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Ghetto music

Yo

Here we go



And my name is Rakim

And my name is Rakim

And my name is Rakim

And my name is Rakim

And my name is Rakim, Rakim



Yo, the saga begins, my eyes is the photography lens

Properly push pens and show quality gems

The horrors be grim but yo maybe tomorrow we win

If we follow the trends and keep count of the dollars we spend



I want a mahogany Benz, I want lottery ends

I want property, friends, plus my hobby is skins

If I decide we in sin, then my prophecy ends

But the God'll begin, watchin' my odyssey spin



In the place where war be, based on a true story

Territory was made for me to pursue glory

Blast alone masses in zones have to be sewn

Every capacity blown, I'm internationally known, yo



So all hail the honorable, microphone phenomenal

Persona is unbombable, trust me son

I continue like a saga do, bringin' you the drama to

Allow you that the chronicle has just begun



The saga begins

The soul controller, Rakim

Set it off, yo, the saga begins

Still say a rhyme after the next one



The saga begins

The soul controller, Rakim

Set it off, yo, the saga begins

You know that I'm the soloist



Yo, my never endin' epic, got the world spinnin' hectic

I quickly spread it, till the whole city's infected

Suspense that I supply intensify

Then commence as my daily events go by



You get involved in this, paragraphologist

Narratin' novelist, market this, sound marvelous

I'm the star in this, which means the author's authentic

Most definite, every episode's a epidemic



So when you research, check it, here go the evidence

They represent with lyrical negligence for presidents

My science existed, without the fiction

Every inscription is a special edition



So all hail the honorable, microphone phenomenal

Persona is unbombable, trust me son

I continue like a saga do, bringin' you the drama to

Allow you that the chronicle has just begun



The saga begins

The soul controller, Rakim

Set it off, yo, the saga begins

Still say a rhyme after the next one



The saga begins

The soul controller, Rakim

Set it off, yo, the saga begins

You know that I'm the soloist



Yo, the legacy lives, let 'em see what the pedigree is

Mega-thesis, blessin' these kids with extra features

The depth's deep as the deepest sea is

Telepathy increases melody gets speakers, telekinesis



Ideas appear as clear as pictures in movie theaters

Lyrics you hear it, devestating the way you ear it

So stay tuned for sequels, part two's and more

So soon you and your peoples can bumrush the store



The names have changed the game remain the same

How one came to reign on his claim to fame

No stoppin' this I'm droppin' this with hip-hop in this

And when the topic is topicless, then I'm writin' the apocalypse



So all hail the honorable, microphone phenomenal

Persona is unbombable, trust me son

I continue like a saga do, bringin' you the drama to

Allow you that the chronicle has just begun



The saga begins

The soul controller, Rakim

Set it off, yo, the saga begins

Still say a rhyme after the next one



The saga begins

The soul controller, Rakim

Set it off, yo, the saga begins

You know that I'm the soloist



Rakim, set it off

Rakim, set it off

Rakim, set it off

You know that I'm the soloist



Rakim, set it off

Rakim, set it off

Rakim, set it off

You know that I'm the soloist



Rakim, yo