Follow The Leader

Rakim'll say

Rakim'll say

Rakim'll say

Follow the leader, Rakim'll say

Follow the leader, Rakim'll say

Follow the leader, Rakim'll say

Follow the leader, Rakim'll say

Follow me into a solo, get in the flow

And you can picture like a photo

Music mixed mellow maintains to make

Melodies for emcees, motivates the breaks

I'm everlastin', I can go on for days and days

With rhyme displays, that engrave, deep as x-rays

I can take a phrase that's rarely heard

Flip it, now it's a daily word

I can get iller than 'Nam, I kill an' bomb

But no alarm, Rakim will remain calm

Self-esteem make me super, superb, and supreme

But for a microphone, still I fiend

This was a tape, I wasn't supposed to break

I was supposed to wait, but let's motivate

I want to see who keep followin' and swallowin'

Takin' and makin', bitin' it and borrowin'

Brothers tried, and others died, to get the formula

But I'mma let ya sweat, you still ain't warm, you a

Step away from frozen, stiff as if ya posin'

Dig into my brain, as the rhyme gets chosen

So follow me or were ya thinkin' you were first?

Let's travel at magnificent speeds around the Universe

What could ya say, as the Earth gets further and further away

Planets are small as a balls of clay

Astray into the Milky Way, world's outasight

Far as the eye could see, not even a satellite

Now stop and turn around and look

As ya stare in the darkness, ya knowledge is took

So keep starin', soon ya suddenly see a star

You better follow it cause it's the R

This is a lesson, if ya guessin' and if ya borrowin'

Hurry hurry step right up and keep followin'

The leader

Follow the leader, Rakim'll say

Follow the leader, Rakim'll say

Follow the leader, Rakim'll say

(Keep followin'), follow the leader, Rakim'll say

Follow the leader, Rakim'll say

Follow the leader, Rakim'll say

Follow the leader, Rakim'll say

Follow the leader

This is a lifetime mission

Vision a prison, aight listen

In this journey, you're the journal, I'm the journalist

Am I eternal? Or an eternalist?

I'm about to flow, long as I can possibly go

Keep ya movin' cause the crowd said so

Dance, cuts rip ya pants

Eric B on the blades, bleedin' to death, call a ambulance

Pull out my weapon and start to squeeze

A magnum as a microphone, murderin' emcees

Let's quote, a rhyme from a record I wrote

(Follow the leader) Yeah dope

'Cause everytime I stop it seems ya stuck

Soon as ya try to step off ya self-destruct

I came to overcome before I'm gone

By showin' and provin' and lettin' knowledge be born

Then after that I'll live forever, you disagree?

You say never? Then follow me

From century to century you'll remember me

In history, not a mystery, or a memory (Rakim)

God by nature, mind raised in Asia

Since you was tricked, I have to raise ya

From the cradle to the grave

But remember, you're not a slave

'Cause we was put here to be much more than that

But we couldn't see it because our mind was trapped

But I'm here to break away the chains, take away the pains

Remake the brains, rebuild my name

I guess nobody told you a little knowledge is dangerous

It can't be mixed, diluted, it can't be changed or switched

Here's a lesson if ya guessin' and borrowin'

Hurry hurry, step right up and keep followin'

The leader

Follow the leader, Rakim'll say

Follow the leader, Rakim'll say

Follow the leader, Rakim'll say

Follow the leader, Rakim'll say

Follow the leader, Rakim'll say

Follow the leader, Rakim'll say

Follow the leader, Rakim'll say

Follow the leader

A furified freestyle, lyrics of fury

My third eye make me shine like jewelry

You're just a rent-a-rapper, your rhymes are minute-maid

I'll be here when it fades, to watch you flip like a renegade

I can't wait, to break and eliminate

On every traitor or snake, so stay awake

And follow and follow, because the tempo's a trail

The stage is a cage, the mic is a third rail

I'm Rakim, the fiend of a microphone

I'm not him, so leave my mic alone

Soon as the beat is felt, I'm ready to go

So fasten your seatbelt, cause I'm about to flow

No need to speed, slow down and let the leader lead

Word to daddy, indeed

The R's a rollin' stone, so I'm rollin'

Directions is told, then the rhymes are stolen

Stop buggin', a brother said, dig 'em, I never dug 'em

He couldn't follow the leader long enough, so I drug 'em

Into danger zone, he should arrange his own

Face it, it's basic, erase it, change ya tone

It's one R in the alphabet

It's a one-letter word and it's about to get

More complex from one rhyme to the next

Eric B be easy on the flex

I've been from state to state, followers tailgate

Keep comin' but you came too late, but I'll wait

So back up, regroup, get a grip, come equipped

You're the next contestant, clap ya hands, you won a trip

The price is right, don't make a deal too soon

How many notes, could you name this tune?

Follow the Leader is the title, theme, task

Now ya know, you don't have to ask

Rap is Rhythm And Poetry, cuts create sound effects

You might catch up, if you follow the records E wrecks

Until then keep eatin' and swallowin'

You better take a deep breath and keep followin'

The leader

Follow the leader, Rakim'll say

(Keep followin') follow the leader, Rakim'll say

Follow the leader, Rakim'll say

Follow the leader, Rakim'll say (the R)

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Follow the leader, Rakim'll say

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(Rakim'll say peace) follow the leader, Rakim'll say

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(Follow the leader) follow the leader, Rakim'll say

Follow the leader, Rakim'll say

Follow the leader, Rakim'll say

Follow the leader, Rakim'll say

Follow the leader, Rakim'll say

Follow the leader, Rakim'll say

Follow the leader, Rakim'll say

Follow the leader

Follow the leader