[00:01.77]Ra! Ra! Ra! Ra! Ra! Ra! Ra!
[00:10.63]R: Rugged and rough that's how I do it
[00:13.33]A: Allah who I praise to the fullest
[00:15.78]K: Keep it moving,
[00:17.07]I: Stand alone
[00:18.32]M: It's my crown, my world, my throne
[00:20.92]R: Rugged and rough that's how I do it
[00:23.47]A: Allah who I praise to the fullest
[00:26.02]K: Keep it moving,
[00:27.17]I: Stand alone
[00:28.47]M: It's my crown, my world, my throne
[00:30.92]Aiyyo when Rakim Allah attack, it's a wrap y'all relax
[00:33.57]The arm in that, you show me where the party's at
[00:36.03]Seminars and tracks, hors, comas, and cardiacs
[00:38.68]Broads and cats screaming "Oh my God he's back"
[00:41.13]Just imagine, I hit the lab and get it crackin'
[00:43.63]A thousand styles in one verse, rhythms will switch patterns
[00:46.43]Chicks get stabbed in the back, till they get spasms
[00:48.93]Known to spit a magnum, or split an atom
[00:51.28]Who woulda known that Jesus would come back to the ghetto
[00:53.77]On that level, and that thorough, like a black hero
[00:56.29]And pack metal, so rap rebels, will back pedal
[00:58.79]The pharaoh of five boroughs, and take over the rap world
[01:01.67]Gettin' bizarre, hardcore, this is for y'all
[01:04.18]The crib or the park, play it when you get in the car
[01:06.73]Chill at the bar, sip somethin' or split a cigar
[01:09.18]Get with your dogs, don't be alarmed, this kid is the bomb
[01:11.79]R: Rugged and rough that's how I do it
[01:14.39]A: Allah who I praise to the fullest
[01:17.04]K: Keep it moving,
[01:18.24]I: Stand alone
[01:19.54]M: It's my crown, my world, my throne
[01:22.14]R: Rugged and rough that's how I do it
[01:24.79]A: Allah who I praise to the fullest
[01:27.24]K: Keep it moving,
[01:28.44]I: Stand alone
[01:29.74]M: It's my crown, my world, my throne
[01:30.47]Uh, yeah yo, I used to paint this flow, on ancient scrolls
[01:34.63]And learn ta, make this dough, where gangstas roll
[01:37.08]Think like the late great Capone when the bank is closed
[01:39.84]It's cats that claim they bold, but they ain't this cold
[01:42.24]I'm from New York City even pretty chicks act up
[01:44.79]Niggas get clapped up, you stack up, they stick that up
[01:47.39]Put the strap up, you think my name was "Kid back up"
[01:49.98]Big niggas pick that up, or lift that up
[01:52.76]Raised by gangstas and gamblers, hustlers, con artists
[01:56.07]And convicts, killers and dons
[01:57.87]Drug dealers, playas and pimps, smooth talkers
[02:00.34]Stick up kids, thugs, real niggas and gods
[02:02.94]Haunted by every soul that lay dead in the turf
[02:05.34]Close by every spirit, that never made it to birth
[02:07.99]Since the Moon separated from Earth
[02:09.89]That's why they say I'm the greatest that ever orchestrated a verse
[02:13.14]It's the
[02:13.39]R: Rugged and rough that's how I do it
[02:15.74]A: Allah who I praise to the fullest
[02:18.34]K: Keep it moving,
[02:19.54]I: Stand alone
[02:20.80]M: It's my crown, my world, my throne
[02:23.40]R: Rugged and rough that's how I do it
[02:26.00]A: Allah who I praise to the fullest
[02:28.50]K: Keep it moving,
[02:29.75]I: Stand alone
[02:31.05]M: It's my crown, my world, my throne
[02:32.86]Ay yo, we toast to that, it's the cat that broke backs
[02:35.88]To a soul slap, a smoke a track, how dope is that
[02:38.83]Poet for rap, wrote backs that most slack,
[02:41.14]That know rap before they turned coke to crack
[02:43.64]To my dogs hearin' sirens on and firearms
[02:46.39]Outcome die in wars or behind iron bars
[02:48.94]The boulevard, tire frauds when I evolve
[02:51.44]Try and rob, my dialogue, I am God
[02:54.19]Chicks moan just to get next to my throne
[02:56.54]And sniff my cologne and get Ra alone
[02:59.14]Sex spot's at home, I'm testosterone
[03:01.65]Caress spots, stress drops, bedrock's the bone
[03:04.20]Hit the floor, it's hot for 2003
[03:06.50]Hit's galore, who rock a style as wild as me
[03:09.20]Rest assure, when I rock dance crowds and scream
[03:11.76]Bis-Mi-Allah A-Rahman A-Rahim it's the
[03:14.76]R: Rugged and rough that's how I do it
[03:16.96]A: Allah who I praise to the fullest
[03:19.56]K: Keep it moving,
[03:20.76]I: Stand alone
[03:22.26]M: It's my crown, my world, my throne
[03:24.62]R: Rugged and rough that's how I do it
[03:27.27]A: Allah who I praise to the fullest
[03:29.77]K: Keep it moving,
[03:31.02]I: Stand alone
[03:32.27]M: It's my crown, my world, my throne
[03:34.87]R: Rugged and rough that's how I do it
[03:37.57]A: Allah who I praise to the fullest
[03:40.02]K: Keep it moving,
[03:41.27]I: Stand alone
[03:42.57]M: It's my crown, my world, my throne
[03:45.06]R: Rugged and rough that's how I do it
[03:47.71]A: Allah who I praise to the fullest
[03:50.26]K: Keep it moving,
[03:51.51]I: Stand alone
[03:52.81]M: It's my crown, my world, my throne