Follow The Leader-Eric B. & Rakim

[00:00.430]Follow The Leader -Eric B.&Rakim [00:00.900]Rakim'll say [00:05.690]Rakim'll say [00:09.930]Rakim'll say,the leader! [00:14.419]Rakim'll say,the leader! [00:18.679]Rakim'll say,the leader! [00:23.149]Rakim'll say,the leader! [00:27.609]Rakim'll say [00:27.968]Follow me into a solo [00:29.328]Get in the flow and you can [00:31.48]Picture like a photo [00:32.48]Music mixed mellow maintains to make [00:34.37]Melodies for MC's motivates the breaks [00:36.137]I'm everlastin',I can go on [00:37.806]For days and days [00:38.456]With rhyme displays that [00:39.465]Engrave deep as X rays [00:40.704]I can take a phrase that's [00:41.694]Rarely heard,flip it [00:43.744]Now it's a daily word [00:44.983]I can get iller than 'Nam a killin'bomb [00:47.03]But no alarm Rakim will remain calm [00:49.762]Self-esteem make me super [00:51.272]Superb and supreme [00:52.72]But for a microphone still I fiend [00:53.922]This was a tape I wasn't supposed to break [00:56.22]I was supposed to wait, [00:57.472]But let's motivate [00:58.411]I want to see who can keep [00:59.611]Followin'and swallowin' [01:00.611]Takin'the making,bitin'it and borrowin' [01:02.920]Brothers tried and others [01:03.860]Died to get the formula [01:04.980]But I'ma let ya sweat,you still ain't warm [01:06.930]You a step away from frozen, [01:08.109]Stiff as if ya posin' [01:09.569]Dig into my brain as the [01:10.529]Rhyme gets chosen [01:11.489]So follow me and were ya [01:12.579]Thinkin'you were first? [01:13.269]Let's travel at magnificent speeds [01:14.829]Around the Universe [01:15.799]What could ya say as the Earth [01:17.298]Gets further and further away [01:18.178]Planets are small as balls of clay [01:19.968]Astray into the Milky Way, [01:21.258]World's outasight [01:22.78]Far as the eye can see, [01:23.448]Not even a satellite [01:24.418]Now stop and turn around and look [01:26.148]As ya stare in the darkness, [01:27.418]Ya knowledge is took [01:28.458]So keep starin'soon ya suddenly see a star [01:31.168]You better follow it 'cause it's the R [01:33.178]This is a lesson if ya guessin' [01:34.408]And if ya borrowin' [01:35.218]Hurry,hurry,step right up [01:36.577]And keep followin' [01:37.147]The Leader [01:38.897]Follow the leader [01:39.537]Rakim'll say,the leader! [01:41.527]Rakim'll say,the leader! [01:43.837]Rakim'll say,the leader! [01:45.866]Keep Followin' [01:46.896]Rakim'll say,the leader! [01:48.736]Rakim'll say,the leader! [01:50.676]Rakim'll say,the leader! [01:52.676]Rakim'll say,the leader! [01:55.146]This is a lifetime mission,vision of prison [01:58.474]Aight listen [01:59.594]In this journey you're the journal [02:00.754]I'm the journalist [02:01.703]Am I Eternal?Or an eternalist? [02:03.652]I'm about to flow long as I can possibly go [02:06.262]Keep ya movin''cause the [02:07.192]Crowd said so [02:07.931]Dance,cuts rip ya pants [02:10.181]Eric B on the blades,bleedin'to death, [02:12.171]Call the ambulance [02:12.711]Pull out my weapon and start to squeeze [02:14.490]A magnum as a microphone murderin'MC's [02:17.100]Let's quote a rhyme from a record I wrote [02:19.580]Follow the leader） [02:20.230]Yeah,do*e [02:21.700]'Cause everytime I stop it seems ya stuck [02:23.410]Soon as ya try to step off ya self-destruct [02:25.460]I came to overcome before I'm gone [02:27.520]By showin'and provin'and [02:28.570]Lettin'knowledge be born [02:30.109]Then after that I'll live forever,you disagree? [02:32.349]You say never?Then follow me! [02:34.309]From century to century you'll remember me [02:36.429]In history,not a mystery or a memory [02:38.868]God by nature,mind raised in Asia [02:40.688]Since you was tricked,I have to raise ya [02:43.358]From the cradle to the grave,but remember [02:46.537]You're not a slave [02:47.606]'Cause we was put here to be [02:48.766]Much more than that [02:49.676]But we couldn't see it because [02:50.676]Our mind was trapped [02:51.746]But I'm here to break away the chains, [02:53.406]Take away the pains [02:54.186]Remake the brains,reveal my name [02:56.405]I guess nobody told you a little [02:57.525]Knowledge is dangerous [02:58.405]It can't be mixed,diluted,it can't be [03:00.195]Changed or switched [03:00.705]Here's a lesson if ya guessing and borrowing [03:02.724]Hurry,hurry,step right up [03:04.603]The leader [03:04.93]And keep following [03:06.153]Follow the leader [03:06.623]Rakim'll say,the leader! [03:08.853]Rakim'll say,the leader! [03:11.333]Rakim'll say,the leader! [03:13.683]Rakim'll say,the leader! [03:15.843]Rakim'll say,the leader! [03:17.861]Rakim'll say,the leader! [03:20.191]Rakim'll say,the leader! [03:22.631]A furified freestyle,lyrics of fury [03:24.601]My third eye makes me shine like jewelry [03:26.701]You're just a rent-a-rapper, [03:27.491]Your rhymes are minute-maid [03:28.540]I'll be here when it fade to watch [03:29.900]You flip like a renegade [03:31.180]I can't wait to break and eliminate [03:32.810]On every traitor or snake,so stay awake [03:35.300]And follow and follow, [03:36.490]Because the tempo's a trail [03:37.460]The stage is a cage,the mic is a third rail [03:40.00]I'm Rakim the Fiend of a Microphone [03:42.99]I'm not HIM,so leave my mic alone [03:44.168]Soon as the beat is felt,I'm ready to go [03:46.328]So fasten your seatbelt 'cause I'm about to flow [03:49.28]No need to speed slow down to [03:50.198]Let the leader lead [03:50.908]Word to daddy,indeed! [03:52.857]The R's a rollin'stone,so I'm rollin' [03:54.997]Directions is told,then the rhymes are stolen [03:56.757]Stop buggin',a brother said, [03:57.717]Dig 'em,I never dug 'em [03:58.947]He couldn't follow the leader [03:59.927]Long enough so I dr*g 'em [04:01.997]Into danger zone,he should arrange his own [04:04.207]Face it,it's basic,erase it,change ya tone [04:06.157]There's one R in the alphabet [04:07.746]It's a one-letter word and it's about to get [04:10.326]More complex from one rhyme to the next [04:12.906]Eric B be easy on the flex [04:14.716]I've been from state to state, [04:16.196]Followers tailgate [04:16.635]Keep comin'but you [04:17.405]Came too late,but I'll wait [04:18.944]So back up,regroup,get a grip, [04:20.654]Come equipped [04:20.994]You're the next contestant, [04:22.64]Clap ya hands,you won a trip! [04:23.584]The price is right,don't [04:24.574]Make a deal too soon [04:25.484]How many notes could [04:26.214]You name this tune? [04:27.743]Follow the Leader is the title,theme,task [04:29.883]Now ya know,you don't have to ask [04:31.993]Rap is Rhythm And Poetry, [04:32.963]Cuts create sound effects [04:33.843]You might catch up if you [04:35.203]Follow the records E.wrecks [04:36.423]Until then keep eatin'and swallowin' [04:38.763]You better take a deep [04:39.923]Breath and keep followin' [04:40.803]The leader [04:42.382]Follow the leader [04:43.92]Rakim'll say,the leader! [04:44.541]Keep followin' [04:45.411]Rakim'll say,the leader! [04:47.151]Rakim'll say,the leader! [04:49.691]The [04:50.941]Rakim'll say,the leader! [04:51.761]Rakim'll say,the leader! [04:54.01]Rakim'll say,the leader! [04:55.911]Rakim'll say,the leader! [04:58.291]Rakim'll say, [04:59.811],the leader! [05:00.361]Rakim'll say,the leader! [05:02.880]Rakim'll say,the leader! [05:05.130]Rakim'll say, [05:06.210]Follow the leader [05:07.210]Rakim'll say,the leader! [05:09.280]Rakim'll say,the leader! [05:11.500]Rakim'll say,the leader! 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