Deja vu, tell you what I’m gonna do,
When they reminisce over you, my God.

- CL Smooth, “They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.),” from Pete Rock and CL Smooth’s Mecca and the Soul Brother, 1992

And I’m telling you now the frustration
The future’s facing from the anger in the nation.

- CL Smooth, “Anger in the Nation,” Mecca and the Soul Brother, 1992

“You tellin me don’t curse, I reversed and did it worse, first, I put a curse in every verse”-Kool G Rap (with Heavy D, Grand Puba, CL Smooth, Big Daddy Kane, Pete Rock, Q-Tip) “Don’t Curse,” Peaceful Journey, 1991