Follow The Leader

Rakim'll say
Rakim'll say
Rakim'll say  "Follow the leader "
Rakim'll say  "Follow the leader "
Rakim'll say  "Follow the leader "
Rakim'll say  "Follow the leader
Rakim'll say
Follow me into a solo
Get in the flow and you can
Picture like a photo
Music mixed mellow maintains to make
Melodies for MC's motivates the breaks
I'm everlastin'  I can go on
For days and days
With rhyme displays that
Engrave deep as X rays
I can take a phrase that's
Rarely heard  flip it
Now it's a daily word
I can get iller than 'Nam a killin' bomb
But no alarm Rakim will remain calm
Self-esteem make me super
Superb and supreme
But for a microphone still I fiend
This was a tape I wasn't supposed to break
I was supposed to wait
But let's motivate
I want to see who can keep
Followin' and swallowin'
Takin' the making  bitin' it and borrowin'
Brothers tried and others
Died to get the formula
But I'ma let ya sweat  you still ain't warm
You a step away from frozen
Stiff as if ya posin'
Dig into my brain as the
Rhyme gets chosen
So follow me and were ya
Thinkin' you were first
Let's travel at magnificent speeds
Around the Universe
What could ya say as the Earth
Gets further and further away
Planets are small as balls of clay
Astray into the Milky Way
World's outasight
Far as the eye can see
Not even a satellite
Now stop and turn around and look
As ya stare in the darkness
Ya knowledge is took
So keep starin' soon ya suddenly see a star
You better follow it 'cause it's the R
This is a lesson if ya guessin'
And if ya borrowin'
Hurry  hurry  step right up
And keep followin'
The Leader
Follow the leader
Rakim'll say  "Follow the leader "
Rakim'll say  "Follow the leader "
Rakim'll say  "Follow the leader "
Keep Followin'
Rakim'll say  "Follow the leader "
Rakim'll say  "Follow the leader "
Rakim'll say  "Follow the leader "
Rakim'll say  "Follow the leader
This is a lifetime mission  vision of prison
Aight listen
In this journey you're the journal
I'm the journalist
Am I Eternal  Or an eternalist
I'm about to flow long as I can possibly go
Keep ya movin' 'cause the
Crowd said so
Dance  cuts rip ya pants
Eric B on the blades  bleedin' to death
Call the ambulance
Pull out my weapon and start to squeeze
A magnum as a microphone murderin' MC's
Let's quote a rhyme from a record I wrote
(Follow the leader)
Yeah  dope
'Cause everytime I stop it seems ya stuck
Soon as ya try to step off ya self-destruct
I came to overcome before I'm gone
By showin' and provin' and
Lettin' knowledge be born
Then after that I'll live forever  you disagree
You say never  Then follow me
From century to century you'll remember me
In history  not a mystery or a memory
God by nature  mind raised in Asia
Since you was tricked  I have to raise ya
From the cradle to the grave  but remember
You're not a slave
'Cause we was put here to be
Much more than that
But we couldn't see it because
Our mind was trapped
But I'm here to break away the chains
Take away the pains
Remake the brains  reveal my name
I guess nobody told you a little
Knowledge is dangerous
It can't be mixed  diluted  it can't be
Changed or switched
Here's a lesson if ya guessing and borrowing
Hurry  hurry  step right up
And keep following
The leader
Follow the leader
Rakim'll say  "Follow the leader "
Rakim'll say  "Follow the leader "
Rakim'll say  "Follow the leader "
Rakim'll say  "Follow the leader "
Rakim'll say  "Follow the leader "
Rakim'll say  "Follow the leader "
Rakim'll say  "Follow the leader "
A furified freestyle  lyrics of fury
My third eye makes me shine like jewelry
You're just a rent-a-rapper
Your rhymes are minute-maid
I'll be here when it fade to watch
You flip like a renegade
I can't wait to break and eliminate
On every traitor or snake  so stay awake
And follow and follow
Because the tempo's a trail
The stage is a cage  the mic is a third rail
I'm Rakim the Fiend of a Microphone
I'm not HIM  so leave my mic alone
Soon as the beat is felt  I'm ready to go
So fasten your seatbelt 'cause I'm about to flow
No need to speed slow down to
Let the leader lead
Word to daddy  indeed
The R's a rollin' stone  so I'm rollin'
Directions is told  then the rhymes are stolen
Stop buggin'  a brother said
Dig 'em  I never dug 'em
He couldn't follow the leader
Long enough so I drug 'em
Into danger zone  he should arrange his own
Face it  it's basic  erase it  change ya tone
There's one R in the alphabet
It's a one-letter word and it's about to get
More complex from one rhyme to the next
Eric B be easy on the flex
I've been from state to state
Followers tailgate
Keep comin' but you
Came too late  but I'll wait
So back up  regroup  get a grip
Come equipped
You're the next contestant
Clap ya hands  you won a trip
The price is right  don't
Make a deal too soon
How many notes could
You name this tune
Follow the Leader is the title  theme  task
Now ya know  you don't have to ask
Rap is Rhythm And Poetry
Cuts create sound effects
You might catch up if you
Follow the records E  wrecks
Until then keep eatin' and swallowin'
You better take a deep
Breath and keep followin'
The leader
Follow the leader
Rakim'll say  "Follow the leader "
Keep followin'
Rakim'll say  "Follow the leader "
Rakim'll say  "Follow the leader "
The "R "
Rakim'll say  "Follow the leader "
Rakim'll say  "Follow the leader "
Rakim'll say  "Follow the leader "
Rakim'll say  "Follow the leader "
Rakim'll say  "Peace"
"Follow the leader "
Rakim'll say  "Follow the leader "
Rakim'll say  "Follow the leader "
Rakim'll say
Follow the leader
Rakim'll say  "Follow the leader "
Rakim'll say  "Follow the leader "
Rakim'll say  "Follow the leader "
Rakim'll say  "Follow the leader "
Rakim'll say  "Follow the leader "
Rakim'll say  "Follow the leader "
Rakim'll say  "Follow the leader "
Follow the leader