[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"