Pete Rock & CL Smooth (feat. Heavy D, Rob-O, Grap & Dida) | The Basement (1992)

KELLEN DE VOS - GRAND SLAM

Echoes

[Verse]

My pen spills ink, a Rorschach test,

Thoughts ricochet off walls, my mind’s unrest.

Dirty kicks stomp streets, no Sunday best,

Spit so sharp, words carve through the chest.



Cassettes rewind, my flow’s tape-deck tight,

Bars heavy like bricks in a fistfight.

Streetlights flicker, shadows dance on the mic,

Echoes of the cypher in the dead of night.



[Chorus]

Boom-bap, snap back, rhythms attack,

Vinyl spins, dust crack, beats never lack.

Boom-bap, heart clap, soul on the track,

Every rhyme a time capsule, no turning back.



[Verse 2]

Blueprints scribbled in the margins of a notebook,

Syllables stack like Tetris, no broke rook.

Chessboard strategies, checkmate the shook,

Kingpin of the cipher, no crown they took.



Drum hits harder than a sucker's last breath,

Snare snaps crisp like a payday check.

Syntax flex, verbs bench-press the text,

B-boy stance, my shadow breakdances next.



[Bridge]

The groove’s eternal, scratch loops infernal,

Back alley sermons, the beats nocturnal.

Flipping pages, graffiti tag infernos,

Legends in the margins, underground journals.

Mic Check, Boom-Bap Chronicles

Showbiz & AG - Silence of the Lambs (1992)

K-Solo - Letterman (Pete Rock Mix) (1992)

EPMD - Boon Dox (1992)

Big L - MVP (Summer Smooth Mix Instrumental) (1994)

Graphidi Logik - Can I Get a Yo (1994) (Rap City Extended Mix)

The Conscious Daughters | We Roll Deep (1993)

Loyal To The Game

2Pac | Crooked Nigga (1991) (OG Mix)

Pete Rock & CL Smooth (feat. Heavy D, Rob-O, Grap & Dida) | The Basement (1992)

Hip Hop Classics

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