[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'm seldom seen

Cause who needs the TV screens and magazines

or shootin through the city in fly limousines

There's one thing I don't like it's the spotlight

.. cause I already got light

They be like "Yo we had a get together last week

and we know everyone was there except the Black Sheik"

Because my schedule is tight, I gotta write

I'm deep in the archives, and keepin em hyped

It's been a long time, since you heard a strong rhyme

None of these are weak so when you bite on mine

we can trace the hits and then name that style

MC'sll be out of a job for a while

I reposess your indentification

So hand in your application

Put your mic on strike until you're unemployed

Contract is up and I'm stampin it void

Your selection ain't that selective

So I'ma put you in your proper perspective

On the dancefloor, and doin the SHAKE

Ready to let em brake, set em straight

[Rakim]

Somebody said I set em up and pulled the plug on em

But instead I let em go on so I could bug on em

Go 'head and flow, cause I close the show

Swing a song for the ladies and rhyme real slow

For instance.. once I commence..

.. the crowd is convinced

So now you know who to put your money on

Hurry up, before your money's gone

Cause I'm the most common denominator

Orchestrate a rhyme much greater

I'm like a world almanac, so tell the media

Givin em information like encyclopedia

So bring a dictionary, so you can look it up

so you know what I mean, wh