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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Rakim
Rakim
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
William Griffin
William Griffin
Songwriter
Scott Phillips
Scott Phillips
Songwriter
Isaac Hayes
Isaac Hayes
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Father Shah
Father Shah
Mixing Engineer
Tony Dawsey
Tony Dawsey
Mastering Engineer
Yianni Papadopoulos
Yianni Papadopoulos
Mixing Engineer

Lyrics

What? Uh, yo Just when things seemed the same, and the whole scene is lame I come and reign with the unexplained for the brains 'til things change They strain to slang sling, I'm trained to bring game History that I arranged been regained by King James Go to practice, with tactics, when the track hits, theatrics Women that look like actress the status of Cleopatra's Stacks of mathematics took the ego-a-geatics? As I find out, what the facts is, for geographic No time to sip Mo's with hostess, never mind what the total gross is I rip shows, stay focused, and split cheese, with soldiers While you hit trees and coast I spit flows that be ferocious And with these explosives, I split seas for Moses Shine permanently only my mind's concernin' me Fire burns in me eternally time's eternity Followers turn on me they'll be in a mental infirmary Determinely advance technology better than Germany Since the first days you know of, 'til the last days is over I was always the flow-er, I made waves for Noah From a compound, to the anatomy, to the breakdown of a atom Some of my rap patterns, still surround Saturn From the ancient Hieroglyphics, to graffiti painted pictures I study I know the scriptures but nowadays ain't it vicious Date back I go beyond check the holy Qu'ran To speeches at the altar on, now we get our party on So being beneficent, I bless 'em with dialogue They expectin', the next testament by the God I blow 'em through battlezones with chrome for chaperone Blast beats with saxophones one of the baddest rapper's known Every country city and borough, sidestreet and ghetto Isle and alley and meadow theories ferile enough to echo When it was one mass of land, with one nash' of man And the whole mass was ran under one master plan Since the world's metamorphis, and the plan is kept in orbit Turntables we spin off but the needles never skip off it Rhythms we expressin' similar to our ancestors It'll answer your questions if you understand the message From the days of the slave choppers? To the new age of prophets As heavy as hip-hop is I'm always ready to drop it From the mind which is one of Allah's best designs And mines will stand the test of time, when I rhyme The 18th Letter, the prophecy professor I stay clever, long as the planet stay together Bring up praise from Mecca, make a phrase for the better In new days to remember, always and forever The 18th Letter, the prophecy professor I stay clever, long as the planet stay together Bring up praise from Mecca, make a phrase for the better In new days to remember, always and forever The R baby
Writer(s): William Griffin, Scott Phillips Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com
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