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How I Get Down - Rakim



     
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Advisory - the following lyrics contain explicit language:
Before the dough came, my whole aim, was blow like propane
Control the whole domain, and then show no shame
Make rappers go [unverified] and they so lame, playin' with no game
Put 'em on the lil plane 'til they can't claim no fameI got, the range, better, stay in the slow lane
I make the flow change from hurricanes to a slow rain
Your thoughts are so plane, I rearrange your whole frame
Until my whole name grow out your brain like RomaineLetter by letter, I put words together
Once merged, apart never, they be heard forever
And then I grab a pen and stab him in his abdomen
And smash him in, throw his mic like a javelinThen I explain verses, that remain on the surface

At times it get deep, but I never defeat the purpose
Never go out, to go the dough route, forever hold out
I never sold out, for any amount, no doubtThat's how I get down, so tell me how you like that
I hit the town, hold it down on a tight track
I start a party now everybody like rap
Haters are mad 'cause they gave the R the mic backThat's how I get down, so tell me how you like that
I hit the town, hold it down on a tight track
I start a party now everybody like rap
Haters are mad 'cause they gave the R the mic backI like to hang where e'rythang seem to happen at
(Y'know?)
It's Ra's habitat, I'm like that czar Arafat
And yes I have a gat, snap like a Israeli
A terrorist I never miss blowin' up kids dailyI step to writers, and let my virus hurt the closest
I'm sick as hepatitis and worse than tuberculosis
Pull out a pen, like a grenade, and drop it quick
I strike again and I'ma get paid, exotic shitYou know the God ra be, hot as the Mojave
Swing like King Usabi, my posse be kamikaze
On the corners like I'm homeless and I, don't know where home is
The bonus, is where the next open microphone isMe and my team, vision like a radar screen
Intervene and yo, cut the mic off, 'cause Ra fiend
To show the whole world some of the things I seen
Then blow it up, like Edi Amin, yaknahmean?That's how I get down, so tell me how you like that
I hit the town, hold it down on a tight track
I start a party now everybody like rap
Haters are mad 'cause they gave the R the mic backI do a thang thang, I write the songs they sing
Make sure that they swing, from New York to Beijing
Put your thoughts in the sling and your brain is gangrene
Pull in the ring, repeatin' and sayin' the same thingXerox, zero, no match, you ditto
Copy machine, couldn't reprint my [unverified]
My new style, that I produce now's beyond two-thou'
I knew how, since a juvenile, to make a ka-powWhen the night's fallin', I can hear the mic callin'
I like ballin', I cut back like Mic Jordan
This is for y'all while I'm spittin' literatures
Lyrics'll ball like Allen Iverson dribble the ballThey hopeless, whoever approaches my high explosives
My vision sadicious, and freestyle's ferocious
I wrote this, words flew over my head like a locust
I turned the beat up, sat back, and stayed focusedThat's how I get down, so tell me how you like that
I hit the town, hold it down on a tight track
I start a party now everybody like rap
Haters are mad 'cause they gave the R the mic back

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Rakim (pronounced rah-KIM) (Born William Michael Griffin Jr. on January 28, 1968 in Long Island, New York) is an American rapper and pioneer of the musical genre of hip hop. He is consistently cited as one of the most skilled (and top amongst the most influential) MCs of all time due to his exceptional flow and complex lyrical craftsmanship, he revolutionized hip-hop lyricism with his complex flow, elaborate metaphors and rapid delivery.

Read more about Rakim on Last.fm.


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