所属专辑:Gold (Explicit)
时长: 05:34
Follow The Leader - Eric B. & Rakim[00:00:00]
Rakim'll say[00:00:00]
Rakim'll say[00:00:05]
Rakim'll say, "Follow the leader!"[00:00:09]
Rakim'll say, "Follow the leader!"[00:00:14]
Rakim'll say, "Follow the leader!"[00:00:18]
Rakim'll say, "Follow the leader![00:00:23]
Rakim'll say[00:00:27]
Follow me into a solo[00:00:27]
Get in the flow and you can[00:00:29]
Picture like a photo[00:00:31]
Music mixed mellow maintains to make[00:00:32]
Melodies for MC's motivates the breaks[00:00:34]
I'm everlastin', I can go on[00:00:36]
For days and days[00:00:37]
With rhyme displays that[00:00:38]
Engrave deep as X rays[00:00:39]
I can take a phrase that's[00:00:40]
Rarely heard, flip it[00:00:41]
Now it's a daily word[00:00:43]
I can get iller than 'Nam a killin' bomb[00:00:44]
But no alarm Rakim will remain calm[00:00:47]
Self-esteem make me super[00:00:49]
Superb and supreme[00:00:51]
But for a microphone still I fiend[00:00:52]
This was a tape I wasn't supposed to break[00:00:53]
I was supposed to wait,[00:00:56]
But let's motivate[00:00:57]
I want to see who can keep[00:00:58]
Followin' and swallowin'[00:00:59]
Takin' the making, bitin' it and borrowin'[00:01:00]
Brothers tried and others[00:01:02]
Died to get the formula[00:01:03]
But I'ma let ya sweat, you still ain't warm[00:01:04]
You a step away from frozen,[00:01:06]
Stiff as if ya posin'[00:01:08]
Dig into my brain as the[00:01:09]
Rhyme gets chosen[00:01:10]
So follow me and were ya[00:01:11]
Thinkin' you were first?[00:01:12]
Let's travel at magnificent speeds[00:01:13]
Around the Universe[00:01:14]
What could ya say as the Earth[00:01:15]
Gets further and further away[00:01:17]
Planets are small as balls of clay[00:01:18]
Astray into the Milky Way,[00:01:19]
World's outasight[00:01:21]
Far as the eye can see,[00:01:22]
Not even a satellite[00:01:23]
Now stop and turn around and look[00:01:24]
As ya stare in the darkness,[00:01:26]
Ya knowledge is took[00:01:27]
So keep starin' soon ya suddenly see a star[00:01:28]
You better follow it 'cause it's the R[00:01:31]
This is a lesson if ya guessin'[00:01:33]
And if ya borrowin'[00:01:34]
Hurry, hurry, step right up[00:01:35]
And keep followin'[00:01:36]
The Leader[00:01:37]
Follow the leader[00:01:38]
Rakim'll say, "Follow the leader!"[00:01:39]
Rakim'll say, "Follow the leader!"[00:01:41]
Rakim'll say, "Follow the leader!"[00:01:43]
Keep Followin'[00:01:45]
Rakim'll say, "Follow the leader!"[00:01:46]
Rakim'll say, "Follow the leader!"[00:01:48]
Rakim'll say, "Follow the leader!"[00:01:50]
Rakim'll say, "Follow the leader![00:01:52]
This is a lifetime mission, vision of prison[00:01:55]
Aight listen[00:01:58]
In this journey you're the journal[00:01:59]
I'm the journalist[00:02:00]
Am I Eternal? Or an eternalist?[00:02:01]
I'm about to flow long as I can possibly go[00:02:03]
Keep ya movin' 'cause the[00:02:06]
Crowd said so[00:02:07]
Dance, cuts rip ya pants[00:02:07]
Eric B on the blades, bleedin' to death,[00:02:10]
Call the ambulance[00:02:12]
Pull out my weapon and start to squeeze[00:02:12]
A magnum as a microphone murderin' MC's[00:02:14]
Let's quote a rhyme from a record I wrote[00:02:17]
(Follow the leader)[00:02:19]
Yeah, dope[00:02:20]
'Cause everytime I stop it seems ya stuck[00:02:21]
Soon as ya try to step off ya self-destruct[00:02:23]
I came to overcome before I'm gone[00:02:25]
By showin' and provin' and[00:02:27]
Lettin' knowledge be born[00:02:28]
Then after that I'll live forever, you disagree?[00:02:30]
You say never? Then follow me![00:02:32]
From century to century you'll remember me[00:02:34]
In history, not a mystery or a memory[00:02:36]
God by nature, mind raised in Asia[00:02:38]
Since you was tricked, I have to raise ya[00:02:40]
From the cradle to the grave, but remember[00:02:43]
You're not a slave[00:02:46]
'Cause we was put here to be[00:02:47]
Much more than that[00:02:48]
But we couldn't see it because[00:02:49]
Our mind was trapped[00:02:50]
But I'm here to break away the chains,[00:02:51]
Take away the pains[00:02:53]
Remake the brains, reveal my name[00:02:54]
I guess nobody told you a little[00:02:56]
Knowledge is dangerous[00:02:57]
It can't be mixed, diluted, it can't be[00:02:58]
Changed or switched[00:03:00]
Here's a lesson if ya guessing and borrowing[00:03:00]
Hurry, hurry, step right up[00:03:02]
And keep following[00:03:04]
The leader[00:03:04]
Follow the leader[00:03:06]
Rakim'll say, "Follow the leader!"[00:03:06]
Rakim'll say, "Follow the leader!"[00:03:08]
Rakim'll say, "Follow the leader!"[00:03:11]
Rakim'll say, "Follow the leader!"[00:03:13]
Rakim'll say, "Follow the leader!"[00:03:15]
Rakim'll say, "Follow the leader!"[00:03:17]
Rakim'll say, "Follow the leader!"[00:03:20]
A furified freestyle, lyrics of fury[00:03:22]
My third eye makes me shine like jewelry[00:03:24]
You're just a rent-a-rapper,[00:03:26]
Your rhymes are minute-maid[00:03:27]
I'll be here when it fade to watch[00:03:28]
You flip like a renegade[00:03:29]
I can't wait to break and eliminate[00:03:31]
On every traitor or snake, so stay awake[00:03:32]
And follow and follow,[00:03:35]
Because the tempo's a trail[00:03:36]
The stage is a cage, the mic is a third rail[00:03:37]
I'm Rakim the Fiend of a Microphone[00:03:40]
I'm not HIM, so leave my mic alone[00:03:42]
Soon as the beat is felt, I'm ready to go[00:03:44]
So fasten your seatbelt 'cause I'm about to flow[00:03:46]
No need to speed slow down to[00:03:49]
Let the leader lead[00:03:50]
Word to daddy, indeed![00:03:50]
The R's a rollin' stone, so I'm rollin'[00:03:52]
Directions is told, then the rhymes are stolen[00:03:54]
Stop buggin', a brother said,[00:03:56]
Dig 'em, I never dug 'em[00:03:57]
He couldn't follow the leader[00:03:58]
Long enough so I drug 'em[00:03:59]
Into danger zone, he should arrange his own[00:04:01]
Face it, it's basic, erase it, change ya tone[00:04:04]
There's one R in the alphabet[00:04:06]
It's a one-letter word and it's about to get[00:04:07]
More complex from one rhyme to the next[00:04:10]
Eric B be easy on the flex[00:04:12]
I've been from state to state,[00:04:14]
Followers tailgate[00:04:16]
Keep comin' but you[00:04:16]
Came too late, but I'll wait[00:04:17]
So back up, regroup, get a grip,[00:04:18]
Come equipped[00:04:20]
You're the next contestant,[00:04:20]
Clap ya hands, you won a trip![00:04:22]
The price is right, don't[00:04:23]
Make a deal too soon[00:04:24]
How many notes could[00:04:25]
You name this tune?[00:04:26]
Follow the Leader is the title, theme, task[00:04:27]
Now ya know, you don't have to ask[00:04:29]
Rap is Rhythm And Poetry,[00:04:31]
Cuts create sound effects[00:04:32]
You might catch up if you[00:04:33]
Follow the records E. wrecks[00:04:35]
Until then keep eatin' and swallowin'[00:04:36]
You better take a deep[00:04:38]
Breath and keep followin'[00:04:39]
The leader[00:04:40]
Follow the leader[00:04:42]
Rakim'll say, "Follow the leader!"[00:04:43]
Keep followin'[00:04:44]
Rakim'll say, "Follow the leader!"[00:04:45]
Rakim'll say, "Follow the leader!"[00:04:47]
The "R!"[00:04:49]
Rakim'll say, "Follow the leader!"[00:04:50]
Rakim'll say, "Follow the leader!"[00:04:51]
Rakim'll say, "Follow the leader!"[00:04:54]
Rakim'll say, "Follow the leader!"[00:04:55]
Rakim'll say, "Peace"[00:04:58]
, "Follow the leader!"[00:04:59]
Rakim'll say, "Follow the leader!"[00:05:00]
Rakim'll say, "Follow the leader!"[00:05:02]
Rakim'll say,[00:05:05]
Follow the leader[00:05:06]
Rakim'll say, "Follow the leader!"[00:05:07]
Rakim'll say, "Follow the leader!"[00:05:09]
Rakim'll say, "Follow the leader!"[00:05:11]
Rakim'll say, "Follow the leader!"[00:05:13]
Rakim'll say, "Follow the leader!"[00:05:15]
Rakim'll say, "Follow the leader!"[00:05:18]
Rakim'll say, "Follow the leader!"[00:05:20]
Follow the leader![00:05:24]