Follow The Leader Songtext

Verse One:Follow me into a soloGet in the flow - and you can picture like a photoMusic mixed mellow maintains to makeMelodies for MC's motivates the breaksI'm everlastin, I can go on for days and daysWith rhyme displays that engrave deep as X-raysI can take a phrase that's rarely heard, FLIP ITNow it's 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 wasn't supposed to breakI was supposed to wait, but let's motivateI want to see who can keep followin and swallowinTakin the making, bitin it and borrowinBrothers tried and others died to get the formulaBut I'ma let ya sweat - you still ain't 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?Let's 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 - world's 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 it's 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 you're the journal I'm the journalistAm I Eternal? Or an eternalist?I'm 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' MC'sLet's 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 I'm goneBy showin and provin and lettin knowledge be bornThen after that I'll live forever - you disagree?You say never? Then follow me!From century to century you'll 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 rememberYou're not a slaveCause we was put here to be much more than thatBut we couldn't see it because our mind was trappedBut I'm here to break away the chains, take away the painsRemake the brains, reveal my nameI guess nobody told you a little knowledge is dangerousIt can't be mixed, diluted; it can't be changed or switchedHere's 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 jewelryYou're just a rent-a-rapper, your rhymes are minute-maidI'll be here when it fade to watch you flip like a renegadeI can't wait to break and eliminateOn every traitor or snake - so stay awakeand follow and follow, because the tempo's a trailThe stage is a cage, the mic is a third railI'm Rakim the Fiend of a MicrophoneI'm not HIM, so leave my mic aloneSoon as the beat is felt, I'm ready to goSo fasten your seatbelt, cause I'm about to flowNo need to speed slow down to let the leader leadWord to daddy, indeed!The R's a rollin stone, so I'm rollinDirections is told, then the rhymes are stolenStop buggin', a brother said, dig em, I never dug 'emHe couldn't follow the leader long enough so I drug 'eminto danger zone, he should arrange his ownFace it, it's basic, erase it, change ya toneThere's one R in the alphabetIt's a one-letter word and it's about to getMore complex from one rhyme to the nextEric B be easy on the flexI've been from state to state, followers tailgateKeep comin but you came too late, but I'll waitSo back up, regroup, get a grip, come equippedYou're the next contestant - clap ya hands, you won a trip!The price is right - don't make a deal too soonHow many notes could you name this tune?Follow the Leader is the title, theme, taskNow ya know, you don't 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.