Follow procedures the crowd couldn't wait to see this Nobody been this long awaited since jesus Who wouldn't believe this I heard the word on the street is I'm still one of the deepest on the mic since adidas They said I changed the times from the rhymes that I thought of So I made some more to put the new world in order With mathematics put your status above the average And help you rappers make paragraphs with graphics 'Cause new days is dawnin' new ways of peformin' Brain stormin' I write and watch the night turn to mornin' On and on and I got the whole world respondin' Rock I keep it hot and blow the spot without warnin' The emperor well known for inventin' a sentence Full of adventure turnin' up the temperature Rush with adrenaline how long has it been again To be in the state of min'd that rakim is in It's been a long time
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When I'm out proppin' either hangin' or shoppin' People see me stop and ask me when the album droppin' The wait is over information like a soldier Like I told ya greater stronger now that I'm older I broke the code of silence with overloads of talents My only challenge is not to explode in violence I'm asiatic and blazin' microphones a habit At least once durin' the course of a day it's automatic In ghetto apparel mind of a egyptian pharaoh Far from shallow thoughts travel like an arrow Allah's monotony so far they can't stop me You know ra want property like mumar khadafi More thoughts than bibles recital taught disciples A sawed off mic so words scatter like a rifle Thoughts that's trifle I'm bustin' these for you Aiyyo technical difficulties is through It's been a long time
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When I float at night I show 'em new heights I go to write They know I strike with new prototypes to blow the mic Critics and biters don't know where my source of light is Still leave authors and writers with arthritis Cursed kids like the pyramids when they found the style First to ever let a rhyme flow down the nile The rebirth of hip hop'll be dropped now 'Cause the crowd didn't hear the original in a while So be alarmed what you 'bout to see is the bomb Like 3D in 'Nam vivid like CD Rom Info kept like internet com My notebook's my bond like the Holy Quran Since I came in the door said it before But no I ain't down with Eric B. no more At night the open mic be invitin' me to rhyme So yo I'm online it's been a long time It's been a long time
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