[Verse 1: C-Rayz Walz]
If you John Blaze, I Inferno like Dante
Blow you out the park like a San Diego Padre
You don't belong in New York
You gun talk walk but don't enlist in the War Report
See cops on my block k** blacks constantly so
Keeping a gat's an unconscious part of me
Psychologically, I hold a concept grudge
So I Organize Konfusion and drown you in El Fudge Pudge
We in Hell yelling, "Heaven help us!"
Funk that—the relentless flush of my adrenaline rush
Makes my face blush like I'm light skinned
Frightening like lightening striking the same position
I could stress, k**, destroy your whole fam
Without an M-16, but a mic and a stand
For them heads talking 'bout they got spots Glock-hot?
When you got locked, you got raped by gay cops
Word worship. Envision me as the verb merchant
Babylon beat urchin. Syllables slugs flow like rugs Persian
Ridden by Aladdin. Bugs bug Manhattan
I distribute like buzz from bronze mud to moons of Saturn
Dispatching from a spacecraft, Island/I land like Staten
[Scratch Hook] (x2)
"I'll experiment like a scientist" - Rakim on Eric B. & Rakim's "Follow the Leader"
"Microphone specialist" - Jean Grae on Apani B-Fly Emcee's "Estragen"
"I'll experiment like a scientist" - Rakim on Eric B. & Rakim's "Follow the Leader"
"'Cause I've mastered this" - Rakim on Eric B. & Rakim's "Follow the Leader"
[Verse 2: Apani B Fly]
n***as be holding they dicks like gats with no clips
Acting as if they 'bout to bust
Weak promises disintegrate to dust
Word to God, trust the odds
Soloist who roll like a squad of the hardest thugs
My tape is your brain on d**
You scrub the middle plug cause they be in clubs
Lip syncing to my dub plates
The soul controller, stimulate ya like a Motorola on vibrate
I'm great on or off beat
Unique mix of street and intellect, eject proverbs
From the kisser like my tongue had a bu*ton with hair trigger
n***a what you looking at?
Listen up and shut ya freaking yap
While grown folks rap, elemental styles bridging the gap
Between commercial crap and underworld versatile
MC's be on the bra strap giving me dap but f** reptiles
Top of the pile—wild techniques, sound clash meets tough love
Despite pleas, caught 'em in a bear squeeze
Bend 'em over 90 degrees, take what I need
Throw 'em off a trapeze and breeze
[Scratch Hook] (x2)
"I'll experiment like a scientist" - Rakim on Eric B. & Rakim's "Follow the Leader"
"Microphone specialist" - Jean Grae on Apani B-Fly Emcee's "Estragen"
"I'll experiment like a scientist" - Rakim on Eric B. & Rakim's "Follow the Leader"
"'Cause I've mastered this" - Rakim on Eric B. & Rakim's "Follow the Leader"
[Verse 3: Rahsheed AKA Maylay Sparks]
The rebel's sequestered. Another endeavor beyond measure
If they want it, whatever ya pleasure, I'll hold it together
I'm the one love foundation
The Don Gagga [?], rap Steve Austin whose often
In the cross when the fake grin, see me as live bait
Swimming with shark fins and fake friends—no wins
Women and men with four limbs commit sins
To ride chrome rims and rock gems
I'm all-state, off-the-Richter-Scale earthquake
Move false slate, grinding your waist—the rap breaks
My voice shakes. Tweeters are serving Vegas at navigators
Fast TECs, I'll put scratch to trap faders
I'm Rahsheed, [?]
I'm thick tree—fall to your knees and proceed
Take a back seat. The ill-a** beat [?]
Cop a [?] and roll a bamboo leaf for rhyme sheets
[Scratch Hook] (x4)
"I'll experiment like a scientist" - Rakim on Eric B. & Rakim's "Follow the Leader"
"Microphone specialist" - Jean Grae on Apani B-Fly Emcee's "Estragen"
"I'll experiment like a scientist" - Rakim on Eric B. & Rakim's "Follow the Leader"
"'Cause I've mastered this" - Rakim on Eric B. & Rakim's "Follow the Leader"
[Outro]
"I'll experiment like a scientist" - Rakim on Eric B. & Rakim's "Follow the Leader"