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It's been a long time
It's been a long time
It's been a long time
It's been a long time
Rakim the microphone soloist
Follow procedures the crowd couldn't wait to see this
Nobody been this long awaited since Jesus
Who wouldn't believe this I heard the word on the street is
I'm still one of the deepest on the mic since Adidas
They said I changed the times from the rhymes that I thought of
So I made some more to put the New World in Order
With Mathematics, put your status above the average
And help you rappers, make paragraphs with graphics
'Cause new days is dawnin', new ways of peformin'
Brain stormin', I write and watch the night turn to mornin'
On and on and, I got the whole world respondin'
Rock, I keep it hot and blow the spot without warnin'
The Emperor, well known for, inventin' a sentence
Full of adventure, turnin' up the temperature
Rush with adrenaline, how long has it been again
To be in the state of min'd that Rakim is in?
It's been a long time
Rakim, the microphone soloist
It's been a long time
It's been a long time
Rakim
When I'm out proppin', either, hangin' or shoppin'
People see me stop and ask me when the album droppin'
The wait is over, information like a soldier
Like I told ya, greater stronger, now that I'm older
I broke the, code of silence with overloads of talents
My only challenge, is not to explode in violence
I'm Asiatic, and blazin' microphones a habit
At least once durin' the course of a day, it's automatic
In ghetto apparel, mind of a Egyptian Pharaoh
Far from shallow, thoughts travel like an arrow
Allah's monotony, so far they can't stop me
You know, Ra want property like Mumar Khadafi
More thoughts than Bibles, recital, taught disciples
A sawed off mic, so words scatter like a rifle
Thoughts that's trifle, I'm bustin' these for you
Aiyyo, technical difficulties is through
It's been a long time
Rakim, the microphone soloist
It's been a long time
Rakim, the microphone soloist
It's been a long time
Rakim, the microphone soloist
It's been a long time
It's been a long time
When I float at night, I show 'em new heights, I go to write
They know I strike with new prototypes to blow the mic
Critics and biters, don't know where my source of light is
Still leave authors and writers with arthritis
Cursed kids like the Pyramids when they found the style
First to ever let a rhyme flow down the Nile
The rebirth of hip-hop'll be dropped now
'Cause the crowd didn't hear the original in a while
So be alarmed, what you 'bout to see is the bomb
Like, 3-D in' 'Nam, vivid like CD-Rom
Info kept like "Internet.com"
My notebook's my bond like the Holy Quran
Since I came in the door, said it before
But no I ain't down with Eric B no more
At night the open mic be invitin' me to rhyme
So yo I'm online, it's been a long time
It's been a long time
It's been a long time
Rakim, the microphone soloist
It's been a long time
Rakim, the microphone soloist
It's been a long time
It's been a long time
It's been a long time
It's been a long time
It's been a long time
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Singles
100 songs
- Juice (Know the Ledge) * 2007
- Paid in Full 2007
- In the Ghetto 2007
- Addictive 2007
- I'll Bust 'Em, You Punish 'Em 2007
- Microphone Fiend 2007
- Let the Rhythm Hit Em 2007
- Juice (Know the Ledge) * 2007
- Eric B is President 2007
- Microphone Fiend 2007
- My Melody 2007
- Follow the Leader 2007
- After You Die 2007
- Word On The Sreet 2013
- Hip Hop 2013
- It's Been a Long Time 2007
- I Ain't No Joke 2007
- R.a.k.i.m. 2008
- Mahogany 2007
- Let the Rhythm Hit Em 2007
- It's Been A Long Time (Suave House Mix) 2008
- New York To Cali 2013
- Mystery (Who Is God) 2007
- of Fury 2007
- My Melody 2007
- In the Ghetto 2007
- Paid in Full 2007
- Mystery (Who Is God) 2007
- Concrete Jungle 2007
- Casualties of War 2007
- Don't Call Me 2013
- When I Be on the Mic 2007
- Move the Crowd 2007
- Down 2007
- I'll Bust 'Em, You Punish 'Em 2007
- The Saga Begins 2007
- It's Been a Long Time 2007
- Follow the Leader 2007
- The Punisher 2007
- The 18th Letter (Always and Forever) 2007
- Stay Awhile 2007
- Show Me Love 2007
- The Saga Begins 2007
- Remember That 2007
- New York (Ya Out there?) 2007
- Remember That 2007
- When I Be on the Mic 2007
- New York To Cali 2013
- Hip Hop 2013
- Outro (The 18th Letter) 2007
- The Militia II (Remix) 2007
- Murderer 2007
- Living for the City 2007
- Mahogany 2007
- Move the Crowd 2007
- From New York To Cali 2012
- Stay Awhile 2007
- Take the Train 2007
- It's Been A Long Time (Suave House Mix) 2008
- The Punisher 2007
- The Skit - (dialogue) * 2006
- Addictive 2007
- After You Die 2007
- Casualties of War 2007
- Cold Feeling 2007
- Concrete Jungle 2007
- Down 2007
- Eric B is President 2007
- Heat It Up 2007
- I Ain't No Joke 2007
- I Get Visual 2007
- Stay a While 2008
- of Fury 2007
- Outro (The 18th Letter) 2007
- Take the Train 2007
- Madiba 2013
- Murderer 2007
- The Militia II (Remix) 2007
- The Skit - (dialogue) * 2006
- When I'm Flowin 2007
- Whats Goin On 2013
- Bring It On 2013
- From New York To Cali 2012
- Get Visual 2013
- Living for the City 2007
- New York (Ya Out there?) 2007
- R.a.k.i.m. 2008
- Cold Feeling 2007
- I Get Visual 2007
- Heat It Up 2007
- The 18th Letter (Always and Forever) 2007
- Word On The Sreet 2013
- Don't Call Me 2013
- Show Me Love 2007
- When I'm Flowin 2007
- Madiba 2013
- Whats Goin On 2013
- Bring It On 2013
- Get Visual 2013
- Stay a While 2008
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