Eric B. & Rakim - Eric B. Is President(1998)

[00:37.09] I came in the door, I said it before
[00:38.50] I never let the mic magnetize me no more
[00:40.31] But it's biting me, fighting me, inviting me to rhyme
[00:43.02] I can't hold it back, I'm looking for the line
[00:45.22] Taking off my coat, clearing my throat
[00:47.70] The rhyme will be kicking until I hit my last note
[00:50.29] My mind remains refined, all kind of ideas
[00:52.76] Self-esteem makes it seem like a thought took years to build
[00:55.36] But still say a rhyme after the next one
[00:57.74] Prepared, never scared, I'll just bless one
[01:00.51] And you know that I'm the soloist
[01:02.27] So Eric B make 'em clap to this
[01:25.51] I don't bug out or chill or be acting ill
[01:27.62] No tricks in '86, it's time to build
[01:29.94] Eric be easy on the cut, no mistakes allowed
[01:32.34] Cause to me, MC means move the crowd
[01:34.71] I made it easy to dance to this
[01:36.75] But can you detect what's coming next from the flex of the wrist
[01:39.78] Say indeed and I'll proceed cause my man made a mix
[01:42.43] If he bleed he won't need no band-aid to fix
[01:44.96] His fingertips sew a rhyme until there's no rhymes left
[01:46.95] I hurry up because the cut will make 'em bleed to death
[01:49.39] But he's kicking it cause it ain't no half stepping
[01:52.12] The party is live, the rhyme can't be kept in-
[01:54.86] Side, it needs erupting just like a volcano
[01:56.97] It ain't the everyday style or the same old rhyme
[01:59.95] Cause I'm better than the rest of them
[02:02.06] Eric B is on the cut and my name is Rakim
[02:54.40] Go get a girl and get soft and warm
[02:56.57] Don't get excited, you've been invited to a quiet storm
[02:59.03] But now it's out of hand cause you told me you hate me
[03:02.10] And then you ask what have I done lately
[03:04.27] First you said all you want is love and affection
[03:06.75] Let me be your angel and I'll be your protection
[03:09.22] Take you out, buy you all kinds of things
[03:11.30] I must have got you too hot and burned off your wings
[03:15.45] You caught an attitude, you need food to eat up
[03:17.21] I'm scheming like I'm dreaming on a couch with my feet up
[03:19.17] You scream I'm lazy, you must be crazy
[03:21.81] Thought I was a donut, you tried to glaze me
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