♪ RAKIM'LL SAY ♪ [HIP HOP MUSIC] [RECORD SCRATCHING] ♪ RAKIM'LL SAY ♪ ♪ FOLLOW ME INTO A
SOLO, GET IN THE FLOW ♪ ♪ AND YOU CAN PICTURE
LIKE A PHOTO ♪ ♪ MUSIC MIX, MELLOW
MAINTAINS TO MAKE ♪ ♪ MELODIES FOR EMCEES,
MOTIVATES THE BREAKS ♪ ♪ I'M EVERLASTING, I CAN
GO ON FOR DAYS AND DAYS ♪ ♪ WITH RHYME DISPLAYS THAT
ENGRAVE DEEP AS X-RAYS ♪ ♪ I CAN TAKE A PHRASE
THAT'S RARELY HEARD ♪ ♪ FLIP IT, NOW
IT'S A DAILY WORD ♪ ♪ I CAN GET ILLER THAN
'NAM, I KILL AND BOMB ♪ ♪ BUT NO ALARM,
RAKIM'LL REMAIN CALM ♪ ♪ SELF-ESTEEM MAKES ME
SUPER, SUPERB, AND SUPREME ♪ ♪ BUT FOR A MICROPHONE,
STILL I FIEND ♪ ♪ THIS WAS A TAPE, I
WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BREAK ♪ ♪ I WAS SUPPOSED TO WAIT,
BUT LET'S MOTIVATE ♪ ♪ I WANT TO SEE YOU KEEP
FOLLOWING AND SWALLOWING ♪ ♪ TAKING AND MAKING,
BITING AND BORROWING ♪ ♪ BROTHERS TRIED AND OTHERS
DIED TO GET THE FORMULA ♪ ♪ BUT I'MA LET YOU SWEAT,
YOU STILL AIN'T WARM, YOU A ♪ ♪ STEP AWAY FROM FROZEN,
STIFF AS IF YOU'RE POSING ♪ ♪ DIG INTO MY BRAIN AS
THE RHYME GETS CHOSEN ♪ ♪ SO FOLLOW ME AND WHILE YOU'RE
THINKING YOU WERE FIRST ♪ ♪ LET'S TRAVEL AT MAGNIFICENT
SPEEDS AROUND THE UNIVERSE ♪ ♪ WHAT COULD YOU SAY AS
THE EARTH GETS FURTHER ♪ ♪ AND FURTHER AWAY, PLANETS
AS SMALL AS BALLS OF CLAY ♪ ♪ ASTRAY INTO THE MILKY
WAY, WORLDS OUT OF SIGHT ♪ ♪ FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE,
NOT EVEN A SATELLITE ♪ ♪ NOW STOP AND TURN
AROUND AND LOOK ♪ ♪ AS YOU STARE IN THE DARKNESS,
YOUR KNOWLEDGE IS TOOK ♪ ♪ SO KEEP STARING, SOON
YOU SUDDENLY SEE A STAR ♪ ♪ YOU BETTER FOLLOW
IT, 'CAUSE IT'S THE R ♪ ♪ THIS IS A LESSON
IF YOU'RE GUESSING ♪ ♪ AND IF YOU'RE
BORROWING, HURRY, HURRY ♪ ♪ STEP RIGHT UP AND KEEP
FOLLOWING THE LEADER ♪ ♪ FOLLOW THE LEADER ♪ ♪ RAKIM'LL SAY,
"FOLLOW THE LEADER" ♪ ♪ RAKIM'LL SAY,
"FOLLOW THE LEADER" ♪ ♪ RAKIM'LL SAY,
"FOLLOW THE LEADER" ♪ ♪ THIS IS A LIFETIME
MISSION, VISION A PRISON ♪ ♪ ALL RIGHT, LISTEN ♪ ♪ IN THIS JOURNEY YOU'RE THE
JOURNAL, I'M THE JOURNALIST ♪ ♪ AM I ETERNAL,
OR AN ETERNALIST ♪ ♪ I'M ABOUT TO FLOW LONG
AS I CAN POSSIBLY GO ♪ ♪ KEEP YOU MOVING 'CAUSE
THE CROWD SAID SO ♪ ♪ DANCE, CUTS RIP YOUR PANTS ♪ ♪ ERIC B. ON THE BLADES
BLEEDING TO DEATH ♪ ♪ CALL THE AMBULANCE ♪ ♪ PULL OUT MY WEAPON
AND START TO SQUEEZE ♪ ♪ A MAGNUM AS A MICROPHONE,
MURDERING EMCEES ♪ ♪ LET'S QUOTE A RHYME
FROM A RECORD I WROTE ♪ ♪ FOLLOW THE
LEADER, YEAH, DOPE ♪ ♪ 'CAUSE EVERY TIME I STOP
IT SEEMS YOU'RE STUCK ♪ ♪ AS SOON AS YOU TRY TO
STEP OFF YOU SELF-DESTRUCT ♪ ♪ I CAME TO OVERCOME
BEFORE I'M GONE ♪ ♪ BY SHOWING AND PROVING AND
LETTING KNOWLEDGE BE BORN ♪ ♪ THEN AFTER THAT I LIVE
FOREVER, YOU DISAGREE ♪ ♪ YOU SAY NEVER,
THEN FOLLOW ME ♪ ♪ FROM CENTURY TO CENTURY,
YOU'LL REMEMBER ME ♪ ♪ IN HISTORY, NOT A
MYSTERY OR A MEMORY ♪ ♪ GOD BY NATURE,
MIND RAISED IN ASIA ♪ ♪ SINCE YOU WAS TRICKED,
I HAVE TO RAISE YA ♪ ♪ FROM THE CRADLE TO THE GRAVE ♪ ♪ BUT REMEMBER,
YOU'RE NOT A SLAVE ♪ ♪ 'CAUSE WE WAS PUT HERE
TO BE MUCH MORE THAN THAT ♪ ♪ BUT WE COULDN'T SEE BECAUSE
OUR MIND WAS TRAPPED ♪ ♪ BUT I'M HERE TO BREAK AWAY THE
CHAINS, TAKE AWAY THE PAINS ♪ ♪ REMAKE THE BRAINS,
REBUILD MY NAME ♪ ♪ I GUESS NOBODY TOLD YOU A
LITTLE KNOWLEDGE IS DANGEROUS ♪ ♪ IT CAN'T BE MIXED, DILUTED ♪ ♪ IT CAN'T BE
CHANGED OR SWITCHED ♪ ♪ HERE'S A LESSON IF YOU'RE
GUESSING AND BORROWING ♪ ♪ HURRY, HURRY STEP RIGHT UP
AND KEEP FOLLOWING THE LEADER ♪ ♪ FOLLOW THE LEADER ♪ ♪ RAKIM'LL SAY,
"FOLLOW THE LEADER" ♪ ♪ RAKIM'LL SAY,
"FOLLOW THE LEADER" ♪ ♪ RAKIM'LL SAY,
"FOLLOW THE LEADER" ♪ ♪ A FURIFIED FREESTYLE,
LYRICS OF FURY ♪ ♪ MY THIRD EYE MAKE ME
SHINE LIKE JEWELRY ♪ ♪ YOU'RE JUST A RENT-A-RAPPER,
YOUR RHYMES ARE MINUTE-MAID ♪ ♪ I'LL BE HERE WHEN IT FADE ♪ ♪ I'LL WATCH YOU FLIP
LIKE A RENEGADE ♪ ♪ I CAN'T WAIT TO
BREAK AND ELIMINATE ♪ ♪ ON EVERY TRAITOR OR
SNAKE, SO STAY AWAKE ♪ ♪ AND FOLLOW AND FOLLOW
BECAUSE THE TEMPO'S A TRAIL ♪ ♪ THE STAGE IS A CAGE,
THE MIC IS A THIRD RAIL ♪ ♪ I'M RAKIM, THE FIEND
OF A MICROPHONE ♪ ♪ I'M NOT HIM, SO
LEAVE MY MIC ALONE ♪ ♪ SOON AS THE BEAT IS
FELT, I'M READY TO GO ♪ ♪ SO FASTEN YOUR SEATBELT,
'CAUSE I'M ABOUT TO FLOW ♪ ♪ NO NEED TO SPEED, SLOW DOWN
AND LET THE LEADER LEAD ♪ ♪ WORD TO DADDY, INDEED ♪ ♪ THE R'S A ROLLING
STONE, SO I'M ROLLING ♪ ♪ DIRECTIONS IS TOLD THEN
THE RHYMES ARE STOLEN ♪ ♪ STOP BUGGIN' A BROTHER, SAID
DIG HIM, I NEVER DUG HIM ♪ ♪ HE COULDN'T FOLLOW THE LEADER
LONG ENOUGH SO I DRUG HIM ♪ ♪ INTO DANGER ZONE, HE
SHOULD ARRANGE HIS OWN ♪ ♪ FACE IT, IT'S BASIC,
ERASE IT CHANGE YOUR TONE ♪ ♪ THERE'S ONE R
IN THE ALPHABET ♪ ♪ IT'S A ONE-LETTER WORD
AND IT'S ABOUT TO GET ♪ ♪ MORE COMPLEX FROM
ONE RHYME TO THE NEXT ♪ ♪ ERIC B., BE EASY ON THE FLEX ♪ ♪ I'VE BEEN FROM STATE TO
STATE, FOLLOWERS TAILGATE ♪ ♪ KEEP COMING BUT YOU CAME
TOO LATE, BUT I'LL WAIT ♪ ♪ SO BACK UP, REGROUP, GET
A GRIP, COME EQUIPPED ♪ ♪ YOU'RE THE NEXT CONTESTANT ♪ ♪ CLAP YOUR HANDS,
YOU WON A TRIP ♪ ♪ THE PRICE IS RIGHT, DON'T
MAKE A DEAL TOO SOON ♪ ♪ HOW MANY NOTES, CAN
YOU NAME THIS TUNE ♪ ♪ FOLLOW THE LEADER IS
A TITLE, THEME, TASK ♪ ♪ NOW YOU KNOW, YOU
DON'T HAVE TO ASK ♪ ♪ RAP IS RHYTHM AND POETRY,
CUTS CREATE SOUND EFFECTS ♪ ♪ YOU MIGHT CATCH UP IF YOU
FOLLOW THE RECORDS E WRECKS ♪ ♪ UNTIL THEN KEEP
EATING AND SWALLOWING ♪ ♪ YOU BETTER TAKE
A DEEP BREATH ♪ ♪ AND KEEP FOLLOWING
THE LEADER ♪ [DRAMATIC STING]
