I was a fiend before I a teen I melted microphone of cones of ice cream Music orientated so hip hop was originated Fitted like pieces of complicated 'Cause I the mic and try to say, yes y'all They tried to take it and say that I'm too Cool 'cause I don't get I kick a hole in the speaker pull the plug I jet
to the lab without a mic to grab So then I add all the I had One the other one, then I make another one To dis the opposite then ask if the brother's I get a craving I fiend for nicotine But I need a cigarette, know what I mean? I'm raging, ripping up the and Don't it sound amazing 'cause rhyme is made and
Thought of, 'cause sort of an addiction by the mixing Vocals, vocabulary, your verses, stuck in The mic is a Drano, volcanoes Rhymes overflowing, growing, everything is written in the cold So it can coincide, my thoughts to guide, tracks to slide The invincible, microphone fiend Rakim, spread the word, I'm in E F F E C T, a smooth operator operating
But back to the problem, I habit You solve it, silly rabbit The prescription is a hyper tone thorough when I for a microphone like heroin Soon as the kicks, I need a fix Give me a and a mic and a mix And I'll put you in a mood or is it a of unawareness? Beware, the reanamator
A menace to a microphone, a weapon An assasinator, if the ain't stepping You see a part of me that you seen When I'm fiending for a microphone, I'm the microphone After twelve, I'm that a Gremlin Feed me Hip hop and I start The thrill of suspense is intense, horrified But ain't the cinemas of 'Tales From the Dark Side'
By any necessary, this is what has to be done Make way 'cause here I come, my DJ material, grand imperial a must that I bust any mic you're hand to me It's inherited, runs in the family I wrote the rhyme that broke the bull's If don't slow 'em up, I carry a full pack Now I don't want to to let off, you should of kept off You keep the stage warm, step off
Ladies and Gentleman, about to see A past time about to be it to the maximum, I can't relax see I'm hype as a 'cause the rap be one Hell of a antidote, something you can't More dope, you're trying to move away but you can't, you're broke More than cracked up, you have backed up For those who act up need to be more smacked up
Any entertainer, I got a chamber One on one and I'm the So close eyes and hold your breath And I'm a wit the blow of death Before you go, remember you seen The fiend of a microphone, I'm the microphone
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