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This is how we take
The old from the new
The new to the old
The old from the new
This is how we take
The old from the new
The new to the old
The old from the new

This is how we take
The old from the new
The new to the old
The old from the new
This is how we take
The old from the new
The new to the old
The old from the new

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It's Nice and Smooth, we're back with a brand new sound
There's been a whole lot of MCs, but none ain't touchin' our style
It's Nice and Smooth, we're back with a brand new sound
There's been a whole lot of MCs, but none ain't touchin' our style

And if you pump it in the BMs, pump it like this
You whip it in the BMs, pump it like this
You pump it in the Benz, pump it like this
You pump it in the alley, ya' pump it like this
You pump it in the Jeep, just pump it like this
Pump it in the Benz, pump it like this
You pump it in the BMs, pump it like this
You pump it in the Benz, pump it like this

Greg N-I, my IQ high like a hat
It ain't nothin' wrong with my pockets bein' fat
No static at all, if so, get the gat
You can't beat that with a baseball bat
Uhn, all I wanna do is shine
Make some loot, then sip the wine
Buy me a mansion, then recline
Have all the honey dips wine and grind 'em
It's in my nature to be kind
Girlfriend what's your zodiac sign

Greg N-I, chillin' wit' my partner in crime
Smooth B
You seen us on MTV
90, 91, 92, 93
Uhn, lala ah, oui, oui
Smooth B, uhn, if you down with me
S—t on the mic, spit on the mic
Rock on, shock on, get on, get on
Rock on, rock it to the break of dawn

This is how we take
The old from the new
The new to the old
The old from the new
This is how we take
The old from the new
The new to the old
The old from the new

This is how we take
The old from the new
The new to the old
The old from the new
This is how we take
The old from the new
The new to the old
The old from the new

Yo, first no one knew that my skills were tight
That I could rock a mic all night and stay bright
Man listen, when it come to rhymes I smell 'em
I got lyrics locked in my cerebellum
In other words brainstem
Like my man Rakim said, I'm better than the rest of them
I'm a tid bit smoother
I bust raps like a Luger, I'm dreamy like Krueger
Smooth B, real in the flesh
Greg Nice, my counterpart, keepin' the vibe fresh

And we can go on, from night to morn'
Rippin' the mic and leave the stage torn
Never in a scuffle
'Cause I can chill in the Bronx, and still do the Hollywood Shuffle
Take it back to the essence
To the jams in the park, ahh effervescence
Felt like yesterday
I was a shorty b-boy around the way
Kangol, nylon, Lee suits, and Pumas
I had girls from here to Montezuma

Now things are pretty much the same
But I don't have to rhyme for free, and that's the price of fame
I had to learn a lot to protect myself
From those that want what I got
Now I can read a snake like a pamphlet
And before they bite, I throw a damn fit
I gotta keep makin' papers
I got no time for no corn-ball capers
So here's a word from the wise
If you tryin' to act sneaky, you're in for a big surprise

This is how we take
The old from the new
The new to the old
The old from the new
This is how we take
The old from the new
The new to the old
The old from the new

This is how we take
The old from the new
The new to the old
The old from the new
This is how we take
The old from the new
The new to the old
The old from the new

It's Nice and Smooth, we're back with a brand new sound
There's been a whole lot of MCs, but none ain't touchin' our style
It's Nice and Smooth, we're back with a brand new sound
There's been a whole lot of MCs, but none ain't touchin' our style
It's Nice and Smooth, we're back with a brand new sound
There's been a whole lot of MCs, but none ain't touchin' our style

Writer(s): Greg Mays, Galt Mac Dermot, James Rado, Gerome Ragni, Darryl Otis Barnes

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