Words They twist and turn in me They rip and burn in me But a poet dies when he wants to live, Chooses to be free I couldn't be in worse condition I
I know my streets, I know my sounds Y'all know my beats, how I get down I take my steps, and leaps and bounds Nigga it's, hip hop Yeah, yeah, we started
Hey now ladies guess who's back LDB Romeo and Bat For the 99 it's phat stack Yo Ra Ra about to rip the track You took my heart and ran with it Why
I still feel possessed as a gun charge To come as correct as a porn star And a fresh pair steps in my best foreign car Self, I represent the first Now
shove a ball in a pocket. And they call that sloth. The first big step on the road To the depths of deg-ra-Day-- I say, first, medicinal wine from a
s communicate When I translate the situation's straight No dictionary's necessary to use Big words do nothing but confuse and lose From the first step
Hey now ladies guess who's back, LDB Romeo and Bat For the 99 it's Phat stack, yo, Ra Ra about to rip the track You took my heart and ran with it, why
, you said you control me So now a contest is what you owe me Pull out your money, pull out your cut Pull up a chair My name is Rakim Allah and R & A stands for RA
livin' like dat Lyrical gangsta, murderer Pick up a toolie inna the area, murderer Lyrical gangsta, murderer Still livin' like dat Yeah, first and
this one is gettin' blazin' hot Boom boom- make you bust another shot from the glock (chorus) From the streets below to everything above To the heart that pumps ra
and alphabetically stepped Put in order to pursue with the momentum except I say one rhyme and I order a longer rhyme shorter A pause but don't stop the tape recorder I'm not a regular competitor, first
, let's communicate When I translate the situation's straight No dictionary's necessary to use Big words do nothing but confuse and lose From the first step
Up In Harlem', watch Ra solve 'em I hear the music clear as I get near The hundred and twenty fifth street Apollo Theater Take a step back when I rap I step
feel as possessed as a gun charge. I come as correct as a porn star, In a fresh pair of steps and my best foreign car. So, I represent the first. Now,
Delicate flows Speak child Intelligent, Mellow shit kills fellowships _ freestyles Smile. Punch lines can crush the spines of the skeptics Perfection stepped