Eric B. & Rakim - Eric B. Is President

[00:37.09] I came in the door, I said it before [00:38.50] I never let the mic magnetize me no more [00:40.31] But it's biting me, fighting me, inviting me to rhyme [00:43.02] I can't hold it back, I'm looking for the line [00:45.22] Taking off my coat, clearing my throat [00:47.70] The rhyme will be kicking until I hit my last note [00:50.29] My mind remains refined, all kind of ideas [00:52.76] Self-esteem makes it seem like a thought took years to build [00:55.36] But still say a rhyme after the next one [00:57.74] Prepared, never scared, I'll just bless one [01:00.51] And you know that I'm the soloist [01:02.27] So Eric B make 'em clap to this [01:25.51] I don't bug out or chill or be acting ill [01:27.62] No tricks in '86, it's time to build [01:29.94] Eric be easy on the cut, no mistakes allowed [01:32.34] Cause to me, MC means move the crowd [01:34.71] I made it easy to dance to this [01:36.75] But can you detect what's coming next from the flex of the wrist [01:39.78] Say indeed and I'll proceed cause my man made a mix [01:42.43] If he bleed he won't need no band-aid to fix [01:44.96] His fingertips sew a rhyme until there's no rhymes left [01:46.95] I hurry up because the cut will make 'em bleed to death [01:49.39] But he's kicking it cause it ain't no half stepping [01:52.12] The party is live, the rhyme can't be kept in- [01:54.86] Side, it needs erupting just like a volcano [01:56.97] It ain't the everyday style or the same old rhyme [01:59.95] Cause I'm better than the rest of them [02:02.06] Eric B is on the cut and my name is Rakim [02:54.40] Go get a girl and get soft and warm [02:56.57] Don't get excited, you've been invited to a quiet storm [02:59.03] But now it's out of hand cause you told me you hate me [03:02.10] And then you ask what have I done lately [03:04.27] First you said all you want is love and affection [03:06.75] Let me be your angel and I'll be your protection [03:09.22] Take you out, buy you all kinds of things [03:11.30] I must have got you too hot and burned off your wings [03:15.45] You caught an attitude, you need food to eat up [03:17.21] I'm scheming like I'm dreaming on a couch with my feet up [03:19.17] You scream I'm lazy, you must be crazy [03:21.81] Thought I was a donut, you tried to glaze me [03:24.46]