[00:00:00] Let The Rhythm Hit ’Em - Eric B. & Rakim [00:00:10] I'm the arsenal [00:00:10] I got artillery lyrics of ammo [00:00:12] Rounds of rhythm [00:00:13] Then I'm 'a give 'em piano [00:00:14] Bring a bullet-proof vest [00:00:16] Nothin' to ricochet [00:00:17] Ready to aim at the brain [00:00:18] ~Now what the trigger say [00:00:19] Tempos triflin' [00:00:20] Felt like a rifle [00:00:21] Massage 'n' melodies [00:00:22] Might go right through [00:00:23] Simultaneously like an Uzi [00:00:24] Nothin' can bruise me [00:00:25] Lyrics let up when lady say don't lose me [00:00:27] So re-load quickly [00:00:28] And you better hit me [00:00:30] While I'm lettin' this fifi get wit me [00:00:32] You steppin' with 007 [00:00:33] Better make it snappy [00:00:34] No time to do your hair baby [00:00:35] Brothers are bustin' at me [00:00:36] Beats and bullets pass me [00:00:37] None on target [00:00:38] They want the R hit [00:00:39] But wtch the god get [00:00:40] Quicker the tongue is the trigger [00:00:42] 'Cause I'm real fast [00:00:43] Let off some rhythm at 'em [00:00:44] Let 'em feel the blast [00:00:45] Penetrate at a crazy rate [00:00:46] This ain't no 38 [00:00:47] Hit 'em at point blank range [00:00:48] And watch 'em radiate [00:00:49] Runnin' out of ammunition [00:00:51] I'm done wit' em [00:00:52] You ask me how I did 'em [00:00:53] I let the rhythm hit 'em [00:01:02] I push a power that's punishable [00:01:04] Better be a prisoner [00:01:04] The hit man is the [00:01:06] Brother wit' charisma [00:01:07] Showing you that I have [00:01:08] Powerful paragraphs [00:01:09] Followers will become leaders [00:01:10] But without a path [00:01:11] Ya mentally paralyzed [00:01:12] Crippled ya third eye [00:01:13] Rhymes are blurred [00:01:14] Then it occurred that you heard I [00:01:16] Reduced the friction with crucifixion [00:01:17] Let loose the mix then [00:01:19] Boost the piston [00:01:20] Eric hit 'em with' some of that [00:01:21] Cut like a lumberjack [00:01:22] And me gettin' hit back [00:01:23] It won't be none of that [00:01:24] I'm untouchable [00:01:25] You see me in 3-D [00:01:27] When I let the rhythm hit another MC [00:01:29] Lyrics made of lead [00:01:30] Enters your head [00:01:31] Then eruptions of a mass production [00:01:32] Will spread when [00:01:33] Music is louder [00:01:34] Full of gunpower [00:01:35] Microphone machinery [00:01:37] When I see a crowd of [00:01:38] Party people pumpin' [00:01:39] Their fist like this [00:01:39] Ya hide in the back [00:01:41] Thinkin' that I might miss [00:01:42] But the R is accurate [00:01:43] Plus I'm packed up with [00:01:44] Educated punch lines that [00:01:45] I have to hit [00:01:46] Whatever I aim at [00:01:47] I line 'em up [00:01:49] Ya body is weak feel with pain [00:01:50] That time is up [00:01:51] You been hit with somethin' [00:01:52] Different isn't it [00:01:53] Rakim is gonna radiate and nothing's equivalent [00:01:55] Nothin' can harm me [00:01:56] Why try to bar me [00:01:57] You couldn't come around THE RA with aN army [00:01:59] You'll get wrecked by the architect [00:02:01] So respect 'em [00:02:02] I disconnect 'em soon as I inject 'em [00:02:04] With radiation [00:02:05] Put 'em by the basement [00:02:06] Bust his chest open [00:02:07] Bash his face in [00:02:08] Let it split 'im [00:02:09] Since he brought his main man wit' 'im [00:02:10] He ask me how I did 'im [00:02:12] I let the rhythm hit 'im [00:02:13] Let it hit 'im [00:02:21] Dance floor's dangerous [00:02:22] Packed in like a briefcase [00:02:24] Rhyth with ral rough rhyme [00:02:25] Beats with deep bass [00:02:26] Girls with tight pants [00:02:27] Maybe they might dance [00:02:28] Tonight if the Rs on the mike [00:02:29] There's a slight chance [00:02:30] The crowd is crucial [00:02:31] MC's grounds are neutral [00:02:32] Now that you're here let me introduce you [00:02:35] Get ready [00:02:35] I'm hard read like graffiti but steady [00:02:37] Science I drop is real heavy [00:02:39] Radiant energy that'll be the penalty [00:02:41] Touch the third rail on the pain of remedy [00:02:43] The prescription's one every hour