I've got to get out of I've got to get out of this hood I've got to get out of this neighborhood I've got to get out of it Got to get out I've had enough, won't call their bluff I'm not goi...

I don't talk the way I should ...I'm the new chick in the neighborhood ...I don't dress the way I could ...I'm the next big thing in y...le bit strange, but here comes the twist ...I see the beauty in my pain ...I kiss the sun and drink the rain ...I'm the next big thing in y...le bit strange, but here comes the twist ...I never want the things I took ...I like the pictures in the dirty books ...I'm the next big thing in y...le bit strange, but here comes the twist

ut he brightened up the night and made it one of the great shining momen...And the room is full of smo...As the warm-up and the band for Beck Hanso...For the fiber-optic Jesus t...My whole neighborhood was aglow ...For the fiber-optic Jesus t...(Here comes the pick) ...oll and doing it on the road ...For the fiber-optic Jesus t...My whole neighborhood was aglow ...For the fiber-optic Jesus t

Ahh yeahh!! Feel the funk bay beeee!! ...ght this is called The Basement! ...From the Heights not what a...Fly with the neighborhood hi jackin fella ...Bodies in the buddha cloud, misty in the tune ...With Pete Rock, the complete lock and b...Now all the horny heffers want ...Down by the dungeon with the cracks on the wall ...t, ready set to hit the pavement ...But not before the kid leave The Basement ...The Basement, put the Funk in Grand ...Here comes my man ...Call me the Grap Lover, yes, the younger Soul Brothe...Keep your eyes on the prize cause you won...When the funk is played, the rhyme I display ...tz so don't slip in the way ...of the kid, with the flavor, the party people saviou...Clockin all the honies, eyes sharp ...Yo, that's the kid from "Mecca and the Soul Brother" ...ile I be with CL on the DL ...ind my placement in The Basement ...The Basement, yes where the beats and the rhymes flow ... go, Grapster's out the door of The Basement ...Of the Basement! Next we g...Here comes the Heavster, and I kno... man gettin paid on the regular ...Car with the cellular, fellas I'...s, so make room for the big man ...I walk the streets in peace an...So easy does it on the DL ...e to Pete Rock, and the Mecca Don CL ...e two straight from The Basement ...Straight from The Basement ...urth but not least, the backbone of the Wig Out ... where I dwell from the dungeon ...All over the U.S. states, even L...e present, black to the future ...The crew name is CL Smo...Here to sail when I prevail and stare into the dock ...The Pimp Daddy of the funk flavor, catch ...et agent comin from The Basement ...Pete makes beats in The Basement" ...Cold hit, the pavement, over to the chill side ...The real side, the 7-7 hillside ...and get fixed, plus the ghetto chicks got f...Walkin down the street, much props, on the ? ...at's Rob-O'Dingo in The Basement" ...My man from the Vernon, his name is...ethin, like Snoopy, the Beagle ...rab a tight hold of the sound ...tchin raw papes off the shelves ...Check the station, for conver..., to put suckers in the mix ...So speak the piece, then slide l...The beat is fat, but the rhyme is obese in The Basement ...In The Basement, is where ...Check the MC's swell ...The Heavster, my brothe

Ahh yeahh!! Feel the funk bay beeee!! ...ght this is called The Basement! ...From the Heights not what a...Fly with the neighborhood hi jackin fella ...Bodies in the buddha cloud, misty in the tune ...With Pete Rock, the complete lock and b...Now all the horny heffers want ...Down by the dungeon with the cracks on the wall ...t, ready set to hit the pavement ...But not before the kid leave The Basement ...The Basement, put the Funk in Grand ...Here comes my man ...Call me the Grap Lover, yes, the younger Soul Brothe...Keep your eyes on the prize cause you won...When the funk is played, the rhyme I display ...tz so don't slip in the way ...of the kid, with the flavor, the party people saviou...Clockin all the honies, eyes sharp ...Yo, that's the kid from "Mecca and the Soul Brother" ...ile I be with CL on the DL ...ind my placement in The Basement ...The Basement, yes where the beats and the rhymes flow ... go, Grapster's out the door of The Basement ...Of the Basement! Next we g...Here comes the Heavster, and I kno... man gettin paid on the regular ...Car with the cellular, fellas I'...s, so make room for the big man ...I walk the streets in peace an...So easy does it on the DL ...e to Pete Rock, and the Mecca Don CL ...e two straight from The Basement ...Straight from The Basement ...urth but not least, the backbone of the Wig Out ... where I dwell from the dungeon ...All over the U.S. states, even L...e present, black to the future ...The crew name is CL Smo...Here to sail when I prevail and stare into the dock ...The Pimp Daddy of the funk flavor, catch ...et agent comin from The Basement ...Pete makes beats in The Basement" ...Cold hit, the pavement, over to the chill side ...The real side, the 7-7 hillside ...and get fixed, plus the ghetto chicks got f...Walkin down the street, much props, on the ? ...at's Rob-O'Dingo in The Basement" ...My man from the Vernon, his name is...ethin, like Snoopy, the Beagle ...rab a tight hold of the sound ...tchin raw papes off the shelves ...Check the station, for conver..., to put suckers in the mix ...So speak the piece, then slide l...The beat is fat, but the rhyme is obese in The Basement ...In The Basement, is where ...Check the MC's swell ...The Heavster, my brothe

Ahh yeahh!! Feel the funk bay beeee!! ...ght this is called The Basement! ...From the Heights not what a...Fly with the neighborhood hi jackin fella ...Bodies in the buddha cloud, misty in the tune ...With Pete Rock, the complete lock and b...Now all the horny heffers want ...Down by the dungeon with the cracks on the wall ...t, ready set to hit the pavement ...But not before the kid leave The Basement ...The Basement, put the Funk in Grand ...Here comes my man ...Call me the Grap Lover, yes, the younger Soul Brothe...Keep your eyes on the prize cause you won...When the funk is played, the rhyme I display ...tz so don't slip in the way ...of the kid, with the flavor, the party people saviou...Clockin all the honies, eyes sharp ...Yo, that's the kid from "Mecca and the Soul Brother" ...ile I be with CL on the DL ...ind my placement in The Basement ...The Basement, yes where the beats and the rhymes flow ... go, Grapster's out the door of The Basement ...Of the Basement! Next we g...Here comes the Heavster, and I kno... man gettin paid on the regular ...Car with the cellular, fellas I'...s, so make room for the big man ...I walk the streets in peace an...So easy does it on the DL ...e to Pete Rock, and the Mecca Don CL ...e two straight from The Basement ...Straight from The Basement ...urth but not least, the backbone of the Wig Out ... where I dwell from the dungeon ...All over the U.S. states, even L...e present, black to the future ...The crew name is CL Smo...Here to sail when I prevail and stare into the dock ...The Pimp Daddy of the funk flavor, catch ...et agent comin from The Basement ...Pete makes beats in The Basement" ...Cold hit, the pavement, over to the chill side ...The real side, the 7-7 hillside ...and get fixed, plus the ghetto chicks got f...Walkin down the street, much props, on the ? ...at's Rob-O'Dingo in The Basement" ...My man from the Vernon, his name is...ethin, like Snoopy, the Beagle ...rab a tight hold of the sound ...tchin raw papes off the shelves ...Check the station, for conver..., to put suckers in the mix ...So speak the piece, then slide l...The beat is fat, but the rhyme is obese in The Basement ...In The Basement, is where ...Check the MC's swell ...The Heavster, my brothe

neighborhood's getting better an...here comes the break ...here comes the kicker now

The sun is beatin on my...Reminiscin bout the days when it used t...Rollin down the street bustin rhyme...I'm buggin out on the girlies on the corner ...Steady feelin the vibe ... let me take you to the other side ... let me take you to the other side ...Rollin down the street ...fe seems hard cause the dub got me trippin ...That's the way it's got to be ...When it comes to being me ...Pop the new hit ...Dippin through the neighborhood ...Coolin with the homies ...Bumpin out the hoo-ride ...As I hit the switches ...Now I'm rollin down the strip ...I glance to the left ...Well what's the haps for the night ...e sure show to rock the mic) ...Sit back and shoot the breeze ...Now here comes my partner ...I steady see the O glidin on my righ...ed by them fools in the black and white ... I roll straight to the spot ...Steady feelin the vibe

I smoke on the mic like smokin' Jo...The hell raiser, raisin hell with the flavor ...Terrorize the jam like troops in ...your town like your neighborhood Spiderman ...get ya flippin' off the shit I'm kickin' ...The Lone Ranger, code r...Deep in the dark with the art to rip charts a...The vandal, too hot to ...Inspector Deck's on the set ...The rebel, I make more ...The way I make the crowd go wild, sit ...in' on pal, call me the rap assassinator ...use I came to shake the frame in half ...With the thoughts that bomb,... to flip go flip on the next man ...Cause I grab the clip and ...Goin' to war with the meltin' pot hot ...It's the Method Man for shor...ey puttin' shame in the game ...blow that nigga out the frame ...Nuff respect due to the one-six-ooh ...an oh, yo check out the flow ...Like the Hudson or PCP when ...The smoke from the lyrical blunt makes...Ow, here comes my Shaolin style ...To my crew with the "sue" ...you're fuckin' with the worst ...The Ol' Dirty Bastard straight from the Brooklyn Zoo ... center, you enter, the winter ...The Ol' Dirty Bastard i...Unique rollin' with the night of the creeps ...pen that rocks from here to Oregon ...Here's Mordigan, catch i... to my peeps across the water ...up props all around the border ...ho I are, is dim in the light of Pablo Esco...int blank as I kick the square biz ...Yo chill with the feedback black we d... o'clock hoe, where the fuck's your seed at...n' mad hostile, ran the apostle ...hrist when I speaks the gospel ...Stroll with the holy roll then attack the globe with the buckus style ...The ruckus, ten times t...Turn the other cheek and I'l...Comin' around the mountain when I com...razy flamboyant for the rap enjoyment ...Take us the fuck outta here ...The Wu is too slammin' ...'s gettin' stuck to the gum under the table ...But he don't know the meaning of dope ...And I'm the dirtiest thing in s...r of fact bring out the girls and let's hav

ike yesterday I was here ... day long just like the big rock stars ...ittle place just up the block ... girlfriend I loved the way she talked ...afternoons watchin' the TV ...Had my first gig here in the neighborhood ...When the big gig come we wer...d some still livin' here ...Me I'm just the same lost in a crow...Lookin' for the rain in a thunder c...It all comes down to livin' fast

Ahem we are here today to mourn the loss ... who thought he was the shit. ...Turns out he was the shit a piece of sh... he put his life on the line to gain respect in his neighborhood. ...Well the only respect he get...Is from the maggots and worms t...r coffin to ride in the back ...Time for the vultures to pick at...Time for the world to forget who the fuck you are ...our breath, release the stress ...you spent your life here ...Bust around the street, diesel smoke from the heat ...eeling weak, 'cause the lead got you going ...In between the sheets in they face they drop the leaky leak ...You hear the sirens, think about...partner blurry from the spark of the iron ...Here comes the Reaper, it's Grim R...Time ticking it's the hour for the witching ...Time for the Reverend to front l... picture to fade on the wall ...crew to hang out at the mall ...While you sit in the dark, with maggots ...She's in the back seat, catching it from the backside ...Where the noise at? Losing it...Beer on the concrete, bones in ...get, a lost soul on the trip ...o sit and cry about the fact that you're go...Time for the world to keep spinn...en with you dead in the ground, motherfucke...r coffin to ride in the back ...Time for the vultures to pick at...Time for the world to forget who the fuck you are

ike yesterday I was here... day long just like the big rock stars...ittle place just up the block... girlfriend I loved the way she talked...afternoons watchin' the TV...Had my first gig here in the neighborhood...When the big gig come we wer...d some still livin' here...Me I'm just the same lost in a crow...Lookin' for the rain in a thunder c...It all comes down to livin' fast

be telling you all the time man you know ...a lot of people out here say "i ...there" so far all the people out there th...we gonna bump the beat a lil' somethi...at the end of the day i don't hit the arcade, ...I got to tell the sucaks everyday "do...of my building with the rest of his friends...he's the neighborhood drug dealer, my man...Nope, that's the fourth time this we...rother shot dead in the street, ...the very next day while...so here comes Rob he's cold and s... there's steak with the beans and rice, ...rvous but she knows the deal, ...now tell me what the fuck am i supposed ...i want you to check the story out as we go down the line, ...or the other commercial i ... my brother jump in the BM, ...i stop at the light like a supers...i hit the accelerater scared ...he wasn't dead but the blood was pouring, ...now tell me what the fuck am i supposed ...the war is on and i'm on the rise, ...said hello and then the bullets rang out, ...I threw the gun down and began ...s we ran there were the boys in blue, ...now tell me what the fuck am i supposed

Strugglin to find the right way ...sions, depressions, the whole nine yards ...an entertainer puts the icin on the cake ...So here I am, paid in the rap trade ...That's not the only P-are-O-be -L-...Man, that's just the beginnin of them ...ample, I can't walk the streets alone.. ...Yeah, that's the life of an entertai...And the times are so hard t...e just too much for the mind ...Cause I've toured the world from state to...y husband waitin at the concert ...now I couldn't find the right girl to fit m...umpin married woman the most of your life ...just showin you who the troubled man is ...Brothers from the past.. ..... in the streets of Bed-Stuy...So when I see em on the solo tip ... thought that I had the neighborhood support ...here comes another battle to b...Diggin the kind of life, that ...And the beat goes on until the thrill is gone ...And life is the same old song

Keep the Beat nasty like Jan...go tell your family here comes ...The enemy blowing up the Spot Tech Ramedy ...I'll be the resident President, I'm the 5th Element ...In the sky stick em up Pun...Now I'm the bad boy that you in...Lost boys terrorize the neighborhood ...And Hounds of the Baskerville will be...Coming with the Funk, bring it on w...r recognize, We got the funky rhymes ...We be the Roughnecks No conce...We here to get down and mak...The Party's Armageddon Hit em with the heavy ...gging, Hitting with the Hooligan Bamn

He turns on the animal ...Here comes little Johnny ...From the back streets of the UK ...He's got the answer ...Who's gonna change the world tonight... To...The lasting first impre...Doesn't run with the neighborhood shadows ...I said oh, the lasting first impre...He turns on the animal ...In the backstreets of the UK ...And he loves the noise ...Just living here and now boys ...Cuz tomorrow's on the way ...I said oh, the lasting first impre...The possibility he sees the possibility ...To seize the opportunity he sees the possibility ...To turn on the animal ...I said oh, the lasting first impre