[00:00.430]Follow The Leader -Eric B.&Rakim
[00:00.900]Rakim'll say
[00:05.690]Rakim'll say
[00:09.930]Rakim'll say,the leader!
[00:14.419]Rakim'll say,the leader!
[00:18.679]Rakim'll say,the leader!
[00:23.149]Rakim'll say,the leader!
[00:27.609]Rakim'll say
[00:27.968]Follow me into a solo
[00:29.328]Get in the flow and you can
[00:31.48]Picture like a photo
[00:32.48]Music mixed mellow maintains to make
[00:34.37]Melodies for MC's motivates the breaks
[00:36.137]I'm everlastin',I can go on
[00:37.806]For days and days
[00:38.456]With rhyme displays that
[00:39.465]Engrave deep as X rays
[00:40.704]I can take a phrase that's
[00:41.694]Rarely heard,flip it
[00:43.744]Now it's a daily word
[00:44.983]I can get iller than 'Nam a killin'bomb
[00:47.03]But no alarm Rakim will remain calm
[00:49.762]Self-esteem make me super
[00:51.272]Superb and supreme
[00:52.72]But for a microphone still I fiend
[00:53.922]This was a tape I wasn't supposed to break
[00:56.22]I was supposed to wait,
[00:57.472]But let's motivate
[00:58.411]I want to see who can keep
[00:59.611]Followin'and swallowin'
[01:00.611]Takin'the making,bitin'it and borrowin'
[01:02.920]Brothers tried and others
[01:03.860]Died to get the formula
[01:04.980]But I'ma let ya sweat,you still ain't warm
[01:06.930]You a step away from frozen,
[01:08.109]Stiff as if ya posin'
[01:09.569]Dig into my brain as the
[01:10.529]Rhyme gets chosen
[01:11.489]So follow me and were ya
[01:12.579]Thinkin'you were first?
[01:13.269]Let's travel at magnificent speeds
[01:14.829]Around the Universe
[01:15.799]What could ya say as the Earth
[01:17.298]Gets further and further away
[01:18.178]Planets are small as balls of clay
[01:19.968]Astray into the Milky Way,
[01:21.258]World's outasight
[01:22.78]Far as the eye can see,
[01:23.448]Not even a satellite
[01:24.418]Now stop and turn around and look
[01:26.148]As ya stare in the darkness,
[01:27.418]Ya knowledge is took
[01:28.458]So keep starin'soon ya suddenly see a star
[01:31.168]You better follow it 'cause it's the R
[01:33.178]This is a lesson if ya guessin'
[01:34.408]And if ya borrowin'
[01:35.218]Hurry,hurry,step right up
[01:36.577]And keep followin'
[01:37.147]The Leader
[01:38.897]Follow the leader
[01:39.537]Rakim'll say,the leader!
[01:41.527]Rakim'll say,the leader!
[01:43.837]Rakim'll say,the leader!
[01:45.866]Keep Followin'
[01:46.896]Rakim'll say,the leader!
[01:48.736]Rakim'll say,the leader!
[01:50.676]Rakim'll say,the leader!
[01:52.676]Rakim'll say,the leader!
[01:55.146]This is a lifetime mission,vision of prison
[01:58.474]Aight listen
[01:59.594]In this journey you're the journal
[02:00.754]I'm the journalist
[02:01.703]Am I Eternal?Or an eternalist?
[02:03.652]I'm about to flow long as I can possibly go
[02:06.262]Keep ya movin''cause the
[02:07.192]Crowd said so
[02:07.931]Dance,cuts rip ya pants
[02:10.181]Eric B on the blades,bleedin'to death,
[02:12.171]Call the ambulance
[02:12.711]Pull out my weapon and start to squeeze
[02:14.490]A magnum as a microphone murderin'MC's
[02:17.100]Let's quote a rhyme from a record I wrote
[02:19.580]Follow the leader）
[02:20.230]Yeah,do*e
[02:21.700]'Cause everytime I stop it seems ya stuck
[02:23.410]Soon as ya try to step off ya self-destruct
[02:25.460]I came to overcome before I'm gone
[02:27.520]By showin'and provin'and
[02:28.570]Lettin'knowledge be born
[02:30.109]Then after that I'll live forever,you disagree?
[02:32.349]You say never?Then follow me!
[02:34.309]From century to century you'll remember me
[02:36.429]In history,not a mystery or a memory
[02:38.868]God by nature,mind raised in Asia
[02:40.688]Since you was tricked,I have to raise ya
[02:43.358]From the cradle to the grave,but remember
[02:46.537]You're not a slave
[02:47.606]'Cause we was put here to be
[02:48.766]Much more than that
[02:49.676]But we couldn't see it because
[02:50.676]Our mind was trapped
[02:51.746]But I'm here to break away the chains,
[02:53.406]Take away the pains
[02:54.186]Remake the brains,reveal my name
[02:56.405]I guess nobody told you a little
[02:57.525]Knowledge is dangerous
[02:58.405]It can't be mixed,diluted,it can't be
[03:00.195]Changed or switched
[03:00.705]Here's a lesson if ya guessing and borrowing
[03:02.724]Hurry,hurry,step right up
[03:04.93]And keep following
[03:04.603]The leader
[03:06.153]Follow the leader
[03:06.623]Rakim'll say,the leader!
[03:08.853]Rakim'll say,the leader!
[03:11.333]Rakim'll say,the leader!
[03:13.683]Rakim'll say,the leader!
[03:15.843]Rakim'll say,the leader!
[03:17.861]Rakim'll say,the leader!
[03:20.191]Rakim'll say,the leader!
[03:22.631]A furified freestyle,lyrics of fury
[03:24.601]My third eye makes me shine like jewelry
[03:26.701]You're just a rent-a-rapper,
[03:27.491]Your rhymes are minute-maid
[03:28.540]I'll be here when it fade to watch
[03:29.900]You flip like a renegade
[03:31.180]I can't wait to break and eliminate
[03:32.810]On every traitor or snake,so stay awake
[03:35.300]And follow and follow,
[03:36.490]Because the tempo's a trail
[03:37.460]The stage is a cage,the mic is a third rail
[03:40.00]I'm Rakim the Fiend of a Microphone
[03:42.99]I'm not HIM,so leave my mic alone
[03:44.168]Soon as the beat is felt,I'm ready to go
[03:46.328]So fasten your seatbelt 'cause I'm about to flow
[03:49.28]No need to speed slow down to
[03:50.198]Let the leader lead
[03:50.908]Word to daddy,indeed!
[03:52.857]The R's a rollin'stone,so I'm rollin'
[03:54.997]Directions is told,then the rhymes are stolen
[03:56.757]Stop buggin',a brother said,
[03:57.717]Dig 'em,I never dug 'em
[03:58.947]He couldn't follow the leader
[03:59.927]Long enough so I dr*g 'em
[04:01.997]Into danger zone,he should arrange his own
[04:04.207]Face it,it's basic,erase it,change ya tone
[04:06.157]There's one R in the alphabet
[04:07.746]It's a one-letter word and it's about to get
[04:10.326]More complex from one rhyme to the next
[04:12.906]Eric B be easy on the flex
[04:14.716]I've been from state to state,
[04:16.196]Followers tailgate
[04:16.635]Keep comin'but you
[04:17.405]Came too late,but I'll wait
[04:18.944]So back up,regroup,get a grip,
[04:20.654]Come equipped
[04:20.994]You're the next contestant,
[04:22.64]Clap ya hands,you won a trip!
[04:23.584]The price is right,don't
[04:24.574]Make a deal too soon
[04:25.484]How many notes could
[04:26.214]You name this tune?
[04:27.743]Follow the Leader is the title,theme,task
[04:29.883]Now ya know,you don't have to ask
[04:31.993]Rap is Rhythm And Poetry,
[04:32.963]Cuts create sound effects
[04:33.843]You might catch up if you
[04:35.203]Follow the records E.wrecks
[04:36.423]Until then keep eatin'and swallowin'
[04:38.763]You better take a deep
[04:39.923]Breath and keep followin'
[04:40.803]The leader
[04:42.382]Follow the leader
[04:43.92]Rakim'll say,the leader!
[04:44.541]Keep followin'
[04:45.411]Rakim'll say,the leader!
[04:47.151]Rakim'll say,the leader!
[04:49.691]The
[04:50.941]Rakim'll say,the leader!
[04:51.761]Rakim'll say,the leader!
[04:54.01]Rakim'll say,the leader!
[04:55.911]Rakim'll say,the leader!
[04:58.291]Rakim'll say,
[04:59.811],the leader!
[05:00.361]Rakim'll say,the leader!
[05:02.880]Rakim'll say,the leader!
[05:05.130]Rakim'll say,
[05:06.210]Follow the leader
[05:07.210]Rakim'll say,the leader!
[05:09.280]Rakim'll say,the leader!
[05:11.500]Rakim'll say,the leader!
[05:13.600]Rakim'll say,the leader!
[05:15.780]Rakim'll say,the leader!
[05:18.60]Rakim'll say,the leader!
[05:20.110]Rakim'll say,the leader!
[05:24.230]Follow the leader!