It's a Must

[Verse 1: Rakim]

If I lay low and let the day go, it'll slow my payroll

Aiyo, I'mma terrorize tours and slay shows

Ra say flows, go as far as the Barbados

On the turntables, sound like tornadoes

My topics perform like tropical storms

You're not to get on, the whole spot will get torn

I keep the metropolitan hollerin' and bring the dollars in

Keep the models swallowin', wise as King Solomon

Come slow through the jungle like a animal

Invade any land I go like General Hannibal

From Long Island to Queens, light up the New York scenes

All the way to New Orleans and everything in between

Left to go, bless a show in Mexico

Next thing I know, it's extra cold, I see Eskimos

It's time to rock, get it hot soon as I get in there

Spit in they ear so flows stay froze, and I disappear

[Chorus: Rahzel]

It's a must that I bust any mic that you hand to me

It's inherited, it runs in the family

[Verse 2: Rakim]

They said I was ahead of my time or either here before

To see the idea clear, it takes a year or more

Now times that by the years, I reign straight-seven

No hear for four years still multiplied by eleven

The silence's a set backs, make 'em regret that

One way to get back is violence and wet cats

But hold your head, black, or I'll never rap again

Just when I thought I was out, they pulled me back in

Now that was two years ago and if cats start interferin'

Then I'mma go back to the gat and racketeerin'

My sabotage is camouflage and espionage

You ain't havin' Ra, so don't test the God

I'm takin' all orders, I can't afford extorters

I hit 'em in the head with a hundred dollars in quarters

So warn a friend, tell 'em it's on again

If it's a freestyle bust in a park, I want in

[Chorus: Rahzel]

It's a must that I bust any mic that you hand to me

It's inherited, it runs in the family

[Verse 3: Rakim]

I managed to get paid for a decade, now add 3 years on to that

Perform with a knack, yes, I was born to rap

The mic Lebanon Teflon Don is back

I strike with better bombs and armed to attack

So reload the van, go 'head, let 'em in

Every tour's a war and I'm on the road again

Surprise a town, the place it's live and loud

We vibin' now, I go wild and dive in the crowd

Never hit the ground, they catch me and carry me around

Then put me right back on stage to shut it down

From New York to Cali, Japan and I-taly

I'm known as the microphone Muhammad Ali

I'm worldwide, my brothers be biggin' me up

Keep the girls occupied, lovin', diggin' me, what

Ain't around, when I come to town, they mad glad

Like Saddaam, they even say I'm the bomb in Baghdad

[Chorus: Rahzel]

It's a must that I bust any mic that you hand to me

It's inherited, it runs in the family