When I Be on the Mic-Rakim

[00:01.13]Hardcore real ill n*ggas [00:03.96]I'm internationally known when I be on the mic [00:06.23]Hardcore real ill n*ggas [00:08.49]I'm internationally known yo [00:11.02]Hardcore real ill n*ggas [00:13.55]I'm internationally known when I be on the mic [00:16.17]Hardcore real ill n*ggas [00:18.49]So all hail the honorable [00:20.76]It's to my real ill n*ggas heavyweight hitters [00:23.27]Dough getters fifty ways to make figures [00:25.66]My n*ggas that come on the spot to feel sisters [00:28.19]Like they hear real spitters and kids on the zigga-ziggas [00:30.80]When it's ugly then the club is lovely [00:33.11]Thugs be sipping Henessey and bubbly [00:35.76]To my comrades that keep it flaming hot [00:38.15]On dangerous blocks claiming spots [00:40.70]Where the goal is to be one of the top-ranked soldiers [00:43.25]Forty-five holders one of the high rollers [00:45.75]Get respect in the hood credit is good [00:47.98]Knock it down lumberjack style baby extra wood [00:50.58]Rock it all night long the bang-a-thon baby [00:53.07]Keep hanging on we like it with the lights on [00:55.60]Don't have to blow twenty thou' to get to know honey's style [00:58.09]Show her the town steal her heart no money down [01:00.78]Hardcore real ill n*ggas [01:03.86]I'm internationally known when I be on the mic [01:06.06]Hardcore real ill n*ggas [01:08.40]I'm internationally known yo [01:11.05]Hardcore real ill n*ggas [01:13.74]I'm internationally known when I be on the mic [01:16.18]Hardcore real ill n*ggas [01:18.54]So all hail the honorable [01:20.55]How about some hardcore yeah we like it raw for sure [01:23.26]Broads on the floor wall to wall [01:25.74]There's more at the door players ball to score [01:28.16]'Cause this right here is for all of y'all [01:30.68]Rakim and Primo yo I got what you need bro [01:33.27]You go see a show smoke an L mean yo [01:35.78]And deejays play hits with hard bass kicks [01:38.25]And then they display tricks like The Matrix [01:40.77]Make the record fly undetected by the naked eye [01:43.24]So just feel the vibe 'cause your ears never lie [01:45.75]Nowadays deejays bags of tricks graphic [01:48.15]On some behind the back **** catch it and scratch it [01:50.82]Classic this kid got his craft mastered [01:53.25]Hands is mad quick like he mix with magic [01:55.79]Spin it back and forth and grab it and know just where it is [02:00.02]There it is [02:01.46]Hardcore real ill n*ggas [02:03.42]I'm internationally known when I be on the mic [02:05.88]Hardcore real ill n*ggas [02:08.42]I'm internationally known yo [02:10.88]Hardcore real ill n*ggas [02:13.45]I'm internationally known when I be on the mic [02:16.08]Hardcore real ill n*ggas [02:18.45]So all hail the honorable [02:20.82]To my elite peeps with the murderous mystiques [02:23.25]I hit the streets with beats and they critique for weeks [02:25.78]They be like "How that kid Ra reach the peak" [02:28.14]Pull out the heat and use my technique to speak [02:30.66]It's dangerous sit calm and explain to kids [02:33.21]What part of the game this is and foreign languages [02:35.70]They hold Ra's events in different continents [02:38.20]Put my lyrical contents in monuments [02:40.72]In ghetto garments I rock a towel like a pharaoh [02:43.28]Mind travel design style like apparel [02:45.84]My fashions last long as a lifetime [02:48.25]Cause I can see the future when the god write rhymes [02:50.93]They're mad cause I managed to reign so long [02:53.27]Like their chance to make money done came and gone [02:55.68]This is strictly for my listeners on the corners at night [02:58.27]And the sisters that be keeping this right when I be on the mic [03:00.85]Hardcore real ill n*ggas [03:03.58]I'm internationally known when I be on the mic [03:05.99]Hardcore real ill n*ggas [03:08.46]I'm internationally known yo [03:11.13]Hardcore real ill n*ggas [03:13.46]I'm internationally known when I be on the mic [03:15.98]Hardcore real ill n*ggas [03:18.52]So all hail the honorable