Eric B. & Rakim - Lyrics Of Fury(1997)

[00:01.03] I'm rated "R"...this is a warning, ya better void,
[00:08.91] Poets are paranoid, DJ's D-stroyed,
[00:11.34] Cuz I came back to attack others in spite-
[00:13.68] Strike like lightnin', It's quite frightenin'!
[00:16.10] But don't be afraid in the dark, in a park,
[00:17.98] Not a scream or a cry, or a bark, more like a spark;
[00:20.29] Ya tremble like a alcoholic, muscles tighten up,
[00:22.55] What's that, lighten up! You see a sight but,
[00:25.14] Suddenly you feel like your in a horror flick,
[00:27.49] You grab your heart then wish for tomorrow quick!
[00:29.64] Music's the clue, when I come your warned,
[00:31.71] Apocolypse Now, when I'm done, ya gone!
[00:34.69] Haven't you ever heard of a MC-murderer?
[00:36.45] This is the death penalty, and I'm servin' a
[00:39.12] Death wish, so come on, step to this
[00:41.02] Hysterical idea for a lyrical professionist!
[00:43.14] Friday the thirteenth, walking down Elm Street,
[00:45.68] You come in my realm ya get beat!
[00:47.54] This is off limits, so your visions are blurry,
[00:49.98] All ya see is the meters at a volume,
[00:51.84] Pumping Lyrics of Fury!
[01:00.04] It's a ...fearified freestyle!
[01:03.69] Terror in the styles, never error-files,
[01:13.29] Indeed I'm known-your exiled!
[01:14.85] For those that oppose to be level or next to this...
[01:17.34] I ain't a devil and this ain't the Exorcist!
[01:19.32] Worse than a nightmare, you don't have to sleep a wink,
[01:21.33] The pain's a migraine every time ya think,
[01:24.16] Flashbacks interfere, ya start to hear:
[01:26.05] The R-A-K-I-M in your ear;
[01:28.55] Then the beat is hysterical,
[01:29.70] That makes Eric go get a ax and chops the wack,
[01:31.96] Soon the lyrical format is superior,
[01:33.90] Faces of death remain,
[01:35.39] MC's decaying, cuz they never stayed,
[01:37.26] The scene of a crime every night at the show,
[01:39.78] The fiend of a rhyme on the mic that you know,
[01:42.07] It's only one capable, breaks-the unbreakable,
[01:44.22] Melodies-unmakable, pattern-unecscapable,
[01:46.52] A horn if want the style I posses,
[01:48.37] I bless the child, the earth, the gods and bomb the rest,
[01:50.86] For those that envy a MC it can be,
[01:52.94] Hazardous to your health so be friendly,
[01:55.66] A matter of life and death, just like a ethch-a-sketch,
[01:57.81] Shake 'till your clear, make it disappear, make the next,
[02:00.16] After the ceremony, let the rhyme rest in peace,
[02:02.78] If not, my soul'll release!
[02:04.66] The scene is recreated, reincarnated, updated, I'm glad you made it,
[02:09.05] Cuz your about to see a disasterous sight,
[02:11.23] A performance never again performed on a mic:
[02:13.64] Lyrics of fury!
[02:22.60] A fearified freestyle!
[02:32.08] The "R" is in the house-too much tension!
[02:33.94] Make sure the system's loud when I mention
[02:36.39] Phrases that's fearsome...
[02:37.84] You want to hear some sounds that not only pounds but please your eardrums;
[02:40.98] I sit back and observe the whole scenery,
[02:43.21] Then nonchalantly tell you what it mean to me,
[02:45.46] Strictly business I'm quickly in this mood,
[02:47.75] And I don't care if the whole crowd's a witness!
[02:49.86] I'm a tear you apart but I'm a spare you a heart,
[02:52.12] Program into the speed of the rhyme, prepare to start,
[02:54.05] Rhythm's out of the radius, insane as the craziest
[02:56.53] Musical madness MC ever made, see it's
[02:58.92] Now an emergency, open-heart surgery...
[03:01.34] Open your mind, you will find every word'll be
[03:03.50] Furier than ever, I remain the furture,
[03:05.70] Battle's tempting... whatever suits ya!
[03:07.91] For words the sentence, there's no resemblance,
[03:10.22] You think you're ruffer, then suffer the consequences!
[03:12.63] I'm never dying-terrifying results,
[03:14.79] I wake ya with hundreds of thousands of volts,
[03:16.88] Mic-to-mouth resuscitation, rhythm with radiation,
[03:19.37] Novicane ease the pain it might save him,
[03:21.55] If not, Eric B.'s the judge, the crowd's the jury...
[03:24.20] How do I plead to homicide?
[03:25.83] Lyrics of Fury!
[03:34.74] They're getting furier! a fearified freestyle!
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