Rakim - New York To Cali lyrics

Yeah, word to rhyme
Ayo, turn the bass up a little bit, G
Yeah, yeah (Rakim)
(Make 'em clap to this) now check it out
(Rakim, Make 'em clap to this)

I come again
Fun-a begin when the drummer come in
Synonyms don't wanna end, Rakim's gonna win
Always seem to come out at the
Right time with the right rhymes
Smooth in the day it sound
Rough at night time
Just an echo, in every ghetto
Meadow and valley
Side street and alley, from New York to Cali
I been seen in every state
And between on stage
They scream every phrase
I leave the city in a rage
It's off to the next one to bless one


That's my procedure leave ya in a deeper
Mind state than anesthesia
Ya catch a seizure if you
Try to stop the great
When I operate, just let
The crowd please, ya, drop the weight
Just want us in gear
From everyone from here to there
Ideas that ya hear, severe to the ear
Nevertheless, I provide a world wide request
And manifest
And this is from the East to the West

From New York to Cali (to Cali, to Cali)
Coast to coast
I been rippin' coliseums and clubs
From New York to Cali (to Cali, to Cali)
Rhymin' over dubs for thugs
Girls blow me kisses and throw me hugs
From New York to Cali (to Cali, to Cali)
Coast to coast
I been rippin' coliseums and clubs
From New York to Cali (to Cali, to Cali)
Rhymin' over dubs for thugs
Girls blow me kisses and throw me hugs

Musical rise
I memorize in my mental enterprise
Then improvise live with my supplies
You know the quota
Fashional design the shine
The international kind start the rhyme
Time to motor irreversible format
Adapt to wherever ya livin' at
From all four corners of the mat
Whenever they play it, it gets interpretated
Hip-Hop related
Already dedicated, keep it heavy populated
Attract everybody that could rock
Do a block party, make
It look like Woodstock, yeah
Rakim Allah, nothing similar to my seminar
They travel never far
Plus that's where the women are
I like to ask them
"What's the best time to hear me rhyme?"
Nevertheless, I provide a world wide request
And manifest
And this is from the East to the West

From New York to Cali (to Cali, to Cali)
Coast to coast
I been rippin' coliseums and clubs
From New York to Cali (to Cali, to Cali)
Rhymin' over dubs for thugs
Girls blow me kisses and throw me hugs
From New York to Cali (to Cali, to Cali)
Coast to coast
I been rippin' coliseums and clubs
From New York to Cali (to Cali, to Cali)
Rhymin' over dubs for thugs
Girls blow me kisses and throw me hugs

Coast to coast
I been rippin' coliseums and clubs
Rhymin' over dubs for thugs
Girls blow me kisses and throw me hugs
A sporadic concert on stage i got classics
(Soul) , which means my smash hit's won't age
And sing along
I bring a song I be swinging long
We can do a thing 'til dawn
I came to bring it on on tour
Stoppin' all the records stores
Across the nation flow at the radio station
To show appreciation
Retreats for the streets, peace for the jeeps
And reach incredible feats to get
Deep for my peeps
Props for the unorthodox style I got
They couldn't wait for me to drop
Move stock for the block
Strong kick cassette decks, Walkman headsets
I come off, fly concepts is high tech
My first display is to converse with the days
And slam
That's why the man's first jam still play
So tell the neighborhoods I
Got the goods again it's Rakim
Then again that's how it should have been
Nevertheless, I provide a world wide request
And manifest
And this is from the East to the West

From New York to Cali (to Cali, to Cali)
Coast to coast
I been rippin' coliseums and clubs
From New York to Cali (to Cali, to Cali)
Rhymin' over dubs for thugs
Girls blow me kisses and throw me hugs
From New York to Cali (to Cali, to Cali)
Coast to coast
I been rippin' coliseums and clubs
From New York to Cali (to Cali, to Cali)
Rhymin' over dubs for thugs
Girls blow me kisses and throw me hugs

Back in the nine to five
You know what I'm sayin'?
Comin' with the butters
You know what I'm sayin'?
It's Rakim Allah, nothin' sayin'
But the year, yeah
Coast to coast
I been rippin' coliseums and clubs
Rhymin' over dubs for thugs
Girls blow me kisses and throw me hugs
Coast to coast
I been rippin' coliseums and clubs