When I Be On Tha Mic

Rakim

[DJ Premier scratches hook]





(Hardcore...real ill niggas)


(I'm internationally known)


(When I be on the mic)





(Hardcore...real ill niggas)


(I'm internationally known, yo)





(Hardcore...real ill niggas)


(I'm internationally known)


(When I be on the mic)





(Hardcore...real ill niggas)


(So all hail the honorable)





It's to my real ill niggas, heavyweight hitters


Dough getters, fifty ways to make figures


My niggas, that come on the spot to feel sisters


Like they hear real spitters and kids on the zigga-ziggas


When it's ugly, then the club is lovely


Thugs be sipping Henessey and bubbly


To my comrades that keep it flaming hot


On dangerous blocks, claiming spots


Where the goal is to be one of the top-ranked soldiers


Forty-five holders, one of the high rollers


Get respect in the hood, credit is good


Knock it down lumberjack style, baby, extra wood


Rock it all night long, the bang-a-thon baby


Keep hanging on, we like it with the lights on


Don't have to blow twenty thou' to get to know honey's style


Show her the town, steal her heart, no money down





(Hook)





How about some hardcore, yeah we like it raw for sure


Broads on the floor, wall to wall


There's more at the door, players ball to score


'Cause this right here is for all of y'all


Rakim and Primo, yo I got what you need bro


You go see a show, smoke an L, mean yo


And deejays play hits with hard bass kicks


And then they display tricks like The Matrix


Make the record fly undetected by the naked eye


So just feel the vibe 'cause your ears never lie


Nowadays deejays bags of tricks, graphic


On some behind the back shit, catch it and scratch it


Classic, this kid got his craft mastered


Hands is mad quick like he mix with magic


Spin it back and forth and grab it, and know just where it is...


There it is





(Hook)





To my elite peeps with the murderous mystiques


I hit the streets with b