When I Be On The Mic
Rakim

Hardcore, real ill niggas

I'm internationally known

When I be on the mic


Hardcore, real ill niggas

I'm internationally known, yo


Hardcore, real ill niggas

I'm internationally known

When I be on the mic


Hardcore, real ill niggas

So all hail the honorable


It's to my real ill niggas, heavyweight hitters

Dough getters, fifty ways to make figures

My niggas, that come on the spot to feel sisters

Like they hear real spitters and kids on the zigga-ziggas


When it's ugly, then the club is lovely

Thugs be sipping Hennessey and bubbly

To my comrades that keep it flaming hot

On dangerous blocks, claiming spots


Where the goal is to be one of the top-ranked soldiers

Forty-five holders, one of the high rollers

Get respect in the hood, credit is good

Knock it down lumberjack style, baby, extra wood


Rock it all night long, the bang-a-thon baby

Keep hanging on, we like it with the lights on

Don't have to blow twenty thou' to get to know honey's style

Show her the town, steal her heart, no money down


Hardcore, real ill niggas

I'm internationally known

When I be on the mic


How about some hardcore, yeah, we like it raw for sure

Broads on the floor, wall to wall

There's more at the door, players ball to score

'Cause this right here is for all of y'all


Rakim and Primo, yo I got what you need bro

You go see a show, smoke an' l, mean yo

And deejays play hits with hard bass kicks

And then they display tricks like the matrix


Make the record fly undetected by the naked eye

So just feel the vibe 'cause your ears never lie

Nowadays deejays bags of tricks, graphic

On some behind the back shit, catch it and scratch it


Classic, this kid got his craft mastered

Hands is mad quick like he mix with magic

Spin it back and forth and grab it and know just where it is

There it is


Hardcore, real ill niggas

I'm internationally known

When I be on the mic


To my elite peeps with the murderous mystiques

I hit the streets with beats and they critique for weeks

They be like, How that kid ra reach the peak?

Pull out the heat and use my technique to speak


It's dangerous, sit calm and explain to kids

What part of the game this is and foreign languages

They hold Ra's events in different continents

Put my lyrical contents in monuments


In ghetto garments, I rock a towel like a pharaoh

Mind travel, design style like apparel

My fashions last long as a lifetime

'Cause I can see the future when the God write rhymes


They're mad 'cause I managed to reign so long

Like their chance to make money done came and gone

This is strictly for my listeners on the corners at night

And the sisters that be keeping this right when I be on the mic


Hardcore, real ill niggas

I'm internationally known

When I be on the mic


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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   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 (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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