Pete Rock and Cl Smooth - Return of the Mecca(1992)

[00:04.59] To know the truth is to know the self
[00:08.94] To know the self is to know the mecca
[00:12.49] Mecca's not a state of mind or a place
[00:15.87] Mecca is a way of life
[00:19.99] It is the answer to all confusion
[00:24.78] The attribute, I'd die for
[00:27.40] Abdullah, mohammed
[00:31.33] Makes way for the return of the mecca
[00:36.07] Salaam
[00:39.06] Return of the mecca (whispered 8x)
[00:58.96] Be sure to export the hardcore that came before columbus
[01:01.41] Discover no other serve the soul on a dish
[01:03.94] Okay means official, kid, not decrepit
[01:06.62] Though the lyrical dynamo set the flow when I do so
[01:09.27] Entice the price with the mic device
[01:11.51] Hit ya slice so precise that you never hurt twice
[01:13.85] Fierce how I pierce when you near the frontier
[01:16.49] A world premiere so put the armor on your gear
[01:19.13] The overlord aboard with the two-edged sword
[01:21.79] Adored and restored, now the young gun toward
[01:24.75] Preserve the herb, never kick it to the curb
[01:27.26] Vocalize a verb, and the return of the word
[01:30.01] Mecca, the reincarnated selector
[01:32.88] From the whole agenda, something to remember
[01:35.77] A richer voice than robin leach
[01:37.89] I'll reach with a speech, no bleach so you can't impeach
[01:40.81] Monumentally smooth, I'll prove it sincerely
[01:43.40] To barely when you're near me clearly never sound weary
[01:45.82] Maintain the gravity, assault and battery
[01:48.59] So sweet the repeat you're bound to catch a cavity
[01:50.86] My ability to wreck a facility
[01:53.62] C.l.'s potential, smooth n' sequential
[01:56.43] Deep in every measure, hit the lotto for the beggar
[01:58.55] The midnight wrecker, return of the mecca
[02:01.40] Return of the mecca (whispered)
[02:22.61] Uh, understand the mecca in command
[02:25.04] Part of the plan is the man who built the land he began
[02:27.00] A scripture ripped out the piece of a scroll
[02:29.54] Better the know, yes, a foretold, the beautiful and bold
[02:32.02] Start 'em in harlem with the motto, the apollo
[02:34.67] Boogie to me, I'll swallow hollow when you follow
[02:37.41] Stable like a turntable, lyrics I cradle
[02:39.73] No fable, label, or one, my tongue around your navel
[02:42.43] You're comin' to me so therefore the program's mecca
[02:45.13] The silhouette, a weirder fella, darker than vanilla
[02:47.71] Talkin' about the theoretical, isometrical
[02:50.24] Alphabetical, rebel, a dissect-the-devil
[02:52.98] Unveil a tale in detail, the third rail
[02:56.10] Read it in braille, a bigger male leave a trail
[02:58.08] Now I sink you to the link, that'll make you think
[03:00.88] You's too large to shrink, I need a drink
[03:03.15] And toast to emperor, mecca said to invent
[03:05.64] To know of a child, work your wiles so surrender
[03:08.29] And never to be lobotomized, the flexin' of the stanza
[03:10.74] But you know the answer when I drop a proper grammar
[03:13.21] Tabasco, the late show, flow to make a peso
[03:15.69] I manage to do damage so, honey, get macco
[03:18.35] Risen from the prison, the division, black and decker
[03:20.92] Strictly for your pleasure, return of the mecca
[03:24.02] Return of the mecca (whispered)
[03:45.04] Ladies say ah!, brothers say oh!
[04:04.78] Oh, d off the black baryshnikov,
[04:07.34] Takin' it up north, back and forth, never been soft
[04:09.48] Bound to see me swollen like a beethoven
[04:12.04] Listen, wide open, never tokin', do or die, my slogan
[04:15.04] Save the sarcasm, I'll hit you like a orgasm
[04:17.39] Back off of that and maybe later let you pat 'em
[04:19.80] Necessary for any adversary to worry
[04:22.25] The legendary, primary, never secondary
[04:24.84] Dip in peru, overdue in honolulu
[04:27.21] Now'd if you knew the preview, could bubble like shampoo
[04:30.03] Outclass the mass so we'll look in the hourglass
[04:32.66] No time to waste for those in contrast
[04:34.76] Like the new york philharmonic, sent to blow melodic
[04:37.85] With the logic I hear like a narcotic
[04:40.20] Put your best to rest, so get your bulletproof vest
[04:43.37] I got the wild, wild west to your chest
[04:45.40] You know the cause of death, so forget the autopsy
[04:47.90] Another got sloppy so I lit it in poppy
[04:50.57] Smooth as peabo, but don't like lelo
[04:53.18] For the grand finale I slip on like a bally
[04:55.57] C.l. and p.r., categorizin' we are
[04:58.12] The soul brother, mecca lover, funky by far
[05:01.32] The classic fantastic, rip it like elastic
[05:03.47] Here to get drastic, return of the mecca
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