I Know You Got Soul

Eric B. & Rakim

It's been a long time I shouldn't have left you



Without a strong rhyme to step to



Think of how many weak shows you slept through



Time's up I'm sorry I kept you



Thinking of this you keep repeating you miss



The rhymes from the microphone soloist



And you sit by the radio hand on the dial soon



As you hear it pump up the volume



Dance wit the speaker 'till you hear it blow



Then plug in the headphone 'cause here it go



It's a 4 letter word when it's heard, it control



your body to dance (You got it) soul,



Ditects the tempo like a red alert



Reaches your reflex, so let it work



When this is playing, you can't get stuck wit



The steps, so get set and I'm a still come up wit



A gift to be swift, follow the leader, the rhyme will go



Def wit the record that was mixed a long time ago



It can be done but only I can do it



For those that can dance and clap your hands to it



I start to think and then I sink



Into the paper like I was ink



When I'm writing, I'm trapped in between the lines,



I escape when I finish the rhyme...



I got soul




You got it (4x)



I know you got soul




Picture a mic, the stage is empty



A beat like this might tempt me



To pose, show my rings and my fat gold chain



Grab the mic like I'm on Soul Train



But I'll wait 'cause I mastered this



Let the others go first so the brothers don't miss



Eric B. break the sticks (you got it)



Rakim will begin when you make the mix



I'll experiment like a scientist



You wanna rhyme, you gotta sign my list



'Cause I'm a manifest and bless the mic I hold



You want it next? then you gotta have soul



'Cause if you ain'