Rakim - The 18th Letter (Always And Forever)

[00:00.49] What? Uh, yo [00:02.46] Just when things seemed the same, and the whole scene is lame [00:05.26] I come and reign with the unexplained for the brains 'til things change [00:08.25] They strain to slang sling, I'm trained to bring game [00:11.31] History that I arranged been regained by King James [00:14.27] Go to practice, with tactics, when the track hits, theatrics [00:17.31] Women that look like actress the status of Cleopatra's [00:20.22] Stacks of mathematics took the ego-a-geatics? [00:23.04] As I find out, what the facts is, for geographic [00:25.64] No time to sip Mo's with hostess, never mind what the total gross is [00:29.11] I rip shows, stay focused, and split cheese, with soldiers [00:32.06] While you hit trees and coast I spit flows that be ferocious [00:34.99] And with these explosives, I split seas for Moses [00:37.94] Shine permanently only my mind's concernin' me [00:40.56] Fire burns in me eternally time's eternity [00:43.55] Followers turn on me they'll be in a mental infirmary [00:46.49] Determinely advance technology better than Germany [00:49.52] Since the first days you know of, 'til the last days is over [00:52.46] I was always the flow-er, I made waves for Noah [00:55.47] From a compound, to the anatomy, to the breakdown of a atom [00:58.35] Some of my rap patterns, still surround Saturn [01:01.16] From the ancient Hieroglyphics, to graffiti painted pictures [01:04.00] I study I know the scriptures but nowadays ain't it vicious [01:06.87] Date back I go beyond check the holy Qu'ran [01:09.83] To speeches at the altar on, now we get our party on [01:12.90] So being beneficent, I bless 'em with dialogue [01:15.87] They expectin', the next testament by the God [01:18.76] I blow 'em through battlezones with chrome for chaperone [01:21.72] Blast beats with saxophones one of the baddest rapper's known [01:24.50] Every country city and borough, sidestreet and ghetto [01:27.65] Isle and alley and meadow theories ferile enough to echo [01:30.51] When it was one mass of land, with one nash' of man [01:33.47] And the whole mass was ran under one master plan [01:36.31] Since the world's metamorphis, and the plan is kept in orbit [01:39.46] Turntables we spin off but the needles never skip off it [01:42.38] Rhythms we expressin' similar to our ancestors [01:45.29] It'll answer your questions if you understand the message [01:48.17] From the days of the slave choppers? To the new age of prophets [01:51.00] As heavy as hip-hop is I'm always ready to drop it [01:54.03] From the mind which is one of Allah's best designs [01:57.11] And mines will stand the test of time, when I rhyme [01:59.81] The 18th Letter, the prophecy professor [02:02.88] I stay clever, long as the planet stay together [02:05.80] Bring up praise from Mecca, make a phrase for the better [02:08.75] In new days to remember, always and forever [02:11.55] The 18th Letter, the prophecy professor [02:14.45] I stay clever, long as the planet stay together [02:17.55] Bring up praise from Mecca, make a phrase for the better [02:20.38] In new days to remember, always and forever [02:23.32] The R baby [02:24.16]