("Microphone Fiend") βͺ I was a fiend before I became a teen βͺ βͺ I melted microphone instead
of cones of ice cream βͺ βͺ Music orientated so when
hip-hop was originated βͺ βͺ Fitted like pieces of
puzzles, complicated βͺ βͺ 'Cause I grabbed the mic
and try to say, yes y'all βͺ βͺ They tried to take it,
and say that I'm too small βͺ βͺ Cool, 'cause I don't get upset βͺ βͺ I kick a hole in the speaker,
pull the plug, then I jet βͺ βͺ Back to the lab without a mic to grab βͺ βͺ So then I add all the rhymes I had βͺ βͺ One after the other one,
then I make another one βͺ βͺ To dis the opposite then
ask if the brother's done βͺ βͺ I get a craving like
I fiend for nicotine βͺ βͺ But I don't need a
cigarette, know what I mean βͺ βͺ I'm raging, ripping up the stage βͺ βͺ And don't it sound amazing
'cause every rhyme is made βͺ βͺ And thought of, 'cause
it's sort of an addiction βͺ βͺ Magnetized by the mixing βͺ βͺ Vocals, vocabulary, your
verses, you're stuck in βͺ βͺ The mic is a Drano,
volcanoes erupting. βͺ βͺ Rhymes overflowing, gradually growing βͺ βͺ Everything is written in the cold βͺ βͺ So it can coincide,
my thoughts to guide βͺ βͺ 48 tracks to slide βͺ βͺ The invincible, microphone fiend Rakim βͺ βͺ Spread the word, 'cause
I'm in E-F-F-E-C-T βͺ βͺ A smooth operator operating correctly βͺ βͺ But back to the problem, I got a habit βͺ βͺ You can't solve it, silly rabbit βͺ βͺ The prescription is a
hypertone that's thorough βͺ βͺ When I fiend for a
microphone like heroin βͺ βͺ Soon as the bass kicks, I need a fix βͺ βͺ Gimme a stage and a mic and a mix βͺ βͺ And I'll put you in a mood βͺ βͺ Or is it a state of unawareness βͺ βͺ Beware, it's the re-animator βͺ βͺ A menace to a microphone,
a lethal weapon βͺ βͺ An assassinater, if the
people ain't stepping βͺ βͺ You see a part of me
that you never seen βͺ βͺ When I'm fiending for a microphone βͺ βͺ I'm the microphone fiend βͺ βͺ After 12, I'm worse that a Gremlin βͺ βͺ Feed me hip-hop and I start trembling βͺ βͺ The thrill of suspense is
intense, you're horrified βͺ βͺ But this ain't the cinemas
of Tales From the Darkside βͺ βͺ By any means necessary,
this is what has to be done βͺ βͺ Make way 'cause here I come βͺ βͺ My DJ cuts material,
material, material βͺ βͺ Grand imperial βͺ βͺ It's a must that I bust
any mic you hand to me βͺ βͺ It's inherited, it runs in the family βͺ βͺ I wrote the rhyme that
broke the bull's back βͺ βͺ If that don't slow 'em
up, I carry a full pack βͺ βͺ Now I don't want to have to let off βͺ βͺ You should of kept off βͺ βͺ You didn't keep the
stage warm, step off βͺ βͺ Ladies and gentleman,
you're about to see βͺ βͺ A pastime hobby about to be βͺ βͺ Take it to the maximum,
I can't relax see βͺ βͺ I'm hype as a hyperchrondriac
'cause the rap be one βͺ βͺ Hell of a antidote,
something you can't smoke βͺ βͺ More than dope, you're
trying to move away βͺ βͺ But you can't, you're broke βͺ βͺ More than cracked up,
you should have backed up βͺ βͺ For those that act up need
to be more than smacked up βͺ βͺ Any entertainer, I
got a torture chamber βͺ βͺ One on one and I'm the remainder βͺ βͺ So close your eyes
and hold your breath βͺ βͺ And I'm a hit ya with
the blow of death βͺ βͺ Before you go, you'll
remember you seen βͺ βͺ The fiend of a microphone,
I'm the microphone fiend βͺ βͺ I'm the microphone fiend βͺ βͺ The microphone fiend,
the microphone fiend βͺ βͺ The mic, the mic, the
mic, the microphone fiend βͺ βͺ The microphone fiend βͺ βͺ The mic, the mic, the
mic, the microphone fiend βͺ βͺ The mic, the mic, the
mic, the microphone fiend βͺ βͺ The microphone fiend βͺ βͺ The microphone fiend,
the microphone fiend βͺ βͺ The mic, the mic, the mic,
the mic, the mic, the mic βͺ βͺ The microphone fiend,
the microphone fiend βͺ βͺ The microphone fiend,
the microphone fiend βͺ βͺ The mic, the mic, the
mic, the microphone fiend βͺ
Only 20 upboats and one comment? People have no appreciation for the classics.
Anyone who says Rakim isn't the greatest MC of all time is either deaf or 16.
You should check out the Ice T documentary Something From Nothing on Netflix. Cool to hear the god Rakim talk about his writing process.
Here is Rage Against the Machine's cover