Rakim

He breaks me down He builds me up He fills my cup I like it rough We fuss, we brawl We rise, we fall He comes in vain But it's okay We do, I do He knows the rules He takes care of home (Hey, yeah) Though he's not alone I'm on his team He treats me clean And...

Chorus: Do You Ever Think What Life Would Be Where You Will Go After you Die? exlusive. Verse 1: Do you ever sit back and get a little too high, start thinking what happens to you when you die? Does your soul rest where your coffin is, or is death...

[Hook: Samples] [Sample:] "And now for my next number.." "I'd like to return to the.." [Nas:] "Classic" [Kanye West:] "uh, uh, - timeless.." [Kool G Rap:] "Nike's straight classic" [Nas:] "Classic" [Kool G Rap:] "Nike's..Nike's..Nike's.. straight...

All Night Long [1st verse] I'm back! The god remains, still at the end They sabotage the game, still I'm a win Rakim Allah's the name, and with a pen No one can dodge the rain, kill'em again In a club or the streets I swerve, cool in the cut Looking to see wh...

Casualties of war! Casualties of war; as I approach the barricade Wheres 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 is my...

[Intro: Rakim] Yeah (allowed it) Guess who (Raahaaaah) Uhh, Ayatollah (allowed it) From the song (Raaah) [Verse 1: Rakim] Let the games begin, it's nothing but pain for them I - don't - play - I - win I got plain again that's why I came again It's th...

Bob marley: even the spiritual environment, Igher divinity, rastaman Dilution which is like earth create, Because the earth come back from what it wants, Someone is trying to be as powerful as god. *scratches* Heres a little story that must be told. (2x) Come...

You and me (You and me) We used to be together (Used to be) Everyday together (Everyday) Always (Always) You was dead from the beginning, all i had to do was survive In a race against millions where they lose they die no rules apply but u was my safe haven At...

Ken Hoy he despertao’ acariciando la noticia, de que tu no volveras desorientao’ dando vueltas en mi cama, pensando si me amas yo que te he amao’ como nadie, como loco, amores como el mio hay pocos hay duermo soleao’, rochao’ porque te has marchao Y hoy...

I came in the door, I said it before I never let the mic magnatize me no more But its biting me, fighting me, inviting me to rhyme I cant hold it back, Im looking for the line, Taking off my coat, clearing my throat My rhyme will be kicking it until I hit my l...

[Rakim] Aiyyo.. what's goin on? The Mic Lebanon Teflon Don.. I'm back baby The year of the 9's and I'ma have to make these motherfuckers a offer they can't refuse Y'know? Ha, what's goin on? Yo c'mon, you know it's on I wrote a song, test my flow on t...

[Verse 1: Rakim] Follow me into a solo, get in the flow And you can picture like a photo Music mix, mellow maintains to make Melodies for emcees, motivates the breaks I'm everlasting, I can go on for days and days With rhyme displays that engrave deep as x-ray...

Yeah, yeah It's the return of the Wild Style fashionist Smashin hits, make it hard to adapt to this Put pizazz and jazz in this, and cash in this Mastered this, flash this and make em clap to this DJ's throw on cuts and obey the crowd Just pump the volume up,...

(Take that microphone from that kid and heat it up) I keep the mic hot, I heat it up kid I keep the mic hot, I heat it up [x2] Mic check y'all Then throw it to the floor The crowd wanted more so I came in the door The great Rakim, papermates to t...

[Rakim] Before the dough came, my whole aim, was blow like propane Control the whole domain, and then show no shame Make rappers go ? and they so lame, playin with no game Put em on the lil plane til they can't claim no fame I got, the range, better, stay...

Look what yall made me do Chorus: this is your koran or bible to be a true emcee icon or idol the contents you put in your songs are vital like training for the ufc you want a title slam thoughts on a canvas flip em and pin em metaphors and similes and synony...

I ain't no joke, I used 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 to scene I set I like to stand in a crowd and watch the people wonder damn But think abou...

(Keep you goin' when i'm flowin' smooth enough) Yes Yes Y'all, i still fiend by any means a flow and i go through extremes don't intervene my adventures show like a three dimensional screen coz i mention many things and i'm presenting many scenes i guess...

Its been a long time, I shouldnt have left you Without a strong rhyme to step to Think of how many weak shows you slept through Times up, Im sorry I kept you Thinking of this, you keep repeating you miss The rhymes from the microphone soloist And you sit by th...

Don't sweaDon't sweat the Technique(2x) 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...

(canibus) yeah, I bust em... you punish em (canibus) yeah...let me bust em (rakim) naw, ima punish em (canibus) ra, let me bust em (rakim) naw, ima punish em (canibus) naw, let me bust em (rakim) naw, ima punish em (canibus) come on ra, let me bust em (rakim)...

Ghetto, nobody smiling, ghetto, nobody smiling Where you're [Incomprehensible] in hell Nobody smiling, ghetto, nobody smiling, ghetto Nobody smiling, ghetto Ghetto, nobody smiling, ghetto Where you're [Incomprehensible] in hell Nobody smiling, ghetto Where yo...

(1st verse) If I lay low and let the day go it'll slow my payroll Aye-yo I'm a terrorize charge and slay shows Ra slay flows go as far as the Barbados On the turntable sound like tornadoes My style is performed like tropical storms Your not to get on the...

[Rakim] Follow procedures, the crowd couldn't wait to see this Nobody been this long awaited since Jesus Who wouldn't believe this - I heard the word on the street is I'm still one of the deepest on the mic since Adidas They said I changed the times from...

(1st verse) Aye yo its mr. low-key you need to go see The host by far a mostly o.t., with a brand new show but You know how the flow be. Cause when I swerve, you observe it closely If you smoke trees, smoke more than an o-z. Mix any kind of dope with me, you o...

It's to the listeners (whispered 4X) *musical interlude* It's to the listener (repeat interlude and line 4X) 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 a...

* - Originally appeared on the Juice sndtrk 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...

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 (3x) 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...

Let the rhythm hit em Im the arsenal I got artillery, lyrics of ammo Rounds of rhythm Then Im 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...

In the city where life is animated with colors Contaminated with aggravated brothers, who knows where the love is? Growing up swinging, through my upbringing My limits is the sky from the all eye seeing Of so-called realities filled with technicalities I...

Verse one: Im rated r...this is a warning, ya better void, Poets are paranoid, djs d-stroyed, Cuz I came back to attack others in spite- Strike like lightnin, its quite frightenin! But dont be afraid in the dark, in a park, Not a scream or a cry, or a bark, m...

Verse one: Me and eric b was coolin at the paladium Seen a all-world covered girl, I said hey lady im Sorry if youre in a rush - dont 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 yall! They tried to take it, and say t...

Verse one: Standing by the speaker, suddenly I had this Fever, was it me or either summer madness Cuz I just cant 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,...

Barrington Levy: Unoheal, Unoheal (Rock a bet) Murderer (4x) Rakim: Who want low boats of keys from overseas Then put it in the streets and spread like a disease Neighborhoods infected then misdirected It ain't no cure and it's hard to correct it Bless by the...

Verse one: Turn up the bass, check out my melody, hand out a cigar Im lettin knowledge be born, and my names the r A-k-i-m not like the rest of them, Im not on a list Thats what Im sayin, I drop science like a scientist My melodys in a code, the very next epi...

[from the movie "Wildstyle"] If you was born in New york City let me hear say "You know that"! YOU KNOW THAT [Rakim] Aiyyo, once upon a rhyme where the scenery sets, you see stress Streets a matter of life and death, no regrets Life's a test, strife, wi...

[Cool12] Ja, weißt du was: Ich mag die weiblichen Players Keine Frage, kein Zweifel Nutz es aus, Playette Nutz es aus, Playette Yo Dre, rap den Vers [Rak-im] Es geht ab, blende es aus und blende Blackstreet ein Die Kollegen haben RB, arbeiten zusamm...

[interviewer, possibly Harry Allen] What is, the one, main thing that you have that you would want people to remember you by? Or not one but the, those things that are dear to you that you would, want to be remembered as [Rakim] I guess I guess it's my words...

[eric b]: yo rakim, whats up? [rakim]: yo, Im doing the knowledge, e., Im trying to get paid in full [e]: well, check this out, since nobry walters is our agency, right? [r]: true [e]: kara lewis is our agent [r]: word up [e]: zakia/4th & broadway is our...

[Chorus: repeat 2X] R: Rugged and rough that's how I do it A: Allah who I praise to the fullest K: Keep it moving, I: Stand alone M: It's my crown, my world, my throne [Verse 1] Aiyyo when Rakim Allah attack, it's a wrap y'all relax The arm in that, yo...

(feat. Canibus) Yeah It's the paragraph ambassador The wild style fashioner It's the god Rakim, the master Feel this [1st verse] This is that lost ass track off-the-rack kind of a track You forced to rap, remember that? It's that You know w...

Turn the beat up, I get lost in the mind come across the rhyme kick my feet up, then I find myself in time I was on a train, destination Marley Marl's domain I entertained things'll never be the same DJ's are conveyed if the label OK it Teddy Ted and Spec...

Rakim... Clark Kent bring it on What you wanna say to make me stay awhile What you wanna say to make me wanna stay [x2] Just me and my peeps we gettin buzzed, lookin for clubs Misses with kisses and hugs, lookin for love She gotta be nice with hers, ev...

Yeah... check it out... show me love Promise you won't do me wrong (for sure) If I turn you on (yeah) Promise you'll stay all night long (on on) Makin love til dawn Yo, it's time to bring the day in, fresh out the crib sauteein Around the way-in, swerv...

[Rakim] One two.. Yeah.. uhh.. yeah.. [My Melody] "Rough enough to break New York from Long Island" Yeah it's the God baby.. Long Island's own.. barbarian of the microphone.. [My Melody] "Rough enough to break New York from Long Island" It's for y'all...

Rakim: Calling all rugrats (3x) Please come in rugrats Take it to the maximum Take it to the max (8x) Rakim: All in together lets make a game We can all win if we play the same Whoever gets caught got to take the blame We gon' take the train, take the train Ta...

also appears on _the militia remix_ 12" and the belly soundtrack "a special guest" "it's the militia... it's the militia" [guru] This is a conquest, so i suggest you take a rest Or keep a breath, but definitely keep a vest on that chest Rymes i'm packin, jus...

If you can see if you can solve the mystery The answer revolves around your history So carefully, I drop this degree Scientifically, and realistically (who is god? ) In eternal blackness, in the midst of the darkest night Proteins and minerals, exist within s...

(1st verse) Levantore! Yeah, its just ghetto, kid test the devil to hit the next level Wish they was a rebel with cerebral metal Inflex the bezzle with the peddle to the metal In a thugs paradise where love have a price So we love for life like thugs love the...

[Rakim] Yeah, it's the god Rakim Word up, I'm blazin this out to all my comrades Yanamean? From the slums of New York, to the gutters all over the world This is for y'all.... Through my travels I try to take righteous steps Because right or left could me...

[Tracey Horton - Intro] (Rakim) La-da-da-dah, la-da-da-dah La-da-da-dah, la-da-da-dah (Uh...yeah...) (This is for the haters...keep hatin) La-da-da-dah, la-da-da-dah La-da-da-dah, la-da-da-dah (It's what we call money music, right here) (Uh, yeah, let's...

featuring Connie McKendrick yeah (it don't stop) yeah check it out (it don't stop) come on CHORUS we love to flirt to chase the skirts get to know who we are girls in the park cuz when we in the club we keep it extra hot they love the whips the...

[Hook] (Hardcore, real ill niggas) (I'm internationally known) (When I be on the mic) (Hardcore...real ill niggas) (I'm internationally known, yo) (Hardcore...real ill niggas) (I'm internationally known) (When I be on the mic) (Hardcore...real ill nig...

Yes yes y'all, check it out y'all [x2] [Chorus: Rakim] (Yo) I find a show, rhyme til it's time to go I'm designed to blow, my mind's inclined to flow Yo, my M.O., makin all kind of dough From the info that Rakim show, y'know? [Verse One: Rakim] Yes...

You and I will always be together Peace or war no matter the weather Me and you like birds of a feather Til the wind blows us away We stand tall while they fall together Gun left I formation like the letter Modeling the shelter cause we're built for whatever T...