Rakim - The Saga Begins(1997)

[00:00.78] Ahh
[00:02.65] Ghetto music
[00:04.03] Yo
[00:05.23] Here we go
[00:09.59] And my name is Rakim
[00:13.45] And my name is Rakim
[00:19.95] And my name is Rakim
[00:25.57] And my name is Rakim
[00:29.22] And my name is Rakim, Rakim
[00:32.21] Yo, the saga begins, my eyes is the photography lens
[00:34.61] Properly push pens and show quality gems
[00:37.54] The horrors be grim but yo maybe tomorrow we win
[00:40.27] If we follow the trends and keep count of the dollars we spend
[00:42.72] I want a mahogany Benz, I want lottery ends
[00:45.32] I want property, friends, plus my hobby is skins
[00:48.03] If I decide we in sin, then my prophecy ends
[00:50.71] But the God'll begin, watchin' my odyssey spin
[00:53.17] In the place where war be, based on a true story
[00:56.22] Territory was made for me to pursue glory
[00:58.83] Blast alone masses in zones have to be sewn
[01:01.43] Every capacity blown, I'm internationally known, yo
[01:04.08] So all hail the honorable, microphone phenomenal
[01:06.95] Persona is unbombable, trust me son
[01:09.50] I continue like a saga do, bringin' you the drama to
[01:12.44] Allow you that the chronicle has just begun
[01:14.90] The saga begins
[01:18.17] The soul controller, Rakim
[01:20.09] Set it off, yo, the saga begins
[01:22.68] Still say a rhyme after the next one
[01:26.10] The saga begins
[01:28.73] The soul controller, Rakim
[01:31.17] Set it off, yo, the saga begins
[01:33.06] You know that I'm the soloist
[01:36.16] Yo, my never endin' epic, got the world spinnin' hectic
[01:38.91] I quickly spread it, till the whole city's infected
[01:41.44] Suspense that I supply intensify
[01:43.92] Then commence as my daily events go by
[01:46.77] You get involved in this, paragraphologist
[01:49.41] Narratin' novelist, market this, sound marvelous
[01:52.45] I'm the star in this, which means the author's authentic
[01:55.18] Most definite, every episode's a epidemic
[01:57.73] So when you research, check it, here go the evidence
[02:00.39] They represent with lyrical negligence for presidents
[02:02.85] My science existed, without the fiction
[02:05.56] Every inscription is a special edition
[02:08.11] So all hail the honorable, microphone phenomenal
[02:10.99] Persona is unbombable, trust me son
[02:13.77] I continue like a saga do, bringin' you the drama to
[02:16.39] Allow you that the chronicle has just begun
[02:18.92] The saga begins
[02:21.60] The soul controller, Rakim
[02:23.52] Set it off, yo, the saga begins
[02:26.89] Still say a rhyme after the next one
[02:30.06] The saga begins
[02:31.63] The soul controller, Rakim
[02:34.03] Set it off, yo, the saga begins
[02:37.85] You know that I'm the soloist
[02:40.30] Yo, the legacy lives, let 'em see what the pedigree is
[02:42.71] Mega-thesis, blessin' these kids with extra features
[02:45.64] The depth's deep as the deepest sea is
[02:47.90] Telepathy increases melody gets speakers, telekinesis
[02:50.74] Ideas appear as clear as pictures in movie theaters
[02:53.72] Lyrics you hear it, devestating the way you ear it
[02:56.17] So stay tuned for sequels, part two's and more
[02:58.81] So soon you and your peoples can bumrush the store
[03:01.43] The names have changed the game remain the same
[03:03.92] How one came to reign on his claim to fame
[03:06.73] No stoppin' this I'm droppin' this with hip-hop in this
[03:09.31] And when the topic is topicless, then I'm writin' the apocalypse
[03:12.14] So all hail the honorable, microphone phenomenal
[03:14.98] Persona is unbombable, trust me son
[03:17.90] I continue like a saga do, bringin' you the drama to
[03:20.58] Allow you that the chronicle has just begun
[03:23.08] The saga begins
[03:25.35] The soul controller, Rakim
[03:27.24] Set it off, yo, the saga begins
[03:30.19] Still say a rhyme after the next one
[03:33.84] The saga begins
[03:35.31] The soul controller, Rakim
[03:37.69] Set it off, yo, the saga begins
[03:40.85] You know that I'm the soloist
[03:43.92] Rakim, set it off
[03:46.72] Rakim, set it off
[03:49.24] Rakim, set it off
[03:51.58] You know that I'm the soloist
[03:55.04] Rakim, set it off
[03:57.38] Rakim, set it off
[04:00.04] Rakim, set it off
[04:02.64] You know that I'm the soloist
[04:05.59] Rakim, yo
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