Eric B. & Rakim

Knowledge will begin until I finish this song 'Cuz the rhyme gets rougher as the rhyme goes on You sweat as you step about to get hype Or should you just listen to the man on the mic You're physically in this with me but how could you tell If it's meant t...

Casualties of War! Casualties of war; as I approach the barricade Where's the enemy? Who do I invade? Bullets of Teflon, bulletproof vest rip Tear ya outta ya frame with a bag full of clips Cause I got a family that waits for my return To get back home...

It's not your situation I just need contemplation over you Over you I'm not so systematic It's just that I'm an addict for your love yeah I'm not the only one that holds ya I never ever should have told ya You're my only girl (Never should have told...

Don't sweat the technique Don't sweat the technique Let's trace the hints and check the file Let see who bit to detect the style I flip the script so they can't get foul. At least not now, it'll take a while I change the pace to complete the beat I drop the b...

I came in the door, I said it before I never let the mic magnetize me no more But it's biting me, fighting me, inviting me to rhyme I can't hold it back, I'm looking for the line, Taking off my coat, clearing my throat The rhyme will be kicking it until I...

[Bone Crusher talking] Yea! This nigga think we hoez or somethin' my nigga... Sheeeit, man what the... lemme talk to the mo'fucca How hard we really mo'fuccin is in this biaaaatch... nah'm sayin? Fuck nigga... sheit man, ole punk ass kids, we out the club...

Follow me into a solo Get in the flow - and you can picture like a photo Music mixed mellow maintains to make Melodies for MC's motivates the breaks I'm everlastin, I can go on for days and days With rhyme displays that engrave deep as X-rays I can take...

I ain't no joke, I use to let the mic smoke Now I slam it when I'm done and make sure it's broke When i'm gone no one gets on cuz I won't let Nobody press up and mess up the seen I set I like to stand in a crowd and watch the people wonder damn But think...

It's been a long time, I shouldn't have left you Without a strong rhyme to step to Think of how many weak shows you slept through Time's up, I'm sorry I kept you Thinking of this, you keep repeating you miss The rhymes from the microphone soloist And you...

Planet Earth was my place of birth Born to be the SOLE controller of the universe Besides the part of the map I hit first Any a rhyme that I can adapt when it gets worst The rough gets going, the going gets rough When I start flowing, the mic might bust...

[Rakim] Me and the rap's laid back Nonchalant and relaxed in the track Put together well, so it ain't hard to tell Easy to recognize, so my records'll sell On the microphone, well known with a low tone Show and prove when the stage show is shown All you...

She asked could I keep the beat So here's the beat, everytime it pounds, you get weak Comfy, imbedded like a pillow, bouncin wit an echo My voice is moist, and plus mellow I got it going on, you're gonna wanna come Skins is the drum, (I) said I'm the drum...

Kick along [x3] If you like it accapella; soul clap will be sweet, Almost complete. Feel the impact when it hit the street But uh, it sound thicker when I kick it wit a beat See I can let it speak for itself But every now and then, I need a little help...

Sip the juice cuz I got enough to go around, And the thought takes place uptown I grew up on the sidewalk where I learned street talk, And then taught to hawk New York- I go to Queens for queens to get the crew from Brooklyn, Make money in Manhattan and n...

I'm the arsenal I got artillery, lyrics of ammo Rounds of rhythm Then I'm 'a give 'em piano Bring a bullet-proof vest Nothin' to ricochet ready to aim at the brain ~Now what the trigger say Tempos triflin' Felt like a rifle Massage 'n' melodies Migh...

I'm rated "R"...this is a warning, ya better void, Poets are paranoid, DJ's D-stroyed, Cuz I came back to attack others in spite- Strike like lightnin', It's quite frightenin'! But don't be afraid in the dark, in a park, Not a scream or a cry, or a bark,...

Me and Eric B was coolin' at the Paladium Seen a all-world covered girl, I said "Hey lady I'm Sorry if You're in a rush - Don't let me hold ya up Or interveen or interrupt, but. . . You got the look - I wanna get to know ya better I had to let her know -...

I was a fiend before I became a teen I melted microphone instead of cones of ice cream Music orientated so when hip-hop was originated Fitted like pieces of puzzles, complicated 'Cause I grabbed the mic and try to say, " Yes y'all!" They tried to take it,...

Standing by the speaker, suddenly I had this Fever, was it me or either summer madness Cuz I just can't stand around So I get closer and the closer I get, the better it sound My mind starts to activate, rhymes collaborate Cuz When i heard the beat, I just...

How could I keep my composure When all sorts of thoughts fought for exposure? Release, then veins in the brains increase When I let off, make a wish and blow the smoke off my piece Unloadin, unfold and the rhymes are explodin And the mic that I’m holdin’s...

Turn up the bass, check out my melody, hand out a cigar I'm lettin knowledge be born, and my name's the R A-k-i-m, not like the rest of them, I'm not on a list That's what I'm sayin, I drop science like a scientist My melody's in a code, the very next epis...

No competition ... No competition ... Competition is none, I remain at the top like the sun And I burn whoever come in the chambers of torture I caught ya, you shoulda brought ya Neighborhood to support ya No one in my path will withstand Under pressu...

No Omega I'm the Alpha, with no Omega Beginning without the, end so play the eye inside, no extended version Next episode be smooth as a Persian Rhyme everlastin, there'll be no part two Knowledge is infinite, once I start to draw a better picture for...

Yo Rakim, what's up? Yo, I'm doing the knowledge, E., man I'm trying to get paid in full Well, check this out, since Norby Walters is our agency, right? True Kara Lewis is our agent, word up Zakia and 4th and Broadway is our record company, indeed Okay,...

Pass the hand grenade It's gonna blow 'cause I took out the pin Detach the detonator, data send Programmed wit protons, eqipped wit predicates Electrons and elements just fit Your pronoun hits the ground and that's that Hit the floor like a meteor so get...

[Eric B] "Clap your hands" cut and scratched [x6] [Rakim] Put your hands together... clap your hands [Verse One: Rakim] This is for thousands of people who came A show from road to road you're entertained I don't even have to say my name Cause when the...

Relax with pep My styles will move I'm calm but deadly, heat up but cool I'm rough as a right hook but still look smooth Even when I'm unseen, I show and prove Women, I give 'em pain and still soothe As I 'll put you down ?(when them)?, hard to put up w...

Double oh seven is back.. Double oh seven is back.. Double oh seven is back.. [Rakim] I don't stress my day cause it's best to parlay I guess you could say I've been away I wake up slow when I'm hot but I destruct the plant and fourteen hands comb New...

Run for cover. Here I go again, ready to flow again. Better HOPE my mic don't blow again. Warned by alarms when the mic gets warm. Crowd'll get critical, can't keep calm. Jet for the exit, why hang around? Words that I found make the mic melt down. If...

[Rakim] I came to set em straight, and let em know Whoever's holdin the best, just let him go Cause here's the inside scoop on the fiend They wanna know why I'm seldom seen Cause who needs the TV screens and magazines or shootin through the city in fly l...

See if you can step to this [Eric B. cuts up the phrase "Back to the lab"] Now try to do this step ("Back to the lab") and make sure the pace is kept and this ain't as smooth as I'ma get Nice and easy but hard to catch on to Move with melodies, rhymes...

No more time to pass time 'cause these are the last rhymes, 'Cause we're living in the last times... They wanna go to war, more wars to come But most of us fight more wars than one Discrimination in the racial nation While they destroy our strong foundati...

Kill him again! Try to identufy the man in front of ya But it ain't the role, the gear, or the money, the swift intellectionist with pleny, ya bite, if it's dark I'll spark every one of ya, I throw a mic in the crowd, it's a question, I got the answer.....

Whoever underestimated, still waited Pumping the radio, finally they played it You wondered how come the album was late I was giving you time to get the last one straight, The show must go on, I got something to dance to Slow it down and romance to and gi...

It's to the listeners 4x It's to the listener [Verse One: Rakim] It's to the listeners, for those that have a ear for this State of the art, engineered for the mix Eardrums are playing along to what I'm sayin you're singin a song Stevie Blass on the...

This is poetry in motion Try to catch on, stay close to the host and MC's try to make the road rough but I'm coastin Ladies hear the rhymes rub em on like lotion Hit spots soothin, can't stop movin Go ahead bust a sweat and you can bet I'm still coolin W...

What's going on? What's happening, it's been so long, what's going on And what's going wrong? The good old days are gone You forgot your plot and your plans as a young man You invented a scam even you don't understand You rig the enigma, can't figure it...

I seen her in the subway, on my way to Brooklyn Hello, good looking, is this seat tooken On the A-train, picking at her brain I couldn't get her number, I couldn't get her name I said I still like your style of fashion But I hate your hostile, 'itty attit...