[pete rock]

Ahh yeahh!! feel the funk bay-beeee!!

That's rightthis is called the basement!

And my man cl smooth kick it for you like this..



[cl smooth]

From the heightsnot what am I writesimple I can do this

Like popeye to brutusI'm your host like a stewardess

Fly with the neighborhood hi-jackin fella

So prepare for landingand crash into a cellar

Bodies in the buddha cloudmisty in the tune

Like a show all nightsa figure eight in a lagoon

With pete rockthe complete lock and beat stop

Now all the horny heffers wanna dangle on my *errr!*

Down by the dungeon with the cracks on the wall

Buffoon I'm like a mink while you're soon to pimp a raccoon stole

Vocal arrangementready set to hit the pavement

But not before the kid leave the basement



[pete rock]

The basementput the funk in grand

Here comes my man

My brother.. grap loverget wreck cousinc'mon



[grap lover]

Call me the grap loveryesthe younger soul brother

Keep your eyes on the prize cause you won't find another

When the funk is playedthe rhyme I display

Quick to bust a ditz so don't slip in the way

Of the kidwith the flavorthe party people saviour

Clockin all the honieseyes sharp like a razor

I kick a dance stepyou're soon to discover

Yothat's the kid from "mecca and the soul brother"

Yeah once in a while I be with cl on the dl

Or I flow with peteand find my placement in the basement

The basementyes where the beats and the rhymes flow

Peace I gotta gograpster's out the door of the basement



[pete rock]

Of the basement! next we got.. a special guest

I ain't gonna tell you who it is..

C'mon.. rap along..



[heavy d]

Tick tock tickthings are gettin - thick

Here comes the heavsterand I know it makes ya - sick!

To see a black man gettin paid on the regular

Car with the cellularfellas I'm tellin ya

I got plots and planspots and pans

Stocks and grandsso make room for the big man

I walk the streets in peace and I'm never strapped

But I know a crew of young gunz that'll send you back

So easy does it on the dl

Peace to pete rockand the mecca don cl

Heavy d's on this tracklettin you know there's no replacement

Peace signin offcheck one two straight from the basement



[pete rock]

Straight from the basement

I'm tellin you nowkid

It's crazy fat

I wonder who this is comin up? 



Fourth but not leastthe backbone of the wig out

Freestylecrazy hardcoreno sellout

Speakinupon where I dwell from the dungeon

All over the u.s. stateseven london

Pasttime presentblack to the future

Swimmin in beats like a dolphinso call me don shula

A raider well like art shellcrazy defense

A pro bowl with soul for local events

The crew name is cl smooth and pete rock

Here to sail when I prevail and stare into the dock

The pimp daddy of the funk flavorcatch you later

Clever like a secret agent comin from the basement



That's rightcrazy funky

Aww my man

He's crazy funkyhis name is rob-ocheck him out



[rob-o]

Ali-kazaamyou'll never guess what I am

Motto is that nothin ever changes but haircuts and kicks

To stacks of vocal breaks life pays when

Kid said"pete makes beats in the basement"

Cold hitthe pavementover to the chill side

The real sidethe 7-7 hillside

I thought I'd just chilltake a breath

Straight up columbus hillmake a left

And get fixedplus the ghetto chicks got flicks

Of me stacks of kicksmy joint's bumpin lovely

Walkin down the streetmuch propson the ? 

I hear voices sayin"that's rob-o'dingo in the basement"



[pete rock]

Ahh ha ha ha! hah yeah! this is funky!

I can feel it

My man from the vernonhis name is di-damake it raw



[dida]

Fly like an eaglea seagull

Always into somethinlike snoopythe beagle

Peoplegrab a tight hold of the sound

Hardsnatchin raw papes off the shelves

Blowin up spots from state to state

I'm comin to town but you just can't wait

Check the stationfor conversation at six-block

Uno hereto put suckers in the mix

I get deeper than oceanography

Thinkin of crazy shitlike psychology

So speak the piecethen slide like grease

The beat is fatbut the rhyme is obese in the basement



[pete rock]

In the basementis where I dwell

Check the mc's swell

Cause I amcrazy funkywith cl smooth

My man ?rob-og-r baby pah

The heavstermy brother grap lover

Everybody.. *fades outcan't hear it*