I Know You Got Soul - Eric B., Rakim, Norman Cook

It’s been a long time, I shouldn’t have left you

Without a strong rhyme to step to Think of how many weak shows you slept through

Time’s up, I’m sorry I kept you

Thinking of this, you keep repeating you miss

The rhymes from the microphone soloist

And you sit by the radio, hand on the dial, soon

As you hear it, pump up the volume

Dance wit the speaker 'till you hear it blow,

Then plug in the headphone 'cause here it go It’s a 4 letter word when it’s heard, it control

your body to dance (You got it) soul,

Ditects the tempo like a red alert

Reaches your reflex, so let it work

When this is playing, you can’t get stuck wit

The steps, so get set and I’m a still come up wit

A gift to be swift, follow the leader, the rhyme will go Def wit the record that was mixed a long time ago

It can be done but only I can do it For those that can dance and clap your hands to it

I start to think and then I sink

Into the paper like I was ink

When I’m writing, I’m trapped in between the lines,

I escape when I finish the rhyme…

I got soul

Picture a mic, the stage is empty

A beat like this might tempt me To pose, show my rings and my fat gold chain

Grab the mic like I’m on Soul Train

But I’ll wait 'cause I mastered this

Let the others go first so the brothers don’t miss

Eric B. break the sticks (you got it)

Rakim will begin when you make the mix

I’ll experiment like a scientist

You wanna rhyme, you gotta sign my list

'Cause I’m a manifest and bless the mic I hold

You want it next?

then you gotta have soul

'Cause if you ain’t got it, I’m a make an encore

Take the mic, make the people respond for

The R, 'cause that’s the way it’ll have to be If you wanna get on after me Think about it, wait, erase your rhyme

Forget it and don’t waste your time

'Cause I’ll be in the crowd if you ain’t controlling it Drop the mic, you shouldn’t be holding it I drip steam like a microphone fiend

Eager to MC is my theme

I get hype when I hear a drum roll

Rakim is on the mic and you know I got soul

You got it