Make 'em clap to this

Make 'em clap to this

Make 'em, make 'em clap to this



I came in the door, I said it before

I never let the mic magnatize me no more

But it's bitin' me, fightin' me, invitin' me to rhyme

I can't hold it back, I'm lookin' for the line



Takin' off my coat, clearin' my throat

The rhyme will be kickin' it until I hit my last note

My mind'll range to find all kinds of ideas

Self-esteem makes it seem like a thought took years to build



But still say a rhyme after the next one

Prepared, never scared, I'll just bless one

And you know that I'm the soloist

So Eric B, make 'em clap to this



Make 'em, make 'em clap to this

Make 'em, make 'em clap to this

Make 'em, make 'em clap to this

Make 'em clap to this

Make 'em, make 'em clap to this



I don't bug out or chill or be actin' ill

No tricks in '86, it's time to build

Eric B easy on the cut, no mistakes allowed

'Cuz to me, MC means move the crowd



I made it easy to dance to this

But can you detect what's comin' next from the flex of the wrist

Sayin' indeed that I precede 'cuz my man made a mix

If he bleed he won't need no band-aid to fix



If they can get some around until there's no rhymes left

I hurry up because the cut will make 'em bleed to death

But he's kickin' it because it ain't no half steppin'

The party is live, the rhyme can't be kept in



Side, it needs eruptin' just like a volcano

It ain't the everyday style of the same old rhyme

Because I'm better then the rest of them

Eric B is on the cut and my name is Rakim



Make 'em, make 'em clap to this

Make 'em, make 'em clap to this

Make 'em, make 'em clap to this

Make 'em, make 'em clap to this

Make 'em, make 'em clap



Go get a girl and get soft and warm

Don't get excited, you've been invited to a quiet storm

But now it's out of hand 'cuz you told me you hate me

And then you ask what have I done lately



First you said all you want is love and affection

Let me be your angel and I'll be your protection

Take you out, buy you all kinds of thin's

Make 'em, make 'em clap to this



You caught an attitude, you need food to eat up

I'm schemin' like I'm dreamin' on a couch wit my feet up

You scream I'm lazy, you must be crazy

Thought I was a donut, you tried to glaze me



Make 'em, make 'em clap to this

Make 'em, make 'em clap to this

Make 'em, make 'em clap to this

Make 'em, make 'em clap to this



Make 'em, make 'em clap to this

Make 'em, make 'em clap to this

Make 'em, make 'em clap to this



I made it easy to dance to this

But can you detect what's comin' next from the flex of the wrist

Sayin' indeed that I precede 'cuz my man made a mix

If he bleed he won't need no band-aid to fix



Eric B is on the cut and my name is Rakim

Make 'em, make 'em clap to this



Make 'em clap to this

Make 'em clap to this

Make 'em clap to this

Make 'em clap to this