Rakim - Follow The Leader Lyrics
Verse one:Follow me into a soloGet in the flow - and you can picture like a photoMusic mixed mellow maintains to makeMelodies for mcs motivates the breaksIm everlastin, I can go on for days and daysWith rhyme displays that engrave deep as x-raysI can take a phrase thats rarely heard, flip itNow its a daily wordI can get iller than nam, a killin bombBut no alarm - rakim will remain calmSelf-esteem make me super superb and supremeBut for a microphone still I fiendThis was a tape I wasnt supposed to breakI was supposed to wait, but lets motivateI want to see who can keep followin and swallowinTakin the making, bitin it and borrowinBrothers tried and others died to get the formulaBut ima let ya sweat - you still aint warmYou a step away from frozen, stiff as if ya posinDig into my brain as the rhyme gets chosenSo follow me and were ya thinkin you were first?Lets travel at magnificent speeds around the universeWhat could ya say as the earth gets further and further awayPlanets are small as balls of clayAstray into the milky way - worlds outasightFar as the eye can see - not even a satelliteNow stop and turn around and lookAs ya stare in the darkness, ya knowledge is took!So keep starin soon ya suddenly see a starYou better follow it cause its the rThis is a lesson if ya guessin and if ya borrowinHurry hurry step right up and keep followinThe leaderVerse two:This is a lifetime mission, vision of prisonAight listenIn this journey youre the journal Im the journalistAm I eternal? or an eternalist?Im about to flow long as I can possibly goKeep ya movin cause the crowd said soDance - cuts rip ya pantsEric b on the blades, bleedin to death - call the ambulancePull out my weapon and start to squeezeA magnum as a microphone murderin mcsLets quote a rhyme from a record I wrote(follow the leader) yeah - dopeCause everytime I stop it seems ya stuckSoon as ya try to step off ya self-destructI came to overcome before Im goneBy showin and provin and lettin knowledge be bornThen after that Ill live forever - you disagree?You say never? then follow me!From century to century youll remember meIn history - not a mystery or a memoryGod by nature, mind raised in asiaSince you was tricked, I have to raise yaFrom the cradle to the grave, but rememberYoure not a slaveCause we was put here to be much more than thatBut we couldnt see it because our mind was trappedBut Im here to break away the chains, take away the painsRemake the brains, reveal my nameI guess nobody told you a little knowledge is dangerousIt cant be mixed, diluted; it cant be changed or switchedHeres a lesson if ya guessing and borrowingHurry hurry, step right up and keep followingThe leaderVerse three:A furified freestyle, lyrics of furyMy third eye makes me shine like jewelryYoure just a rent-a-rapper, your rhymes are minute-maidIll be here when it fade to watch you flip like a renegadeI cant wait to break and eliminateOn every traitor or snake - so stay awakeAnd follow and follow, because the tempos a trailThe stage is a cage, the mic is a third railIm rakim the fiend of a microphoneIm not him, so leave my mic aloneSoon as the beat is felt, Im ready to goSo fasten your seatbelt, cause Im about to flowNo need to speed slow down to let the leader leadWord to daddy, indeed!The rs a rollin stone, so Im rollinDirections is told, then the rhymes are stolenStop buggin, a brother said, dig em, I never dug emHe couldnt follow the leader long enough so I drug emInto danger zone, he should arrange his ownFace it, its basic, erase it, change ya toneTheres one r in the alphabetIts a one-letter word and its about to getMore complex from one rhyme to the nextEric b be easy on the flexIve been from state to state, followers tailgateKeep comin but you came too late, but Ill waitSo back up, regroup, get a grip, come equippedYoure the next contestant - clap ya hands, you won a trip!The price is right - dont make a deal too soonHow many notes could you name this tune?Follow the leader is the title, theme, taskNow ya know, you dont have to askRap is rhythm and poetry, cuts create sound effectsYou might catch up if you follow the records e. wrecksUntil then keep eatin and swallowinYou better take a deep breath and keep followinThe leader.
