It's Been a Long Time
Rakim

It's been a long time

It's been a long time

It's been a long time

It's been a long time

Rakim the microphone soloist


Follow procedures the crowd couldn't wait to see this

Nobody been this long awaited since Jesus

Who wouldn't believe this I heard the word on the street is

I'm still one of the deepest on the mic since Adidas


They said I changed the times from the rhymes that I thought of

So I made some more to put the New World in Order

With Mathematics, put your status above the average

And help you rappers, make paragraphs with graphics


'Cause new days is dawnin', new ways of peformin'

Brain stormin', I write and watch the night turn to mornin'

On and on and, I got the whole world respondin'

Rock, I keep it hot and blow the spot without warnin'


The Emperor, well known for, inventin' a sentence

Full of adventure, turnin' up the temperature

Rush with adrenaline, how long has it been again

To be in the state of min'd that Rakim is in?


It's been a long time

Rakim, the microphone soloist

It's been a long time

It's been a long time

Rakim


When I'm out proppin', either, hangin' or shoppin'

People see me stop and ask me when the album droppin'

The wait is over, information like a soldier

Like I told ya, greater stronger, now that I'm older


I broke the, code of silence with overloads of talents

My only challenge, is not to explode in violence

I'm Asiatic, and blazin' microphones a habit

At least once durin' the course of a day, it's automatic


In ghetto apparel, mind of a Egyptian Pharaoh

Far from shallow, thoughts travel like an arrow

Allah's monotony, so far they can't stop me

You know, Ra want property like Mumar Khadafi


More thoughts than Bibles, recital, taught disciples

A sawed off mic, so words scatter like a rifle

Thoughts that's trifle, I'm bustin' these for you

Aiyyo, technical difficulties is through


It's been a long time

Rakim, the microphone soloist

It's been a long time

Rakim, the microphone soloist


It's been a long time

Rakim, the microphone soloist

It's been a long time

It's been a long time


When I float at night, I show 'em new heights, I go to write

They know I strike with new prototypes to blow the mic

Critics and biters, don't know where my source of light is

Still leave authors and writers with arthritis


Cursed kids like the Pyramids when they found the style

First to ever let a rhyme flow down the Nile

The rebirth of hip-hop'll be dropped now

'Cause the crowd didn't hear the original in a while


So be alarmed, what you 'bout to see is the bomb

Like, 3-D in' 'Nam, vivid like CD-Rom

Info kept like Internet.com

My notebook's my bond like the Holy Quran


Since I came in the door, said it before

But no I ain't down with Eric B no more

At night the open mic be invitin' me to rhyme

So yo I'm online, it's been a long time


It's been a long time

It's been a long time

Rakim, the microphone soloist

It's been a long time

Rakim, the microphone soloist


It's been a long time

It's been a long time

It's been a long time

It's been a long time

It's been a long time


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Lyrics by Rakim

  Addictive   Addictive (So Contagious)   Addictive-Truth Hurts   Adiós   After You Die   All Night Long   Amigo   As the Rhyme Goes On   Casualties of War   Cold Feeling   Concrete Jungle   Dedicated   Dime   Documentary Of A Gangsta   Don't Call Me   Don't Sweat The Technique (Live)   Don't' Sweat The Technique   Down   Down (remix) ft Ken-Y   Eric B Is President   Eric B. Is President   Eric B. Is President [Album Version]   Euphoria   Finest Ones   Finest Ones [Featuring Clark Kent]   Flow Forever   Follow the Leader   From New York To Cali   Guess Who's Back   Guess Who's Back (Alternative Mix)   Guess Who's Back?   Guess Whos Back   Guilty All the Same   Heat It Up   Hip Hop   Holy Are U   Holy Are You   How I Get Down   How To Emcee   I Ain't No Joke   I Am   I Get Visual   I Know   I Know You Got Soul   I Walk These Streets   I'll Be There   I'll Bust 'em, You Punish 'em   In the Ghetto   Intro   It' Been a Long Time (Suave House Mix)   It's a Must   It's Been A Long Time (Suave House Mix)   It's Nothing   It's Nothing (Live)   It's the R   It"S The R   Juice *   Juice (Know the Ledge)   Juice (Know The Ledge) *   Know the Ledge   Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em   Let The Rhythm Hit Em   Living For The City   Lyrics of Fury   Mahogany   Man Above   Message In The Song   Microphone Fiend   Microphone Fiend [Album Version]   Move The Crowd   Murderer   Musical Massacre   My Melody   Mystery   Mystery (Who Is God?)   Mystery (Who Is God)   Nena   New York   New York (Ya Out there?)   New York (Ya Out There)   New York To Cali   Outro   Outro (The 18th Letter)   Paid in Full   Paid in Full [Mini Madness-The Coldcut Remix][*]   Paid in Full [Seven Minutes of Madness - the Coldc...   Pasado   Pensando en Ti   Poco A Poco   Psychic Love   Pull It All to Music   Put It All To Music   R.A.K.I.M.   Real Shit   Remember That   Saga Begins   Satisfaction Guaranteed   Show Me Love   Skit - *   State of Hip Hop Interlude   State Of Hip-Hop Interlude   Stay a While   Stay Awhile   Still In Love   Strong Island   Sueltate   Take The Train   The 18Th Letter   The 18th Letter (Always and Forever)   The Militia Ii   The Militia II (Remix)   The Mystery (Who Is God?)   The Punisher   The Saga Begins   The Skit - *   The Skit - (dialogue) *   Up Lift   Uplift   Waiting For The World To End   Walk These Streets   We'll Never Stop   We’ll Never Stop   What's Going On   What's On Your Mind   What's On Your Mind (Live)   Whats Goin On   When I B on Tha Mic   When I Be On The Mic   When I Be On The Mic (Single Version)   When I'm Flowin   When I'm Flowin'   Won't Be Long   Word On The Sreet   Word On The Street   Working For You   You And I   You Know the Deal

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