Rakim - When I Be On The Mic (Single Version) lyrics

Hardcore, real ill niggas
I'm internationally known
When I be on the mic
Hardcore, real ill niggas
I'm internationally known, yo
Hardcore, real ill niggas
I'm internationally known
When I be on the mic
Hardcore, real ill niggas
So all hail the honorable
It's to my real ill niggas
Heavyweight hitters
Dough getters, fifty ways to make figures
My niggas
That come on the spot to feel sisters
Like they hear real spitters and
Kids on the zigga-ziggas
When it's ugly, then the club is lovely
Thugs be sipping Hennessey and bubbly
To my comrades that keep it flaming hot
On dangerous blocks, claiming spots


Where the goal is to be one
Of the top ranked soldiers
Forty-five holders, one of the high rollers
Get respect in the hood, credit is good
Knock it down lumberjack style, baby
Extra wood
Rock it all night long, the bang-a-thon baby
Keep hanging on
We like it with the lights on
Don't have to blow twenty thou' to
Get to know honey's style
Show her the town, steal her heart
No money down hardcore, real ill niggas
I'm internationally known
When I be on the mic
Hardcore, real ill niggas
I'm internationally known, yo
Hardcore, real ill niggas
I'm internationally known
When I be on the mic
Hardcore, real ill niggas
So all hail the honorable
How about some hardcore
Yeah we like it raw for sure
Broads on the floor, wall to wall
There's more at the door
Players ball to score
'Cause this right here is for all of y'all
Rakim and Primo, yo I got what you need bro
You go see a show, smoke an l, mean yo
And deejays play hit's with hard bass kicks
And then they display tricks like the matrix
Make the record fly undetected
By the naked eye
So just feel the vibe 'cause
Your ears never lie
Nowadays deejays bags of tricks, graphic
On some behind the back shit
Catch it and scratch it
Classic, this kid got his craft mastered
Hands is mad quick like he mix with magic
Spin it back and forth and grab it
And know just where it is, there it is
Hardcore, real ill niggas
I'm internationally known
When I be on the mic
Hardcore, real ill niggas
I'm internationally known, yo
Hardcore, real ill niggas
I'm internationally known
When I be on the mic
Hardcore, real ill niggas
So all hail the honorable
To my elite peeps with
The murderous mystiques
I hit the streets with beats
And they critique for weeks they be like
"How that kid Ra' reach the peak? "
Pull out the heat and use
My technique to speak
It's dangerous, sit calm and explain to kids
What part of the game this
Is and foreign languages
They hold Ra's events in different continents
Put my lyrical contents in monuments
In ghetto garments
I rock a towel like a Pharaoh
Mind travel, design style like apparel
My fashions last long as a lifetime
'Cause, I can see the future
When the God write rhymes
They're mad 'cause I managed to reign so long
Like their chance to make money
Done came and gone
This is strictly for my listeners
On the corners at night
And the sisters that be keeping this right
When I be on the mic
Hardcore, real ill niggas
I'm internationally known
When I be on the mic
Hardcore, real ill niggas
I'm internationally known, yo
Hardcore, real ill niggas
I'm internationally known
When I be on the mic
Hardcore, real ill niggas
So all hail the honorable