[ti:Center Of Attention] [ar:Pete Rock] [al:Center of Attention] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Center of Attention - Pete Rock [00:21.98]The streets battle grows hottest over hour plays [00:24.23]A role of murarder touching evey land or earth [00:26.66]Like a harlem globetrotter with a message [00:28.85]It prays telling brothers to rasie their hands [00:31.33]And take a stand because we all hourstand [00:33.43]You have to bake the cake with grease [00:35.36]And let the battle release and make enough so that we all get a piece [00:39.14]A slice for mama do a slice for papa do [00:41.95]I come from uptown and kid that's how we do [00:44.51]I only speak for I N I can't speak for your crew [00:47.19]So why would I watse my time to even stress you [00:49.84]I keep my mind on billed and plus I keeping some skill [00:52.78]Consant thought about the madness can't hear the ldol chatters about [00:56.03]So I escape and take the funk rotue out [00:58.31]Histroy's taught me what is all about [01:00.87]My destiny is profilled when I'm over and out [01:03.67]But I'll leave apart of me to cover all my acounts and I'm out [01:07.07]You always wanna be in the spotlight right [01:09.39]The center of attention I also like to mention [01:12.52]I N I rocks the spot [01:14.80]It's like that cuz we keeping it hot [01:17.11]Check it out yo [01:17.92]You see I prefer the player's approach so bust it [01:20.53]Joint's bumping lovely skins is thick like custom plus [01:23.60]The weapons that keep me steppin' while I proflex [01:25.98]The microphone check-in [01:27.61]You flow slick for a second [01:29.36]But now it's rob-o's ditz your sweatin [01:31.72]And at my show you see theatin [01:33.59]Why you stressing the tense to quench [01:35.27]The strengh of this wiff microphonist [01:37.24]Your bicth attention is the bonest midatonest [01:40.57]Crusin all this I got rhym goddamn [01:42.68]Confuse the funk music rock and jam [01:44.95]Pakistan stacks and grands and at the female fans [01:48.08]At the local thea-ther the vocal creator slash [01:51.78]I show blast beacuse you can't f**k with me [01:53.68]I guess this is the way your luck will be [01:55.89]Frontin much nevre with the rep that you can't preserve step to [01:59.48]And '95 you gettin' served the method of center of attention [02:02.60]You always wanna be in the spotlight right [02:04.99]The center of attention I also like to mention [02:07.66]I N I rocks the spot [02:09.99]It's like that cuz we keeping it hot [02:12.61]Doesn't truly pay to be the center of attention [02:15.90]The main atraction gettin' all the action [02:18.47]People stoppin' the +I+ with question after question [02:21.49]I spit a few replies and keep with my my self [02:24.09]And never in the weapon carrying type [02:25.87]But I'll insite a riot oragnize and never quiet [02:29.50]Don't it try it dissin the +I+ is no use [02:32.22]I bounce like cashar tape and get loose [02:35.04]Grippin the mic spittin words I write [02:37.52]Or the pad or the paper or this pretictular caper [02:40.48]Got nuff up's and down's instry clowns [02:43.47]Jealous niggas tryin to keep countin my fingers [02:45.92]But yo I'm a spirtal millionarie dropping bombs [02:48.98]Like king david when he wrote the songs [02:51.42]So what you need to do to listen up remain calm [02:54.34]Not riding a wave refuse to be a salve cause I'm the center [02:57.69]You always wanna be in the spotlight right [02:59.86]The center of attention I also like to mention [03:02.80]I N I rocks the spot [03:05.17]It's like that cuz we keeping it hot [03:07.87]You always wanna be in the spotlight right [03:10.82]The Center of Attention I also like to mention [03:13.77]I N I rocks the spot [03:16.25]It's like that cuz we keeping it hot [03:30.53]Ho-low the center of attention [03:33.07]Meccalicous you the center of attention [03:35.65]Terence I be the center of attention [03:38.36]My man tito the center of attention [03:41.06]Money tazz you the center of attention [03:43.77]And grand banga you the center of attention [03:46.71]Lou bizzy you the center of attention [03:49.44]Pete red the center of attention [03:52.31]You know the center of attention you be [03:55.05]Ward g the center of attention you be [03:57.77]G-o the center of attention [04:00.07]My man ropa-loc center of attention [04:03.30]Dave ice is the center of attention [04:05.54]My brother heavy d you the center of attention [04:08.57]All the boros be the center of attention [04:11.44]Pete rock you the center of attention let's bounce