In the Flesh - Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth, Pete Rock

The original, check me out on the track

Dead smack in the middle of something that’s phat

The opposite of wack because I don’t go there

I prepare a little something on paper for your ear

To hear, to press rewind one time

Listen to the beat and the extremely dope rhyme

This individual has, nothing to prove

As the groove gets thrashed in the flesh

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Introducing funk from the yard, collecting strictly knockouts

The brothers I sparred, which only means the man got nothing to prove

On a power move made by the CL Smooth

Live for the '95 I arrive in person

Hard dialogue without a whole bunch of cursing

It’s my prerogative, 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 repertoire

Now here we are to whole making of a superstar

With Rob-O and Dedi with the P. R

But nevertheless it’s CL Smooth

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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 through the souls of many people

Is there any equal?

On this path I’m innovating

Still 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 Mecca all around

Selecting the sound to make the party people hound

The DJ for 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

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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 sess in the system, of course I’m fresh

I rest in the Villes, the skills advance

To a level of extravagance, the talent’s all balanced

The extreme dopeness for the nation

D. is the inital, MC’s the occupation

5'9's the height, 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

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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 flow 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

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