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...

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 ...

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 ful...

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...

Let's trace the hits and check the file Let see who bit to detect the style I flip the script so they can't get filed At least not now, it'll take a while I cha...

I came in the door, i said it before I never let the mic magnatize me no more But it's biting me, fighting me, inviting me to rhyme I can't hold it back, I'm l...

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 th...

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 everlasti...

"Follow The Leader" By Eric B & Rakim (E Barrier - W Griffin) Follow me into a solo, get in the flow, And you could picture, like a photo, Music makes mell...

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 I wrote this song 'cause I won't let Nobody press...

Verse one: 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 ...

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 yo...

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 g...

It's been a long time It's been a long time It's been a long time It's been a long time Rakim, the microphone soloist Follow procedures, the crowd couldn't wai...

[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 ...

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 ...

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 Se...

Sip the juice, 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 Yo...

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 br...

Verse one: 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' I...

Verse One: 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 ...

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 puz...

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 puz...

Verse One: 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 ...

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 Nei...

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'...

[Eric B]: Yo Rakim, what's up? [Rakim]: Yo, I'm doing the knowledge, E, I'm trying to get paid in full [E]: Well, check this out, since Nobry Walters is our age...

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 ele...

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 '...

Gunshots and explosions] (Scratching: Run DMC sample: "Run") Run for cover Here I go again ready to flow again Better hold my mic don't blow again Warned by ...

[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'...

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 thi...

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 m...

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 da...

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 on...

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 thos...

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 lotio...

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 i...

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 could...