Rakim - R.A.K.I.M. (Explicit)

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[ar:Rakim]
[al:8 Mile]
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[00:00.00]R.A.K.I.M. (From "8 Mile" Soundtrack|Explicit) - Rakim
[00:10.76]R rugged and rough that's how I do it
[00:13.46]A allah who I praise to the fullest
[00:15.89]K keep it moving I stand alone
[00:18.44]M it's my crown my world my throne
[00:21.13]R rugged and rough that's how I do it
[00:23.60]A allah who I praise to the fullest
[00:25.98]K keep it moving I stand alone
[00:28.65]M it's my crown my world my throne
[00:30.98]Aiyyo when rakim allah attack it's a wrap y'all relax
[00:33.36]The arm in that you show me where the party's at
[00:35.81]Seminars and tracks hors comas and cardiacs
[00:38.69]Broads and cats screaming oh my God he's back
[00:41.14]Just imagine I hit the lab and get it crackin'
[00:43.59]A thousand styles in one verse rhythms will switch patterns
[00:46.27]Chicks get stabbed in the back till they get spasms
[00:48.97]Known to spit a magnum or split an atom
[00:51.18]Who woulda known that jesus would come back to the ghetto
[00:53.82]On that level and that thorough like a black hero
[00:56.37]And pack metal so rap rebels will back pedal
[00:58.82]The pharaoh of five boroughs and take over the rap world
[01:01.64]Getting bizarre hardcore this is for y'all
[01:04.01]The crib or the park play it when you get in the car
[01:06.51]Chill at the bar sip something or split a cigar
[01:09.16]Get with your dogs don't be alarmed this kid is the bomb
[01:12.04]R rugged and rough that's how I do it
[01:14.61]A allah who I praise to the fullest
[01:17.23]K keep it moving I stand alone
[01:19.66]M it's my crown my world my throne
[01:22.28]R rugged and rough that's how I do it
[01:24.76]A allah who I praise to the fullest
[01:27.26]K keep it moving I stand alone
[01:29.74]M it's my crown my world my throne
[01:32.18]Uh yeah yo I used to paint this flow on ancient scrolls
[01:34.46]And learn ta make this dough where gangstas roll
[01:37.11]Think like the late great capone when the bank is closed
[01:39.69]It's cats that claim they bold but they ain't this cold
[01:42.28]I'm from new york city even pretty chicks act up
[01:44.73]n***as get clapped up you stack up they stick that up
[01:47.40]Put the strap up you think my name was kid back up
[01:49.95]Big n***as pick that up or lift that up
[01:52.72]Raised by gangstas and gamblers hustlers con artists
[01:55.83]And convicts killers and dons
[01:57.95]** dealers playas and p**ps smooth talkers
[02:00.29]Stick up kids thugs real n***as and Gods
[02:02.85]Haunted by every soul that lay dead in the turf
[02:05.19]Close by every spirit that never made it to birth
[02:07.88]Since the moon separated from earth
[02:09.79]That's why they say
[02:10.68]I'm the greatest that ever orchestrated a verse
[02:12.94]It's the
[02:13.31]R rugged and rough that's how I do it
[02:15.80]A allah who I praise to the fullest
[02:18.43]K keep it moving I stand alone
[02:20.78]M it's my crown my world my throne
[02:23.61]R rugged and rough that's how I do it
[02:26.20]A allah who I praise to the fullest
[02:28.66]K keep it moving I stand alone
[02:30.95]M it's my crown my world my throne
[02:33.36]Aiyyo we toast to that it's the cat that broke backs
[02:35.92]To a soul slap a smoke a track how d**e is that
[02:38.73]Poet for rap wrote backs that most slack
[02:40.90]That know rap before they turned coke to crack
[02:43.64]To my dogs hearing sirens on and firearms
[02:46.43]Outcome die in wars or behind iron bars
[02:48.88]The boulevard tire frauds when I evolve
[02:51.56]Try and rob my dialogue I am God
[02:54.08]Chicks moan just to get next to my throne
[02:56.35]And sniff my cologne and get ra alone
[02:59.14]Sex spot's at home I'm testosterone
[03:01.47]Caress spots stress drops bedrock's the bone
[03:04.08]Hit the floor it's hot for 2003
[03:06.58]Hit's galore who rock a style as wild as me
[03:09.18]Rest assure when I rock dance crowds and scream
[03:11.83]Bis-mi-allah a-rahman a-rahim it's the
[03:14.71]R rugged and rough that's how I do it
[03:17.24]A allah who I praise to the fullest
[03:19.67]K keep it moving I stand alone
[03:22.03]M it's my crown my world my throne
[03:24.67]R rugged and rough that's how I do it
[03:27.38]A allah who I praise to the fullest
[03:29.88]K keep it moving I stand alone
[03:32.27]M it's my crown my world my throne
[03:34.97]R rugged and rough that's how I do it
[03:37.53]A allah who I praise to the fullest
[03:39.99]K keep it moving I stand alone
[03:42.49]M it's my crown my world my throne
[03:45.10]R rugged and rough that's how I do it
[03:47.77]A allah who I praise to the fullest
[03:50.35]K keep it moving I stand alone
[03:52.60]M it's my crown my world my throne