Créditos
AUSFÜHRENDE KÜNSTLER:INNEN
Rakim
Künstler:in
Bret Lover
Remix-Techniker:in
Eric Barrier
Remix-Techniker:in
KOMPOSITION UND LIEDTEXT
William Griffin
Komponist:in
Eric Barrier
Komponist:in
PRODUKTION UND TECHNIK
Rakim
Produzent:in
Bret Lover
Studiopersonal
Eric Barrier
Produzent:in
Letras
[Verse 1]
Hey, na, na, na, na
[Verse 2]
I'm the Alpha with no Omega
Beginning without the end, so play the
Ironside, no extended version
Next episode'll be smooth as a Persian
Rhymes everlasting, there'll be no part two
Knowledge is infinite, once I start to
Draw a better picture for your third eye, if you're blind
You know, with a mic, I'm a black Michelangelo
[Verse 3]
I'm the brother who ideas are colorful
Givin' 'em insight, but givin' 'em trouble too
Comprehend 'cause they thoughts won't blend in
They're pretendin' while I'm extendin'
You bite like a parasite, static when you attach
But you won't strike 'cause you ain't no match
You need more light 'cause yours got dim
Then you get sparked by the Lord Rakim
[Verse 4]
Change your strategy, check your battery
Go get charged up, then come battle me
Try hard, die hard, you ain't never ready
When they check your pulse, you be dead as Freddie
Shop at Sears for new ideas
Check your engine and ask your engineers
To equalize it, try to disguise it
If that don't work, yo, then Midasize it
You need more power, better bring Battle Cat
But this ain't grade school and you ain't rippin' jack
[Verse 5]
Don't drop the mic and jet for your truly
(Bring it to me)
We go rhyme for rhyme till the mic stop workin'
Then I'ma leave you behind the Iron Curtain
And you'll remain backstage
The book is over, I ripped your last page
Changed the endin', at least you went out rappin'
Now I'ma tell 'em what happened
I filled the mic with explosives and lit it up
It was too heavy to hold, he couldn't pick it up
[Verse 6]
Pass the mic, let him try to get paid
It hit the stage, it went off like a hand grenade
Now scrape him off the floor and off my list
I ain't a soloist, I'm a arsonist
Sprayed him, he said he was gonna do what
Played him, MC Grand Pooh-butt
[Verse 7]
Stole his lady and drove her crazy
You asked my why 'cause her man tried to play me
I sent her back a nervous wreck
And tried to put her back in check
My specialty is masterin' the female species
I specialize in her until she sees
Where I come from and why I came
I tame and train till she manifests my name
I fill her with life until she burst with energy
Then leave her restless 'cause a lot of women be
Trying to drain us and leave us dripped dry
Put holes in our pocket but you ain't that fly
[Verse 8]
I clip your wings and bring you down to Earth
And tell you what life is worth
It ain't rings and things, that's materialistic
You wanna pimp on, imperialist with
Food for thought 'cause I'm your shelter
I'll be your clothes, keep you warm and help you
Not to be hot to trot
Why haunt?
And why do y'all got to flaunt?
(We're gonna use what we've got)
(To get what we want)
[Verse 9]
Cool, I heat you up like a black mink coat
Hug your neck like a fat gold rope
The words I speak and my DJ's cuts will warm your ears
Like mink earmuffs
So Eric show 'em how fast your hands'll go
So the people in the stands'll know
That you don't scratch your cuts engrave
Moves in waves so my rhyme displays
Flow, even flow, my tempo jets
Expressions express when you kick steps
I keep 'em energetic, so let it
Pound in your head till what I said is embedded
Don't forget it, copacetic, set it
Anywhere you want, your poetry's pathetic
It gets no credit till you get it straight
Let's motivate
[Verse 10]
No intermissions 'cause it ain't commercial
If you need a break, then I'll reimburse you
I won't let go so my mic won't drop 'cause
Vocab's is endless, vocals exist
Rhyme goes on so no one can stop this
Especially when I start to say the
Rhymes with no Omega
[Verse 11]
Hey, na, na, na, na
Hey, na, na, na, na
Hey, na, na, na, na
Hey, na, na, na, na
[Verse 12]
Hey, na, na, na, na
Hey, na, na, na, na
Hey, na, na, na, na
Hey, na, na, na, na
Hey, na, na, na, na
[Verse 13]
Ay, na, na, na, na
Hey, na, na, na, na
Hey, na, na, na, na
Hey, na, na, na, na
Written by: Eric Barrier, William Griffin