I Know You Got Soul-Bobby Byrd

[00:09.55]It's been a long time, I shouldn't have left you [00:12.30]Without a strong rhyme to step to [00:14.29]Think of how many weak shows you slept through [00:16.04] [00:16.93]Time's up, I'm sorry I kept you [00:18.87]Thinking of this, you keep repeating you miss [00:20.86]The rhymes from the microphone soloist [00:22.23] [00:23.27]And you sit by the radio, hand on the dial, soon [00:26.15]As you hear it, pump up the volume [00:28.14]Dance wit the speaker 'till you hear it blow, [00:30.26]Then plug in the headphone 'cause here it go [00:32.39]It's a 4 letter word when it's heard,it control [00:34.76]Your body to dance （you got it） soul, [00:37.50]Ditects the tempo like a red alert [00:39.88]Reaches your reflex, so let it work [00:42.06]When this is playing, you can't get stuck wit [00:44.18]The steps, so get set and I'm a still come up wit [00:46.68]A gift to be swift, follow the leader, the rhyme will go [00:48.98]Def wit the record that was mixed a long time ago [00:51.17]It can be done but only I can do it [00:53.47]For those that can dance and clap your hands to it [00:55.78]I start to think and then I sink [00:57.78]Into the paper like I was ink [00:59.53] [01:00.17]When I'm writing, I'm trapped in between the lines, [01:02.48]I escape when I finish the rhyme... [01:04.81]I got soul [01:08.37] [01:09.58]You got it （4x） [01:13.86]I know you got soul [01:15.96] [01:23.20]Picture a mic, the stage is empty [01:26.34]A beat like this might tempt me [01:28.15]To pose, show my rings and my fat gold chain [01:30.71]Grab the mic like I'm on soul train [01:32.71]But I'll wait 'cause I mastered this [01:34.71]Let the others go first so the brothers don't miss [01:37.09]Eric b. break the sticks （you got it） [01:39.30]Rakim will begin when you make the mix [01:41.76]I'll experiment like a scientist [01:43.26] [01:43.99]You wanna rhyme, you gotta sign my list [01:46.36]'cause I'm a manifest and bless the mic I hold [01:48.61]You want it next? then you gotta have soul [01:50.93]'cause if you ain't got it, I'm a make an encore [01:53.41]Take the mic, make the people respond for [01:55.65]The r, 'cause that's the way it'll have to be [01:58.36]If you wanna get on after me [02:00.30]Think about it, wait, erase your rhyme [02:01.86] [02:02.43]Forget it and don't waste your time [02:04.80]'cause I'll be in the crowd if you ain't controlling it [02:07.17]Drop the mic, you shouldn't be holding it [02:09.48]This is how it should be done [02:11.22]This style is identical to none [02:14.13]Some try to make it sound like this but you're getting me [02:16.44]So upset that I'm wet 'cause you're sweating me [02:18.99]I drip steam like a microphone fiend [02:20.87]Eager to mc is my theme [02:23.11]I get hype when I hear a drum roll [02:25.67]Rakim is on the mic and you know I got soul [02:29.12]You got it （5x） [02:37.94] [02:46.17]I got soul （you got it） that's why I came [02:48.79]To teach those who can't say my name [02:50.79]First of all, I'm the soloist, the soul controller [02:52.47] [02:53.27]Rakim gets stronger as I get older [02:55.52]Constant elevation causes expansion [02:57.92]I write my rhyme while I cool in my mansion [03:00.23]Then put it on tape and in the city I test it [03:02.79]Then on the radio the r's requested [03:04.10] [03:04.80]You listen to it, the concept might break you [03:06.73] [03:07.65]'cause almost anyone can relate to... [03:09.52]Whoever's out of hand, I'm give him handles [03:11.14] [03:12.11]Light 'em up, blow 'em out like candles [03:14.57]Or should I just let him melt? [03:16.13]Then give him a hand so they can see how it felt [03:18.88]I'm not bold just 'cause I rock gold [03:20.81]Rakim is on the mic and you know I got soul [03:25.92]You got it （4x） [03:32.16] [03:42.02]Now I'm a stop to see what you got [03:43.95]Get off the mic before I get too hot [03:46.21]I want to see which posse can dance the best [03:48.40] [03:48.92]It should be easy 'cause the beat is fresh [03:50.92]Now if your from uptown, brooklyn- bound, [03:53.13]The bronx, queens, or long island sound, [03:55.93]Even other states come right and exact, [03:57.74]It ain't where you're from, it's where you're at [04:00.05]Since you came here, you have to show and prove [04:02.42]And do that dance until it don't move [04:04.67]'cause all you need is soul self-esteem will release, [04:06.98]The rest is up to you, rakim 'll say peace [04:10.72] [04:18.66]You got it （10x）