[00:00:00] The Basement (地下室) (LP版) - Pete Rock/CL Smooth [00:00:14] Ahh yeahh Feel the funk bay-beeee [00:00:25] That's right this is called The Basement [00:00:28] And my man CL Smooth kick it for you like this [00:00:31] From the Heights not what am I write [00:00:32] Simple I can do this [00:00:33] Like Popeye to Brutus I'm your host like a stewardess [00:00:36] Fly with the neighborhood hi-jackin fella [00:00:38] So prepare for landing and crash into a cellar [00:00:42] Bodies in the buddha cloud misty in the tune [00:00:44] Like a show all nights a figure eight in a lagoon [00:00:47] With Pete Rock the complete lock and beat stop [00:00:50] Now all the horny heffers wanna dangle on my *errr * [00:00:53] Down by the dungeon with the cracks on the wall [00:00:55] Buffoon I'm like a mink [00:00:56] While you're soon to pimp a raccoon stole [00:00:58] Vocal arrangement ready set to hit the pavement [00:01:01] But not before the kid leave The Basement [00:01:04] The Basement put the Funk in Grand [00:01:09] Here comes my man [00:01:11] My brother Grap Lover get wreck cousin c'mon [00:01:14] Call me the Grap Lover yes the younger Soul Brother [00:01:17] Keep your eyes on the prize cause you won't find another [00:01:20] When the funk is played the rhyme I display [00:01:23] Quick to bust a ditz so don't slip in the way [00:01:26] Of the kid with the flavor the party people saviour [00:01:28] Clockin all the honies eyes sharp like a razor [00:01:31] I kick a dance step you're soon to discover [00:01:34] Yo that's the kid from "Mecca and the Soul Brother" [00:01:37] Yeah once in a while I be with CL on the DL [00:01:40] Or I flow with Pete [00:01:41] And find my placement in the Basement [00:01:42] The Basement yes where the beats and the rhymes flow [00:01:45] Peace I gotta go Grapster's out the door of The Basement [00:01:49] Of the Basement Next we got a special guest [00:01:55] I ain't gonna tell you who it is [00:01:57] C'mon rap along [00:01:59] Tick tock tick things are getting thick [00:02:02] Here comes the Heavster and I know it makes ya - sick [00:02:05] To see a black man gettin paid on the regular [00:02:07] Car with the cellular fellas I'm telling ya [00:02:10] I got plots and plans pots and pans [00:02:13] Stocks and grands so make room for the big man [00:02:16] I walk the streets in peace and I'm never strapped [00:02:18] But I know a crew of Young Gunz that'll send you back [00:02:21] So easy does it on the DL [00:02:23] Peace to Pete Rock and the Mecca Don CL [00:02:26] Heavy D's on this track [00:02:28] Letting you know there's no replacement [00:02:29] Peace signin off [00:02:31] Check one two straight from The Basement [00:02:33] Straight from The Basement [00:02:35] I'm telling you now kid [00:02:39] It's crazy fat [00:02:40] I wonder who this is coming up [00:02:43] Fourth but not least the backbone of the Wig Out [00:02:46] Freestyle crazy hardcore no sellout [00:02:49] Speaking upon where I dwell from the dungeon [00:02:52] All over the U S states even London [00:02:54] Pasttime present black to the future [00:02:57] Swimmin in beats like a Dolphin so call me Don Shula [00:03:00] A Raider well like Art Shell crazy defense [00:03:02] A Pro Bowl with soul for local events [00:03:05] The crew name is CL Smooth and Pete Rock [00:03:08] Here to sail when I prevail and stare into the dock [00:03:11] The Pimp Daddy of the funk flavor catch you later [00:03:14] Clever like a secret agent coming from The Basement [00:03:16] That's right crazy funky [00:03:22] Aww my man [00:03:25] He's crazy funky his name is Rob-O check him out [00:03:28] Ali-kazaam you'll never guess what I am [00:03:30] Motto is that nothing ever changes but haircuts and kicks [00:03:33] To stacks of vocal breaks life pays when [00:03:35] Kid said "Pete makes beats in The Basement" [00:03:38] Cold hit the pavement over to the chill side [00:03:42] The real side the 7-7 hillside [00:03:44] I thought I'd just chill take a breath [00:03:47] Straight up Columbus Hill make a left