Rakim - When I B On Tha Mic
[00:00.87] Hardcore, real ill niggas
[00:03.60] I'm internationally known when I be on the mic
[00:05.87] Hardcore, real ill niggas
[00:08.33] I'm internationally known, yo
[00:11.10] Hardcore, real ill niggas
[00:13.61] I'm internationally known when I be on the mic
[00:15.86] Hardcore, real ill niggas
[00:18.35] So all hail the honorable
[00:20.64] It's to my real ill niggas, heavyweight hitters
[00:23.15] Dough-getters, fifty ways to make figures
[00:25.62] My niggas that come on the spot to feel sisters
[00:28.09] Like they hear real spitters and kids on the zigga-ziggas
[00:30.62] When it's ugly, then the club is lovely
[00:33.08] Thugs be sippin' Hennessey and bubbly
[00:35.59] To my comrades that keep it flamin' hot
[00:38.11] On dangerous blocks, claimin' spots
[00:40.61] Where the goal is to be one of the top-ranked soldiers
[00:43.35] Forty-five holders, one of the high rollers
[00:45.63] Get respect in the hood, credit is good
[00:47.61] Knock it down lumberjack style, baby; extra wood
[00:50.36] Rock it all night long, the bang-a-thon, baby
[00:53.09] Keep hangin' on, we like it with the lights on
[00:55.36] Don't have to blow twenty thou' to get to know honey's style
[00:58.11] Show her the town, steal her heart, no money down
[01:00.61] Hardcore, real ill niggas
[01:03.40] I'm internationally known when I be on the mic
[01:05.91] Hardcore, real ill niggas
[01:08.35] I'm internationally known, yo
[01:10.87] Hardcore, real ill niggas
[01:13.36] I'm internationally known when I be on the mic
[01:15.84] Hardcore, real ill niggas
[01:18.61] So all hail the honorable
[01:20.61] How about some hardcore? Yeah, we like it raw for sure
[01:23.09] Broads on the floor, wall to wall
[01:25.37] There's more at the door, players ball to score
[01:28.36] ‘Cause this right here is for all of y'all
[01:30.60] Rakim and Premo; yo, I got what you need, bro
[01:33.12] You go see a show, smokin' El Niño
[01:35.34] And DJ's play hits with hard bass kicks
[01:38.10] And then they display tricks like The Matrix
[01:40.62] Make the record fly, undetected by the naked eye
[01:43.12] So just feel the vibe, ‘cause your ears never lie
[01:45.58] Nowadays DJ's bags of tricks, graphic
[01:48.10] On some behind-the-back shit, catch it and scratch it
[01:50.62] Blast it, this kid got his craft mastered
[01:53.10] Hands is mad quick like he mix with magic
[01:55.62] Spin it back and forth and grab it
[01:57.60] And know just where it is… there it is
[02:00.64] Hardcore, real ill niggas
[02:03.62] I'm internationally known when I be on the mic
[02:05.88] Hardcore, real ill niggas
[02:08.62] I'm internationally known, yo
[02:10.60] Hardcore, real ill niggas
[02:13.36] I'm internationally known when I be on the mic
[02:15.83] Hardcore, real ill niggas
[02:18.37] So all hail the honorable
[02:20.90] To my elite peeps with the murderous mystiques
[02:23.11] I hit the streets with beats and they critique for weeks
[02:25.62] They be like: "How that kid Ra reach the peak?"
[02:28.13] Pull out the heat and use my technique to speak
[02:30.33] It's dangerous, sit calm and explain to kids
[02:33.10] What part of the game this is in foreign languages
[02:35.59] They hold Ra's events in different continents
[02:37.87] Put my lyrical contents in monuments
[02:40.58] In ghetto garments, I rock a towel like a pharaoh
[02:43.36] Mind travel, design style like apparel
[02:45.86] My fashions last long as a lifetime
[02:48.13] ‘Cause I can see the future when the god write rhymes
[02:50.61] They're mad ‘cause I managed to reign so long
[02:53.35] Like their chance to get money done came and gone
[02:55.60] This is strictly for my listeners on the corners at night
[02:58.11] And the sisters that be keepin' us right, when I be on the mic
[03:00.85] Hardcore, real ill niggas
[03:03.35] I'm internationally known when I be on the mic
[03:05.84] Hardcore, real ill niggas
[03:08.60] I'm internationally known, yo
[03:10.86] Hardcore, real ill niggas
[03:13.86] I'm internationally known when I be on the mic
[03:15.87] Hardcore, real ill niggas
[03:18.86] So all hail the honorable
