Eric B. Is President

Album: Paid In Full (1986)
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  • Make 'em clap to this
    (To show our appreciation for your support)
    Make 'em clap to this
    (Thank you DJ's)
    Make 'em clap to this
    Make 'em clap to this
    Make 'em clap to this
    Make 'em clap to this

    I came in the door, I said it before
    I never let the mic magnetize me no more
    But it's bitin' me, fightin' me, invitin' me to rhyme
    I can't hold it back, I'm lookin' for the line
    Takin' off my coat, clearin' my throat
    The rhyme will be kickin' it 'til I hit my last note
    My mind remains to find all kind of ideas
    Self esteem makes it seem like a thought took years to build
    But still say a rhyme after the next one
    Prepared, never scared, I'll just bless one
    And you know that I'm the soloist
    So Eric B., Make 'em clap to this

    Make 'em clap to this
    Make 'em clap to this
    Make 'em clap, make 'em clap, make 'em clap to this
    Make 'em clap to this (clap your hands)
    (Clap your hands)
    Make 'em clap to this (clap yo-)
    (Clap yo-, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap)

    I don't bug out or chill or be actin' ill
    No tricks in '86, it's time to build
    Eric B. Easy on the cut, no mistakes allowed
    'Cause to me, MC means move the crowd
    I made it easy to dance to this
    But can you detect what's comin' next from the flex of the wrist?
    Say indeed then I'll proceed 'cause my man made a mix
    If he bleed he won't need no band-aid to fix
    His fingertips sew a rhyme until there's no rhymes left
    I hurry up because the cut'll make 'em bleed to death
    But he's kickin' it, 'cause it ain't no half steppin'
    The party is live, the rhyme can't be kept inside
    It needs eruptin' just like a volcano
    It ain't the everyday style or the same old rhyme
    'Cause I'm better then the rest of them
    Eric B. Is on the cut and my name is Rakim (nasty)

    Make 'em clap to this
    Make 'em clap to this

    Make 'em clap to this
    Make 'em clap to this
    Make 'em clap-, make 'em clap-
    Make 'em clap to this
    Make 'em clap-

    Go get a girl and get soft and warm
    Don't get excited, you've been invited to a quiet storm
    But now it's out of hand 'cause you told me you hate me
    And then you ask what have I done lately
    First you said, "All you want is love and affection"
    Let me be your angel and I'll be your protection
    Take you out, buy you all kinds of things
    Make 'em clap to this
    Caught an attitude, you need food to eat up
    I'm schemin' like I'm dreamin' on a couch with my feet up
    You scream I'm lazy, you must be crazy
    Thought I was a donut, you tried to glaze me

    Make 'em clap to this
    Make 'em clap to this
    Make 'em clap to this
    Make 'em clap, make 'em clap, make 'em clap to this

    Make 'em clap to this
    Make 'em clap to this
    Make 'em clap, make 'em clap, make 'em clap
    Make 'em clap to this

    I made it easy to dance to this
    But can you detect what's comin' next from the flex of the wrist?
    Say indeed then I'll proceed 'cause my man made a mix
    If he bleed he won't need no band-aid to fix

    Make 'em clap to this
    Eric B. Is on the cut
    Eric B. Is on the cut
    Eric B. Is on the cut and my name is Rakim (nasty)

    Make 'em clap to this
    Rakim
    Clap your hands
    Clap your hands
    Clap your hands to what he's doin'
    Clap your hands to what he's doin'

    Clap your hands
    Clap your hands
    Clap your hands
    Clap your hands
    Clap your hands to what he's doin'

    Make 'em clap to this
    Make 'em clap to this
    Make 'em clap to this
    Make 'em clap to this Writer/s: Eric Barrier, William Griffin
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • Req from Brighton...must have got you too hot and burned off your wings.
    This line is missing from the last verse
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