Put Your Hands Together

Eric B. & Rakim

*piano playing for 1:02 before the beginning of the main song*




[Eric B] "Clap your hands" cut and scratched 6X



[Rakim] Put your hands together... clap your hands




Verse One: Rakim




This is for thousands of people who came



A show from road to road you're entertained



I don't even have to say my name



Cause when the place is ripped in half I'm to blame



Masses of posses packed up schemin



Ladies lovely and keep on screamin



Go Rakim, go Rakim, go



It won't be long then it's on with the show



I'm late, so hit the brakes and park the Benzito



Double oh seven, incognito



Sneak in the back door, lookin for the stage



When I get on you react in a rage



People from side to side and front to back



won't dance, if the MC's wack



The crowd go psycho even if I don't move



Some like the groove cause I'm so smooth



Then somethin happens, feet start tappin



You can't hold back when Rakim's rappin



The man you've been waitin for, rougher than ever



Ladies and gentlemen, put your hands together




[Eric B] "Clap your hands" cut and scratched 8X



[Rakim] Clap your hands




Verse Two: Rakim




I create em, take em, shake em, then make em clap to this



Most of you rappers, can't even rap to this



I made it faster, you tried to master



Syncopated styles, words flowin after



Measures of metaphor definitions of more than one



Take it both ways, I'll be here when you're done



Remember as the rhyme goes on it's rougher



Soon as I stop, you had enough of



Followin footsteps, you better turn back soon



Sucker MC's suck rhymes like vacuums



The style remains the