Rakim - R.A.K.I.M. (Soundtrack Version)

[00:10.42] R Rugged and rough that's how I do it [00:13.01] A Allah who I praise to the fullest [00:15.61] K Keep it moving, I Stand alone [00:18.24] M It's my crown, my world, my throne [00:30.36] Aiyyo when Rakim Allah attack, it's a wrap y'all relax [00:33.12] The arm in that, you show me where the party's at [00:35.72] Seminars and tracks, hors, comas, and cardiacs [00:38.13] Broads and cats screaming "Oh my God he's back" [00:40.71] Just imagine, I hit the lab and get it crackin' [00:43.17] A thousand styles in one verse, rhythms will switch patterns [00:45.92] Chicks get stabbed in the back, till they get spasms [00:48.83] Known to spit a magnum, or split an atom [00:50.93] Who woulda known that Jesus would come back to the ghetto [00:53.58] On that level, and that thorough, like a black hero [00:55.85] And pack metal, so rap rebels, will back pedal [00:58.59] The pharaoh of five boroughs, and take over the rap world [01:01.64] Gettin' bizarre, hardcore, this is for y'all [01:04.29] The crib or the park, play it when you get in the car [01:06.58] Chill at the bar, sip somethin' or split a cigar [01:08.98] Get with your dogs, don't be alarmed, this kid is the bomb [01:11.88] R Rugged and rough that's how I do it [01:14.40] A Allah who I praise to the fullest [01:16.73] K Keep it moving, I Stand alone [01:19.47] M It's my crown, my world, my throne [01:30.66] Uh, yeah yo, I used to paint this flow, on ancient scrolls [01:34.26] And learn ta, make this dough, where gangstas roll [01:36.91] Think like the late great Capone when the bank is closed [01:39.54] It's cats that claim they bold, but they ain't this cold [01:42.12] I'm from New York City even pretty chicks act up [01:44.77] Niggas get clapped up, you stack up, they stick that up [01:47.31] Put the strap up, you think my name was "Kid back up" [01:49.75] Big niggas (spittin' noise) pick that up, or lift that up [01:52.58] Raised by gangstas and gamblers, hustlers, con artists [01:55.23] And convicts, killers and dons [01:57.29] Drug dealers, playas and pimps, smooth talkers [02:00.15] Stick up kids, thugs, real niggas and gods [02:02.56] Haunted by every soul that lay dead in the turf [02:05.11] Close by every spirit, that never made it to birth [02:07.78] Since the Moon separated from Earth [02:10.07] That's why they say I'm the greatest that ever orchestrated a verse [02:12.79] It's the [02:13.21] R Rugged and rough that's how I do it [02:15.50] A Allah who I praise to the fullest [02:18.22] K Keep it moving, I Stand alone [02:20.59] M It's my crown, my world, my throne [02:32.56] Aiyyo, we toast to that, it's the cat that broke backs [02:35.92] To a soul slap, a smoke a track, how dope is that [02:38.53] Poet for rap, wrote backs that most slack [02:40.95] That know rap before they turned coke to crack [02:43.20] To my dogs hearin' sirens on and firearms [02:45.91] Outcome die in wars or behind iron bars [02:47.94] The boulevard, tire frauds when I evolve [02:51.10] Try and rob, my dialogue, I am God [02:54.04] Chicks moan just to get next to my throne [02:56.32] And sniff my cologne and get Ra alone [02:58.97] Sex spot's at home, I'm testosterone [03:01.51] Caress spots, stress drops, bedrock's the bone [03:03.93] Hit the floor, it's hot for 2003 [03:06.22] Hit's galore, who rock a style as wild as me [03:08.83] Rest assure, when I rock dance crowds and scream [03:11.71] Bis-Mi-Allah A-Rahman A-Rahim it's the [03:14.34] R Rugged and rough that's how I do it [03:16.78] A Allah who I praise to the fullest [03:19.30] K Keep it moving, I Stand alone [03:21.98] M It's my crown, my world, my throne [03:24.88] R Rugged and rough that's how I do it [03:27.15] A Allah who I praise to the fullest [03:29.54] K Keep it moving, I Stand alone [03:32.19] M It's my crown, my world, my throne [03:35.04] R Rugged and rough that's how I do it [03:37.31] A Allah who I praise to the fullest [03:40.09] K Keep it moving, I Stand alone [03:42.35] M It's my crown, my world, my throne [03:44.92] R Rugged and rough that's how I do it [03:47.52] A Allah who I praise to the fullest [03:50.14] K Keep it moving, I Stand alone [03:52.58] M It's my crown, my world, my throne [04:00.14] R Rugged and rough that's how I do it [04:00.68] A Allah who I praise to the fullest [04:00.94] K Keep it moving, I Stand alone [04:01.44] M It's my crown, my world, my throne [04:01.69] R Rugged and rough that's how I do it [04:02.19] A Allah who I praise to the fullest [04:03.25] K Keep it moving, I Stand alone [04:03.74] M It's my crown, my world, my throne [04:23.31]