Microphone Fiend [Album Version]
Rakim

I was a fiend before I became a teen
I melted microphone instead of cones of ice cream
Music orientated so when hip-hop was originated
Fitted like pieces of puzzles, complicated
'Cause I grabbed the mic and try to say, Yes y'all!
They tried to take it, and say that I'm too small
Cool, 'Cause I don't get upset
I kick a hole in the speaker, pull the plug, then I jet
Back to the lab ...without a mic to grab
So then I add all the rhymes I had
One after the other one, then I make another one
To dis the opposite then ask if the brother's done
I get a craving like I fiend for nicotine
But I don't need a cigarette, know what I mean?
I'm raging, ripping up the stage and
Don't it sound amazing 'cause every rhyme is made and
Thought of, 'cause it's sort of...an addiction,
Magnatized by the mixing
Vocals, vocabulary, your verses, you're stuck in
The mic is a drano, volcanoes erupting,
Rhymes overflowing, gradually growing
Everything is written in the cold, so it can coin-
cide, my thoughts to guide,
48 tracks to slide
The invincible, microphone fiend Rakim
Spread the word, 'cause I'm in
E-F-F-E-see-T
A smooth operator operating correctly,
But back to the problem, I gotta habit,
You can't solve it, silly rabbit
The prescription is a hypertone that's thorough when
I fiend for a microphone like herion
Soon as the bass kicks, I need a fix
Gimme a stage and a mic and a mix
And I'll put you in a mood or is it a state of
unawareness? Beware, it's the reanamator!
A menace to a microphone, a lethal weapon
An assasinator, if the people ain't stepping
You see a part of me that you never seen
When I'm fiending for a microphone, I'm the microphone fiend...

(Verse 2:)
After 12, I'm worse that a Gremlin
Feed me Hip-hop and I start trembling
The thrill of suspense is intense, your horrified
But this ain't the cinemas of Tales From the Darkside,
By any means necessary, this is what has to be done
Make way 'cause here I come....
My DJ cuts material....
Grand imperial.
It's a must that I bust any mic you're hand to me,
It's inherited, it's runs in the family
I wrote the rhyme that broke the bull's back,
If that don't slow 'em up, I carry a full pack.
Now I don't want to have to let off, you should of kept off
You didn't keep the stage warm, step off!
Ladies and Gentleman, You're about to see
A pastime hobby about to be
Take it to the maximum, I can't relax see, I'm
Hype as a hyperchrondriac 'cause the rap be one-
Hell of a antidote, something you can't smoke
More than dope, you're trying to move away but you can't, you're broke
More than cracked up, you should have backed up
For those who act up need to be more than smacked up
Any entertainer, I got a torture chamber
One on one and I'm the remainder!
So close your eyes and hold your breath,
And I'm a hit'cha wit the blow of death
Before you go, you'll remember you seen
The fiend of a microphone, I'm the microphone fiend

The microphone fiend...


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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   Message In The Song   Microphone Fiend   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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