Message In The Song
Rakim

(*Prod. by Lofey)

[** feat. Destiny Griffin:]



Ya'll know what my purpose is

I spit verses that lift curses off my dead president worshipers

Back where the surface is gangsters and murderers

Making money made us merciless

It's the birth of the streets it's over they said

Rappers crossed over they dead

I spit my verse with technique till they know when they ledge

First to compete then I'm over their heads

He too lyrical and too subliminal

Every day from spiritual too criminal

It's a message in the bottle open it

It's a lesson in survival cope with it

It don't make sense to die for the root of evil

It get too cerebral when that don't seem lethal

Either way is hell I can't save the world

But I can show them how to save themselves

From the


Evil things that people do sometimes legal dreams that we pursue

Sometime we don't think that we can lose sometimes

Call it - it's the root of evil we the proof some times it's a plea from me to u


I seen through the eyes of the prophets

King tutankhamun

And martins and malcolms

And elijah mohameds

Wise with knowledge

Paid in full interest aside in the pockets

Just rise with the topics

Rise economics I show you that time is more valuable than them diamonds in your watches

U grind where the block is you die for those dollars

Plus work for them too u know right where wallet is

Thugs is pitchin chicks is in the club stripping

Flippin drugs and pimpin hood is flood of grippin

Latin kings and black guerillas governments

In fact hopng we don't go at these go at these cracker killers

It sound like a set up and we the victims

One out of a million will beat the system

Here and wish for flippin brinks is over with

Take your chips and go legit

From the


Evil things that people do sometimes illegal dreams that we pursue

Sometime we don't think that we can lose sometimes

Call it - it's the root of evil we the proof some times it's a plea from me to u


To my g's on the block that do what they gotta do

Don't get me wrong I don't judge I'm not knockin you

Guess that's what not having a job will do

People starving gotta get their dollars too

Get that prop at night it's a lot of strife

My advice is don't get blinded by the lights

Drug money and blood money got a price

6 feet under or 25 to life

Do the crime and u might do the time you served it

What it's worth when you do a crime and get murdered

Time is precious it's time we earned

It's time to questioned your grind isn't working

It's time that we changed the game

We been waitin for change and exchange

Why play with death play it safe momma

And do your best to stay away

From the


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  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   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   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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