[00:00:02] I Know - Rakim [00:00:03] Written by:William Griffin/D. Hinds/Benny Latimore/T. Randolph [00:00:05] Aye yo who's the most explosive one yet [00:00:07] The a roundest one left [00:00:08] Who flows express to them [00:00:10] Rhythm drum set ain't done yet [00:00:11] Flow like a trumpet to your eardrum are deaf [00:00:14] Who pose a threat [00:00:15] Yo who's more ferocious none yet [00:00:17] To the night damn set mic trends and life ends [00:00:20] In sight [00:00:20] I see the whole world through a tight lens [00:00:23] Rhymes I write wins and kept a white benz [00:00:26] Spend G's like hundreds and hundreds like tens [00:00:29] I get paid [00:00:29] Black but laid back with mild manners [00:00:32] When I flip it's the opposite of dark bruce banner [00:00:35] Out the lab with soul and melodies in your ear [00:00:38] And just when it all seem clear I disappear [00:00:40] All you gotta do is holler [00:00:42] Reappear like vol la the street scholar [00:00:45] I'm 40 deep like ali baba [00:00:46] Give the mamas somethin' [00:00:48] To talk about in the beauty parlor [00:00:49] Keep it hot like lava yeah [00:00:51] It's rakim allah [00:00:52] I know you find it hard to believe that [00:00:55] I am the genie of the mic an [00:00:58] I can do anything you wish but [00:01:01] Right now I'm commandin' you to dance [00:01:04] Ready to dance y'all [00:01:05] My magic carpet's the dance floor [00:01:06] Last chance y'all even if you can't ball [00:01:09] What part don't you understand [00:01:11] Your wish is my command [00:01:13] And I'm a rock a jam by popular demand [00:01:15] You gone love this it's marvelous baby [00:01:18] It gotta thug's twist [00:01:19] It start to get crazy [00:01:21] It's off the meat rack [00:01:22] I can't keep my peeps back [00:01:24] I speak raps and I freak tracks for these cats [00:01:27] I got a fetish for puttin' together words and letters [00:01:30] It ain't all about the cheddars [00:01:31] And y'all know where my head is [00:01:33] Ghetto scriptures for my little brothers and sisters [00:01:36] And still get vicious for the thugs and the Misses [00:01:39] What I don't do is talk about the same old thing [00:01:41] When I come through [00:01:42] I drop it and they gone swing [00:01:44] I bring the ladies joy until' they make crazy noise [00:01:47] 'Cuz the beat's bangin' [00:01:48] I'm born to blaze baby boy [00:01:50] I know [00:01:52] You find it hard to believe that [00:01:54] I am the genie of the mic an [00:01:57] I can do anything you wish but [00:01:59] Right now I'm commanding you to dance [00:02:02] I know [00:02:03] You find it hard to believe that [00:02:05] I am the genie of the mic an [00:02:08] I can do anything you wish but [00:02:11] Right now I'm commanding you to dance [00:02:14] The editor forever more the predator [00:02:16] I said it all [00:02:17] I spread a warlike never before [00:02:19] Spit lead at yours like a ghetto braud raw at a [00:02:22] She'll never pause with raw metaphors [00:02:24] I set it off [00:02:25] But I just begun the best is yet to come [00:02:28] Blessed with a majestic tongue since [00:02:30] I was young [00:02:31] But I was stressed for funds [00:02:33] And obsessed with guns [00:02:34] Test the one [00:02:35] Let allah protect your son [00:02:37] 'Cause somethin' musical magician [00:02:38] The ageiathic author [00:02:40] The microphone magician [00:02:41] When I have a magic marker a mentor [00:02:43] You can explore every sentence is a tour [00:02:46] The inventor is more than adventure [00:02:48] You'll be blown away and a zone to play [00:02:51] It's so I'll [00:02:52] I still grab the microphone and say [00:02:54] One of my own displays like [00:02:56] I'm known to blaze [00:02:57] And I bet rhyme pays until I'm old and gray [00:03:00] I know you find it hard to believe that [00:03:04] I am the genie of the mic an [00:03:06] I can do anything you wish but [00:03:09] Right now I'm commanding you to dance [00:03:12] I know you find it hard to believe that [00:03:15] I am the genie of the mic an [00:03:18] I can do anything you wish but