The rap in the song starts at about 36:00 minutes into the song, track #13 in my review of the album.

Here are the lyrics originally contributed by Virgilius Sade, and below it are his lyrics as edited by yours truly.

Title: Smooth in the Shell (36:00)
Vocals: James Miller and Eddie Warren

Transcribed by Virgilius Sade:

Elevation, my soundwave’s on a higher level
beyond time and space, be some trouble,
so free your mind, push out the ignorance

No Justice, no peace
the life you live, the price you (arrive)
so focus your eyes on, the path is not yet
but you can’t lose your grip, you must be strong
the heart, the mind, the physical calm aside.

The truth is based to form the lines, so break through
be who you are, because deeper time heals your scars
unexplained phenomenon, illogical
breakthrough for thought, digest new
so pump your fists and fight for what’s right
(time to give the blind their sight)

So everybody get on the floor
(and) flex your muscles
I hear, wanna make you do the hustle,
tell the DJ you’ve gotta pump up the bass, yeah, pump it up
You was left in weights, the music’s real strong
you could feel it in your chest when you turn in on
leave you in distress

Shout it, whip it, pull it out
but you’ve gotta keep it going to the (unknown word) muscles
you don’t wanna be the scrawny kid that gets picked on when someone called that name
(unknown sentence)

Get down the floor, drive like a man, never say I can’t,
gotta say I can
I feel like I’m the world’s strongest man,
but I am when I got my microphone and my head

So forget the biceps, triceps and all them things,
the strong muscle you got is your brain,
so use it
What?

Virgilius Sade’s Transcription with Mai’s edits:

Elevation, my soundwave’s on a higher level
beyond time and space, deeper than bass and treble
So free your mind, from shackles of ignorance
No Justice, no peace, discreet vigilance

The life you live, the price you give survive
with times as hard, focus your third eye
The path is narrow yet the road is long
but you can’t lose your grip, you must be strong

The heart, the mind, the physical coincide
The truth is liberation from the lies
so break through and be who you are,
the pain cuts deep but time heals the scars

Unexplained phenomenon, illogical
brain food for thought, digest neurological
So pump your fists and fight for what’s right
it’s time to give the blind insight, c’mon

Everybody get on the floor flex your muscles
cause B right here, they wanna make you do the hustle,
Tell the DJ you’ve gotta pump up the bass,
yeah, pump it up like you was lifting weights

The music’s real strong
you could feel it in your chest
When you turn in on
it will leaves you in distress

So shout, pull up, work it out this one’s a struggle
but you’ve gotta keep it going to develop your muscles
You don’t wanna be the scrawny kid that gets picked on
when it’s time for calling that name, you gotta get it on

Hold down the fort, stand your ground like a man,
never say I can’t, always say I can
Though I ain’t feelin’ like I’m the world’s strongest man,
but I am when I got a microphone in my hand

So forget the biceps, triceps and all them things,
the strongest muscle that you got is your brain,
So use it
What?

*Thanks to James Wong for the contribution to the names of the mc’s and the lyrics

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