When I Be On The Mic Lyrics by Rakim

When I Be On The Mic Lyrics

    [dj premier scratches hook]

    (hardcore...real ill niggas)
    (i'm internationally known)
    (when i be on the mic)

    (hardcore...real ill niggas)
    (i'm internationally known, yo)

    (hardcore...real ill niggas)
    (i'm internationally known)
    (when i be on the mic)

    (hardcore...real ill niggas)
    (so all hail the honorable)

    It's to my real ill niggas, heavyweight hitters
    Dough getters, fifty ways to make figures
    My niggas, that come on the spot to feel sisters
    Like they hear real spitters and kids on the zigga-ziggas
    When it's ugly, then the club is lovely
    Thugs be sipping henessey and bubbly
    To my comrades that keep it flaming hot
    On dangerous blocks, claiming spots
    Where the goal is to be one of the top-ranked soldiers
    Forty-five holders, one of the high rollers
    Get respect in the hood, credit is good
    Knock it down lumberjack style, baby, extra wood
    Rock it all night long, the bang-a-thon baby
    Keep hanging on, we like it with the lights on
    Don't have to blow twenty thou' to get to know honey's style
    Show her the town, steal her heart, no money down

    (hook)

    How about some hardcore, yeah we like it raw for sure
    Broads on the floor, wall to wall
    There's more at the door, players ball to score
    'cause this right here is for all of y'all
    Rakim and primo, yo i got what you need bro
    You go see a show, smoke an l, mean yo
    And deejays play hits with hard bass kicks
    And then they display tricks like the matrix
    Make the record fly undetected by the naked eye
    So just feel the vibe 'cause your ears never lie
    Nowadays deejays bags of tricks, graphic
    On some behind the back shit, catch it and scratch it
    Classic, this kid got his craft mastered
    Hands is mad quick like he mix with magic
    Spin it back and forth and grab it, and know just where it is...
    There it is

    (hook)

    To my elite peeps with the murderous mystiques
    I hit the streets with beats and they critique for weeks
    They be like "how that kid ra reach the peak?"
    Pull out the heat and use my technique to speak
    It's dangerous, sit calm and explain to kids
    What part of the game this is and foreign languages
    They hold ra's events in different continents
    Put my lyrical contents in monuments
    In ghetto garments, i rock a towel like a pharaoh
    Mind travel, design style like apparel
    My fashions last long as a lifetime
    Cause i can see the future when the god write rhymes
    They're mad cause i managed to reign so long
    Like their chance to make money done came and gone
    This is strictly for my listeners on the corners at night
    And the sisters that be keeping this right, when i be on the mic

    (hook)

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