Album Cover As The Rhyme Goes On

As The Rhyme Goes On

Eric B. & Rakim

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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 to be hip hop if you're not mentally as well

Ready to absorb the rhyme that I just poured

Into the mic and so unite and this won't be so bored

If you just keep kickin' listen - to the mix

And think you'll sink into the rhyme like quicksand

Holds and controls you 'til I leave

You fall deeper in the style - it's hard to breathe

The only time I stop is when somebody drop and then

Bring 'em to the front 'cuz my rhymes' the oxygen

Then wave your hands - when you're ready I'll send you

Into your favorite dance so let the rhyme continue

And so on and I'ma go on simultaneously

And even if I stop - the rhyme remains to be

Rising to the top - and I came to drop it

Catch it and quiz it - is my topic

Universual 'cuz I move everybody to come

By exercising your mind you'll coincide as one

You look around and see how packed the party starts to get

I draw a crowd - like an architect

The five borroughs react and all the islands attract

And every state can't wait - so they attack

off a spot on the floor - squeeze in cuz it's packed

It'll be more room if MC's play the back

I'm the R the A to the K-I-M

If I wasn't, then why would I say I am

The microphone fiend if I was a fake

Whoever said it's just buggin' off the rhymes I make

I had you biting your tongue for what I brung and recite

Sung it on stage some said it don't sound like

The voice on the record - I see what you mean