Rakim - Cla**ic (Nike Air Force Remix) lyrics

[Produced by DJ Premier] [Hook] And now for my next number I'd like to return to the… [Nas] Cla**ic [Kanye West] Uh, uh, – timeless [Kool G Rap] Live straight cla**ic [Nas] Cla**ic [Kool G Rap] Live, straight cla**ic [Kanye West] Timeless [Sample] I'd like to return to the cla**ic [Rakim] Kanye West [Rakim Sample] I'm Rakim, the fiend of a microphone [Verse 1: Rakim] Uh yeah, is y'all ready for 20-07? It's now another drought Everybody's a k**er, wow, we buggin' out Since '86 showing the crowd what I'm about And they still wanna know when the album coming out Ask the teenagers, OG's and nasty kids What their definition of "cla**ic" is Timeless, so age don't count in the booth When your flow stay submerged in the fountain of youth Ain't no doubting the truth, I'm off the meters Everybody cosigning, even non-believers Since I came in the door became one of y'alls leaders In a fresh pair of Air Force One sneakers Uptowns, we call 'em uppies when they're on divas Probably worn when KRS-One teaches Nas made you look before the heaters I bet you Kan' had em on when he walked with Jesus [Hook] [Verse 2: Kanye West] You can't buy this Superfly-ness, like a shine is Your Highness is performing; look how long the line is It's what happens when you make sh** that's timeless It's what happens, these rappers is the pioneers What do it take to be a legend like Nas is? That's so novice, I'm so polished I got a right to be a lil bit snobbish I did a lil bit of college Semesters, it took two, like Rob Base To let me figure out this wasn't my place The beat's slow, 'til you listen to my pace ‘Cause I be k**ing sh**, but that's evident And y'all feeling it, but I expected it If it's cla**ic, it's gon' last forever then I'm everywhere you never been, and better than I ever been [Hook] [Nas Samples - One Love & It Ain't Hard To Tell] Hold the fort down, represent to the fullest Nas'll rock well [Verse 3: Nas] Perseverance, see the fake hustler rapper To them, it hurts to hear this Oh, you went platinum? Yeah, that's nice Now let me see you do the same thing twice Three times, four times, then a couple of mo' times Please, you're Amateur Night, it's Showtime It's one life to live, so live it the best you can The world could use one less man Not enough air, not enough car factories To manufacture new vehicles, sedans and vans When they do make the whip you like, your chips ain't right By the time you could afford it, the car ain't important In the streets I'm in, it's just iron Cops keep firin' in my environment Leaving you slumped, then they drive home Far from the hood, brothers they eager to jump on I like to be the wall that they toast up on I like to see them fall, guilty for doing wrong I'm cla**ic like the Air One's, the hustler shoe That's what I'm accustomed to, yeah [Hook: Samples] [KRS-One Sample] "Of course - we have Blastmaster KRS-One" [Verse 4: KRS-One] How many of y'all got Criminal Minded? You, you, you; y'all don't be blinded Me, I got no j**els on my neck Why? I don't need 'em, I got your respect KRS-One, twenty years I rock I do it for JMJ and Scott La Rock This hip-hop and we's a nation Don't you wanna hear more KRS-One on your radio station? Instead of broadcasting how we smoke them trees On the radio we need to hear more local emcees Where you at? C'mon, where you at? This is the difference between emceeing and rap Rappers spit rhymes that are mostly illegal Emcees spit rhymes to uplift their people Peace, Love, Unity, havin' fun These are the lyrics of KRS-One [Hook]