This is in motion Try to catch on, close to the host And MC's try to make the road but I'm coastin' hear the rhymes rub 'em on like lotion
Hit spots soothin', can't stop Go ahead, bust a sweat and you can bet I'm coolin' When I detain a brainstorm Never the same form, brain I rained on is warm
Takin' a trip through Memory Lane to See if you could tell if these thoughts to MC's Could do you but you can't touch this kid just tried to bust this but he just missed
I'm universal and much merciful So versatile with the it's reversible I get even if I say a curse or two First, let me bust verse for you
arms too short to box with Ra, so quit You don't want no of conflict Or you'll get as the rhyme is ripped Pick up the now ain't that peace, yeah I'm hip
I said flows since my intro I plant a thought and then grow Holdin' my pen tightly it be controversy at first I write the chords of research
Don't just take it for When I'm my mind remains a planet If I keep buildin' and teach the So when they read in the lines it's filled in
I to meditate, not a peep, concentrate I'm deep awake but not asleep At the same time risin' and advertisin' is true Keep advised and you can stay wise and I'm
Comin' the bridge, take a peak at the skyline 'Cause that's how I shine not only when I My culture's makin' me stronger, I'm powerful poetry now that could be
Labeled as art in a museum Style'll scenery, now you see 'em Exhibit a knowledge that's packed and with Nothin' illiterate, facts I build with
My mind's untouchable which means never dense, it's understandable I study life, so I can it the right way No time to hear what another brother say
Why sell a capsule of crack I don't to? I and sign million dollar contracts to Put message on records graced with hard bass microphones, this ain't Scarface
Whoever talked that talk, I hawk And try to 'Escape From New York' Cross a 110th Street for a problem It's 'Hell Up In Harlem', Ra solve 'em
I hear the clear as I get near The hundred and twenty fifth Apollo Theater Take a step when I rap I step up to you I'm
Put on my cap pump the track Test reflex relax but in contact You fold and lose control, so your partner closer You're supposed to keep your
But you the drum said go then it gets so hype It's like opponents get petro the trademark left by the R That's never soft or smooth, it's comin' off the
In effect, you could die-tect the my props, Rakim is still proper I'm a prophet, you can't it when I drop it I say, coincide with the topic
Thoughts bounce till my skull is fractured Inside my brain all manufactured As we go it's hard to find Don't even think about it you can't read my mind
It's clear so therefore you a ear or inclined In the mind with some kind of idea for the I'm advertisin' what is true, keep That you stay wise and the mind is