| Check the verse in the Bible says man shall never covet
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| But in your life you put nothing above it, you seem to love it
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| Invest some stock to clock what’s in my stable
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| Sweating me like Cain sweating Abel, you’re unstable
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| You couldn’t speak, now what’s the fake smile for?
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| The jealousy, that’s why you’re feeling so insecure
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| Used to be by my side but now all I see is pride
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| On the quest for big lucci, got you open wide
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| It feels funny, cause it never used to be that way
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| Remember PR back in the day?
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| Hey, the number’s changed and the crib’s a little fatter
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| But if you was real, you’d see it really wouldn’t matter
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| Check the stat in fact yo, don’t ever try to peep this
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| Don’t mistake my kindness for a weakness
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| The name is Pete Rock, I’ll take you higher than the izm
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| I’m on a exodus, Escapism
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| Yo, check it out
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| I like to rhyme, no time for silly head games
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| Strictly known for busting up your bed frames
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| But skins bold, act like they want to know a nigga
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| Break they neck to show they figure
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| But yo, you can’t gas me up, you can’t hype me
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| Play it cool when it comes to schooling wifey
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| On the ways of life it’s strife, checks, and big money
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| So the next kid will be up on your honey
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| Sexing your honey, flexing your Benz and your money
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| Playing you like a crash test dummy, so take it from me
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| Cause when it happens don’t say I never told you so
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| Heed the verbal lessons in the flow
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| And ayo, you know they style, and yeah I’m here to warn ya
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| Getting shaky cause I’m coming up on ya
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| It’s Pete Rock and C.L. |
| Smooth on a major pape mission
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| Rising to the top, Escapism
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| I’m sitting back, I got the funk on cruise
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| While you snooze Pete Rock is steady paying his dues
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| Putting styles on lock and making beats by the bundle
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| Scooping more props than Bryant Gumbel, and staying humble
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| But then you go and have to act that way
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| I just hit you off the other day!
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| But this is sick, cause here you come with your crew of derelicts
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| Talking about you need a pair of kicks, or this or that
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| You hang around cause the pockets are fat
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| But when I’m on «E"yo, you ain’t trying to check for me
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| You got more game than rugby
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| You’re only stressing the name and that the papes is flowing lovely
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| So stop searching for idealism
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| And check the off-beat flow of the Soul Brother with the realism
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| Shedding some light just like a prism
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| You can’t wait, you can’t fake it, Escapism |