic with non-cypher, then we were broke and misguided
Try to gas me like hitler once we get divided
No question, you're dealing with a mecca affair
So anywhere you wanna go, i'll take you there

Chorus

Set it so i can make em all respect my fame
When brothers try to count all my chips in the game
Now let me civilize your foolish acts of gunplay
The plan of a stick man, the price in how to get away
Chose for negroes, the most hypnotical flows
On the planet, another east coast track rose, god damnit
My theme, to mainstream's the knocker
Only time i get right as block is when my lucci's on lock
Pretty much i'm comin through in the clutch see
My thought is a bombshell, built to only propel
Or is it just my style of hustle makin a mark
To rumble the playgrounds with more danger than jurassic park
It was dark, when i brought it to the light, despite
My staff's got me takin nothin but champagne baths
Now the aftermath's dealin with a mecca affair
So anywhere you wanna go, i'll take you there

Chorus

Just come on
Take me right where i wanna be
Come on
Come on to you and me
Come on
Oahahahohhahhh

Keep doin it baby
Check it out, bust it

Chorus 2x (second time with music, to fade)


12.Searching

You're everything that i dream about, talk about
Walk around and brag about, cause i don't give a damn about
What they say, what he say, or she say
I'm addicted like drugs to your loving, but hey
You got me strung like i'm young and it's crazy
You're making me nervous, i don't deserve this, i'm swayze
I wish i could be but you really got a hold on me
With your sex appeal, i'm telling you how i feel, shit is real
Now i don't really want to play myself so i say to myself:
'son get a grip and don't slip'
Cause i don't want you to think i'm some clown from out of town
I get down, i've been around, i ain't no hand-me-down
So you gotta show respect for me if you're checking for me
And don't sweat me cause i really don't want no sweat on me
If you got it, good, flaunt it
You know what it takes and you know how i want it

(i know how you want it) don't tease me, just please me
(i know how you want it) now what you gonna do when you get it?
(repeat 2x)

Everybody knows you and they show you mad respect
You give me funny feelings with your million-dollar step
Never quiet is kept, honey always stayed dip
I'm thirsty for your love, sugar can i get a sip?
Well maybe just a taste in the place that make your face bend
And i would never try to kick it to your best friend
So what's the deal, what's the haps, where we at now?
Keeping it strong, moving it along, i'm here to show you how
So all i wanna know is what you really wanna do
I try to flex for sex and sex unless i'm sexing you
And i'll be swimming in some trim with a beachfront view
Cause all i wanna do is get next to you
Now leave your crew so we can step into my hideaway
So i can step into it right away
If you got it, good, flaunt it
You know what it takes and you know how i want it

(i know how you want it) don't tease me, just please me
(i know how you want it) now what you gonna do when you get it?
(repeat 2x)

Before you sit back and think i ain't saying nothing
You need to sit back and think about what i'm saying
Now relaying, my carmel flow
So you can see the arrow fly before it leaves the bow
Slow like cupid, taken from a mobster
At night i crack her open just like a lobster
(my cl smooth) it's all good baby
Now you know why i'm stressed when you act shady
Sometimes you chit chat, now and then hide the cat
When all i wanna do is just flip that
But there's a side to me only you can see
Only you can so believe in your man
I want you to love me in a special way
When i come home from making lucci to parlay
If you got it, good, flaunt it
You know what it takes and you know how i want it

(i know how you want it) don't tease me, just please me
(i know how you want it) now what you gonna do when you get it?
(repeat 4x)


13.Check It Out

We go back and forth, sending this out to my people up north
Tell 'em if you ain't from new york you're soft
Box or throw rocks, fish or cut bait
Cause i fight great, but wait
Here's the hottest joint on lockdown
Ready for release what they call a masterpiece
Covers are blown, known for keeping shit lethal
Cause now i'm like water in the desert for you thirsty people
What's the fixation with all this artillery?
Now you catch a look, saying 'who are you to question me?'
Giving sighs from enemy lines taking care of my business
Is how you found out wayne's world was never his
See my pend holds strong for all my cookies in mink
We call all types of bitches running out of ink
Later for ticky mind, avoid like suama
But i don't see nothing wrong with a little bump and grind

You know it's my thing, get your bell rang
By the meccafied slang, the jack of all trades
Couldn't even gang bang, and niggas can't hang
With so many styles, you'd swear the shit was out of wu-tang
But the samurai, cl smooth i
Be slicing, dicing you down when the mic is around
I rebound like oakley when you provoke me
This is the chocolate thai, be careful how you toke me
I razzle dazzle your fragile ass until you pay homage
To the man i plan is holding all the knowledge
In five minutes of funk off my tounge, read the label shown
Is it pete rock or oliver stone?
Still the same, they remember my name
Kind of reminds me of when rocket ismail played for notre dame
Invincibility with no vulnerability
Selling more than gold with the killers on my payroll

You'd better watch your step, known for the rep
Of being real but can't accept jealous brothers and others
Who can't relax with pep, and if it was the playoffs
Your ass would get swept and kept on stash
The tango & cash competitors bow
Cause i would think we all know who the don is by now
Making loot at the pace of a horse race
Now once again my friend, the great paperchase
Here's a taste of life in the fast lane
Now house full of chicks, he's stripping off the don p
With the profound sound, i ride swoops like a hawk
And can only bring the essence of new york
It's the vernonville daddy, can you comprehend?
How some real live niggas set a new trend
Of being so blasted, smoothest prophets to the brain cell
While i bid you all a farewell


14.In The Flesh

'in the flesh' --> big daddy kane (cut & scratched 2x)

Introducing funk from the yard, collecting strictly knockouts
The broters i sparred, which only means the man got nothing to
prove
On a power move made by the cl smooth
Live 495 i arrive in person
Hard dialogue without a whole bunch of cursing
It's my perrogitive, so back up and live, fool
As long as they don't violate everything's cool, cause it's all
good
Understood is the smoothest daddy with the roughest raps
Am i thinking about blowing the spot? perhaps
Carry straps on strips for the trigger-happy pirates
Where ladies catch fits steady reaching for my privates
But hold, how i unfold my whole repotoire
Now here we are at home to make another superstar
With rob-o indeed r with the p.r.
But nevertheless it's cl smooth

'in the flesh' (scratched 4x)

Rob-o's at the top of the list, so bust this
Stick to funk like scotch, the top-notch vocalist
You don't stop, cause i can illustrate with the needle
Penetrating straight to the souls of many people
Is there any evil? on this path i'm innovating
Stil faking, put down your pads and stop waiting
See the year of the fly mc is here, so stand clear
I'm facing the gods with no fear
Rob-o, east coast, uptown
Mcing the most and spreading the mecca all around
Selecting the sound to make the party people pound
And see gave you more, of what i say in '94
It's like that, so don't stop
It's like this, so god bless
Soul brothers get down with no stress
Yeah ini's representing in the flesh

'in the flesh' (scratched 4x)

Even in the mirror, it just doesn't get any clearer
I hear a funky beat and i gotta get nearer
Kaboom! stepping in the sound room mellow
A dangerous flavorous fellow, hello
Style and grace, the original's in this piece
In the place right along with the pace
Nevertheless, in the flesh no quest
The sex in the system, of course i'm fresh
I rest in the villes, the skills is big
To a level of extravagence, the talent's all balanced
The extreme dopeness for the nation
D. is the inital, mc's the occupation
Five master hype, light the color of the skin
Once the beat roll, my goal is to win
My friend the best, the real side yes
I rest my case in your face in the flesh

'in the flesh' (scratched 4x)

Soul brother supreme to catch wreck in the flesh
So check one two and a mic test
Now clear the room, i scoped you with the wide angle zoom
Trying to overstand my funk tunes
Coming soon, so chill, don't stress the creator
I'll kick the funk loop from here to cal tjader
And cross the fader, and pack the lines on my paper
With rhymes so tough, who got the flavor?
Plus the knack to rock, i'm steady heating up the spot
The chocolate boy wonder making heads bop
In slow motion, domes crack open like the pavement
Off some shit i made down in the basement
The funk ambassador, asking you to get with the pro-
Fessional, yo there's no question i can flow
Time to slide, you know the p.r. will provide
The real and still i feel the vibe, i'm in the flesh

'in the flesh' (scratched 16x)


15.It's On You

Chorus (with epmd samples):

On you ('smile in my face, behind my back they talk trash')
On you ('mad and stuff because they don't have cash')
On you ('when i roll and stroll ???? always pack a tool')
On you ('just in case, a brother acts a fool')

It's death before dishonor, strap the vest down tight when you
bring the
Drama
Now raise up off mine, and taste it in the raw
Before snipers on the floor galore, in my hardware store
Nightmares of thirsty crooks, niggas all acting fishy working
off the books
Painting pictures of poverty, causing armed robbery
And provoke every last one gets smoked
No doubt for real it's like wildlife
Where thugs forever pull caps and always keep a knife
Cause on the strip warefare's inevitable, hot steel's incredible
And it's a pride the revolution won't be televised
As i supply and demand, as i build my currency to expand, call
it progress
When i bless my territory all respect due
But can niggas keep it real? it's on you

Chorus

Step into the dragon's lair, where cl's the don and pete's the
creator
Now praise the most high and represent the best
Cause the number one killer of black men is stress
The armed and dangerous, the bulletproof
Couldn't stop the homicide of another youth
Penetrating your body parts with hollow point shells, you fraud
Cause vengence is mine said the lord, indeed
My own click now truns greedy
Out of twelve of my soldiers, one will decieve me
With salt in the game, shame the family and push
My black ass straight into a terrifying ambush
The whole empire's at stake
Mastering the streets, devil the mental won't break and turn
snake
For pete's sake you gotta be true to the crew
So if niggas want to set it, it's on you

Chorus

Capture the beast within me, beware when it's moving deep in new
york city
The diabolical gangster chronicle mob scenes in all directions
The type of connections to get your wig split
Submit the wanted signs posted, chickens spots for major knots
you get
Toasted
To the head piece, i release firepower, only i'm controlling
We put in work and got the right brothers rolling
When hell kicks off we lick off
Keeping mine hard like stone from the red zone, to each his own
Smile in my face behind my back you talk trash
But my pockets hit empty and my lexus crashed
But not in your wildest dreams
Hear my name in all the scandals and all the schemes, i rest in
queens
The veronville's my capital, so memorize the cuts
Then give you two more seconds to get off these nuts, it's on
you

Chorus

*song fades out and a freestyle session fades in*

Check it, grap luva, if you're in the house
Just get on the mic and show 'em what it's all about

It's all about the wicked check one two
Cause i rips a microphone and pass it to my crew
I don't drink no brew, i smoke nuff spliffs, i don't have no
riffs
So check me as i shoot the gift
Rip rhymes, freestyle rhymes
Off top of the dome every time
I'm glad this shit is going on tape
So i can escape into the beat and make nuff papes
Word to god, kicking nuff freestyle rhymes

*fades out*


16.Get On The Mic

Capture this funakthon loaded by the mecca don
Into the red zone, you spot my skull and crossbone alone
To fill the watergates, slaughter great, think and meditate
Set behind the pace of the cl's war face
Cras and tints, making blueprints for over six figure salaries
Luchified, cause many did and died
The mic wrecka, study mecca, now building
Cause i love my shorties like jesus loved children
Cause being smooth is the science i crafted
To a state, when they incarsarate me i wanna be free
And play some d on the high-scoring thrill from the veronville
Taking my yards with no bodyguards
My click's the first round draft pick for time in prison
So the only way to cover that is clean living
Respect given, hear the bell go 'ding'
It's like tyson stepping back into the ring, soon as i...

Ladies and gentlemen for dead presidents it represents
Now hear what it's like when i (get on the mic)
It's strike cause every nike i wear is kicking ass there
Too dope to scare and too damn smooth to care
So flick your lighters in the air, and let me blow the roof off
The collesseum plus i got to get per diem
All dueces file out, and leave the dimes to the front row
And when i say 'go' i want 'em showing lovin'
Tossing dough, cause with the daddy unemployed
And the old earth raising me, any other rugged nigga's history
No mystery, i'm physical in action
So guess relaxing is a weekend with toni braxton
On your tv is me, incredible mc, b
With the p to the r, my break a ways can bounce for days
This fillets, i'm trucking jewels like eric b
And all you corny fools can't see me, oh my my my

Healthy, wealthy, and wise is your size
Come and try the hardcore, set on down by every law
Moving in your lex trecks out a sextivity
At its highest level of funktagious served in major
He's the real mabel, overqualified to be luchified
Pete rock's the god when my stiz-ile profile
Slide into the milky way, the carmel king's sing
We're back on crazy to put the duke up in daisy
Amazingly, none of y'all can faze me never
Add the spice to make you shoop like salt n pepa
How large is he? mastered my degree in mic surgery
With plans to retire at the tender age of 30
Jah is what i cherish, all informers must perish
On the downlow, lift my peoples from the ghetto
In every bourough cl is quite thourough
In do or die don't try when i anni