("Microphone Fiend") ♪ I was a fiend before I became a teen ♪ ♪ I melted microphone instead
of cones of ice cream ♪ ♪ Music orientated so when
hip-hop was originated ♪ ♪ Fitted like pieces of
puzzles, complicated ♪ ♪ 'Cause I grabbed the mic
and try to say, yes y'all ♪ ♪ They tried to take it,
and say that I'm too small ♪ ♪ Cool, 'cause I don't get upset ♪ ♪ I kick a hole in the speaker,
pull the plug, then I jet ♪ ♪ Back to the lab without a mic to grab ♪ ♪ So then I add all the rhymes I had ♪ ♪ One after the other one,
then I make another one ♪ ♪ To dis the opposite then
ask if the brother's done ♪ ♪ I get a craving like
I fiend for nicotine ♪ ♪ But I don't need a
cigarette, know what I mean ♪ ♪ I'm raging, ripping up the stage ♪ ♪ And don't it sound amazing
'cause every rhyme is made ♪ ♪ And thought of, 'cause
it's sort of an addiction ♪ ♪ Magnetized by the mixing ♪ ♪ Vocals, vocabulary, your
verses, you're stuck in ♪ ♪ The mic is a Drano,
volcanoes erupting. ♪ ♪ Rhymes overflowing, gradually growing ♪ ♪ Everything is written in the cold ♪ ♪ So it can coincide,
my thoughts to guide ♪ ♪ 48 tracks to slide ♪ ♪ The invincible, microphone fiend Rakim ♪ ♪ Spread the word, 'cause
I'm in E-F-F-E-C-T ♪ ♪ A smooth operator operating correctly ♪ ♪ But back to the problem, I got a habit ♪ ♪ You can't solve it, silly rabbit ♪ ♪ The prescription is a
hypertone that's thorough ♪ ♪ When I fiend for a
microphone like heroin ♪ ♪ Soon as the bass kicks, I need a fix ♪ ♪ Gimme a stage and a mic and a mix ♪ ♪ And I'll put you in a mood ♪ ♪ Or is it a state of unawareness ♪ ♪ Beware, it's the re-animator ♪ ♪ A menace to a microphone,
a lethal weapon ♪ ♪ An assassinater, if the
people ain't stepping ♪ ♪ You see a part of me
that you never seen ♪ ♪ When I'm fiending for a microphone ♪ ♪ I'm the microphone fiend ♪ ♪ After 12, I'm worse that a Gremlin ♪ ♪ Feed me hip-hop and I start trembling ♪ ♪ The thrill of suspense is
intense, you're horrified ♪ ♪ But this ain't the cinemas
of Tales From the Darkside ♪ ♪ By any means necessary,
this is what has to be done ♪ ♪ Make way 'cause here I come ♪ ♪ My DJ cuts material,
material, material ♪ ♪ Grand imperial ♪ ♪ It's a must that I bust
any mic you hand to me ♪ ♪ It's inherited, it runs in the family ♪ ♪ I wrote the rhyme that
broke the bull's back ♪ ♪ If that don't slow 'em
up, I carry a full pack ♪ ♪ Now I don't want to have to let off ♪ ♪ You should of kept off ♪ ♪ You didn't keep the
stage warm, step off ♪ ♪ Ladies and gentleman,
you're about to see ♪ ♪ A pastime hobby about to be ♪ ♪ Take it to the maximum,
I can't relax see ♪ ♪ I'm hype as a hyperchrondriac
'cause the rap be one ♪ ♪ Hell of a antidote,
something you can't smoke ♪ ♪ More than dope, you're
trying to move away ♪ ♪ But you can't, you're broke ♪ ♪ More than cracked up,
you should have backed up ♪ ♪ For those that act up need
to be more than smacked up ♪ ♪ Any entertainer, I
got a torture chamber ♪ ♪ One on one and I'm the remainder ♪ ♪ So close your eyes
and hold your breath ♪ ♪ And I'm a hit ya with
the blow of death ♪ ♪ Before you go, you'll
remember you seen ♪ ♪ The fiend of a microphone,
I'm the microphone fiend ♪ ♪ I'm the microphone fiend ♪ ♪ The microphone fiend,
the microphone fiend ♪ ♪ The mic, the mic, the
mic, the microphone fiend ♪ ♪ The microphone fiend ♪ ♪ The mic, the mic, the
mic, the microphone fiend ♪ ♪ The mic, the mic, the
mic, the microphone fiend ♪ ♪ The microphone fiend ♪ ♪ The microphone fiend,
the microphone fiend ♪ ♪ The mic, the mic, the mic,
the mic, the mic, the mic ♪ ♪ The microphone fiend,
the microphone fiend ♪ ♪ The microphone fiend,
the microphone fiend ♪ ♪ The mic, the mic, the
mic, the microphone fiend ♪
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