Pete Rock - Return of the Mecca lyrics

[Intro] To know the truth is to know the self To know the self is to know the Mecca The Mecca's not a state of mind or a place Mecca is a way of life It is the answer to all confusion The attribute I'd die for Abdullah, Mohammed Makes way for the return of the Mecca Salaam [Hook x8] Return of the Mecca [Verse 1] Be sure to export the hardcore that came before Columbus Discover no other serve the soul on a dish Okay means official kid, not decrepit though The lyrical dynamo set the flow when I do so Entice the price with the mic device Hit ya slice so precise that you never hurt twice Fierce how I pierce when you near the frontier A world premiere so put the armor on your gear The overlord aboard with the two-edged sword Adored and restored, now the young gun toward Preserve the herb, never kick it to the curb Vocalize a verb, and the return of the word Mecca, the reincarnated selector From the whole agenda, something to remember A richer voice than Robin Leach I'll reach with a speech, no bleach so you can't impeach Monumentally smooth, I'll prove it sincerely To barely when you're near me clearly never sound weary Maintain the gravity, a**ault and battery So sweet the repeat you're bound to catch a cavity My ability to wreck a facility C.L.'s potential, smooth and sequential Deep in every measure, hit the lotto for the beggar The midnight wrecker, return of the Mecca [Hook] [Verse 2] Understand the Mecca in command Part of the plan is the man who built the land He began A scripture ripped out the piece of a scroll Better the know yes, a foretold, the beautiful and bold Start em in Harlem with the motto, the Apollo Boogie to me, I'll swallow hollow when you follow Stable like a turntable, lyrics I cradle No fable, label or one, my tongue around your navel You're coming to me so therefore the program's Mecca The silhouette, a weirder fella, darker than vanilla Talking about the theoretical, isometrical Alphabetical rebel, a dissect-the-devil Unveil a tale in detail, the third rail Read it in braille, a bigger male leave a trail Now I sink you to the link, that'll make you think You's too large to shrink, I need a drink And toast to emperor, Mecca said to invent To know of a child, work your wiles so surrender And never to be lobotomized, the flexin' of the stanza But you know the answer when I drop a proper grammar Tabasco, the Late Show, flow to make a peso I manage to do damage so honey, get Macco Risen from the prison, the division, Black and Decker Strictly for your pleasure, return of the Mecca [Hook] [Break] [Verse 3] Oh D off the black Baryshnikov Taking it up north, back and forth, never been soft Bound to see me swollen like a Beethoven Listen wide open, never toking, do or die's my slogan Save the sarcasm, I'll hit you like a orgasm Back off of that and maybe later let you pat em Necessary for any adversary to worry The legendary, primary, never secondary Dip in Peru, overdue in Honolulu Now if you knew the preview, could bubble like shampoo Outcla** the ma** so we'll look in the hourgla** No time to waste for those in contrast Like the New York Philharmonic, sent to blow melodic With the logic I hear like a narcotic Put your best to rest, so get your bulletproof vest I got the wild, wild west to your chest You know the cause of d**h, so forget the autopsy Another got sloppy so I lit it in poppy Smooth as Peabo, but don't like Lelo For the grand finale I slip on like a Bally C.L. and P.R., categorizing we are The soul brother, Mecca lover, funky by far The cla**ic fantastic, rip it like elastic Here to get drastic, return of the Mecca [Hook]