[Intro: News clip]

(You know what you gotta understand is that it's a drug

That affects the brain chemistry of the user

And it causes things like paranoia, euphoria, insomnia, loss of appetite

And this really insatiable craving for more cocaine

People who smoke crack, they get this immediate

And intense release of dopamin in the brain

And once those dopamin levels plummet after just a few minutes

The smoker feels compelled to take another hit

Just to ease the feelings of depression and sadness)

(Good afternoon

We're reporting live in the streets of the Bronx today

Chronicling a deadly epidemic sweeping the nation

A wave of violent crimes have been linked to chronic addiction

To and distribution of a drug called)

[Verse 1]

CRACK...

They heat me up, I can see the top bubble waiting for me

Investigators sending snitches for me, uhh

Sold out, lines around the block

Niggas waiting for a whiff of that base and that rock

Chicago Bulls fitted, they calling me red top

You can find me in Humboldt Park soon as it gets dark

Or even in the daylight, even though it ain't right

I'm outside the church preying on some saved lives

Or sitting on a scale good enough to taste

I'm better than a protein shake, you lose weight

Nigga, no doubt I'm the hardest in the game

It's the rock, I ain't talking Jay, Biggs or Dame

I'm talking bling-bling, crack pipe and a collar

I make bums fight, wash cars for a dollar

A glass dick in the mouth of a model

Take your time, baby, don't spit, just swallow

BASE... ROCK!!

[Interlude: News clip]

(Downtown Miami we've described on the scene

A intense gun battle between police and known drug dealers

From both the local area and New York City

The shooting's been ongoing since early this afternoon

And sources report that so far as many as

Nine people have been killed or wounded

This is just another chapter in what has been

Miami's epic struggle in the war against...

...I - I'm just a reporter!)

(*gunshots*)

[Verse 2]

In the 80's I made so many premature babies

Put niggas in Mercedes, strapped with .380's

Uh, who you think made Nino smarter?

If it wasn't for me, it wouldn't be no Carter

Down in DC, yeah, shit got scary

Almost lost my political connect with Mayor Barry

They mix me with embalming fluid, it's unreal

And Jada said he cooked me on a Foreman Grill

Turn a happy home into a stash house

They can smoke me all night until they pass out

I'm cool with pops and I'm cool with moms

But they don't know that we cool, me and you share a bond

Franklins, Jacksons, get me to acting a fool

I transform into a bird on the move

Down south, yeah they on me, kid

I'm the shit letting base heads and zombies live

BASE... ROCK!!

[Interlude: News clip]

(A more brutal form of cocaine known as crack

Is increasingly penetrating every part of our social strand

Classified as a Schedule I substance by the DEA

Crack is wreaking havoc on a nation both in the inner city and the suburbs

With the war on drugs reaching a fever pitch

Law enforcement agencies are scrambling to rid

Their communities of this destructive drug)

[Verse 3]

CL 6 trey with the seats reclining

From the cracks we slinging and the keys we flinging

Keep iron on me, niggas on the streets keep eying me

Til I Stuart Scott a nigga, trying to peep me sideways

Crack, its good coke, good dope

It's good money, thick broads on big boats

Big business, big Benzes

26 rims lead to never ending sentences

I'm looking clean in a box

With a fresh line-up, nigga, your time's up

The dumps where they find you mangled and tied up

50 keys in the stash case the streets dried up

Short a few guns, need a couple of pies

You see a boat, I run it right by

Can you feel it? Nothing can save ya

It's Crack baby, minus the incubators