Flow Forever - Rakim

Aiyo, what’s goin' on?

The mic Lebanon teflon don

I’m back, baby

The year of the 9's

And I’ma have make these motherfuckers an offer they can’t refuse

You know?

Ha, what’s goin' on?

Yo, c’mon, you know it’s on

I wrote a song, test my flow on the Autobahn

Make sure the force is right, I floss all night

Get off the mic, it’ll smoke like an exhaust pipe

Keep 'em in the library, studyin' my theory

Ra theory get translated in Swahili

From the lands as far as Zanzibar

They understand the R, the man Allah

It’s obvious why the copiers, they copy this

Soon as my data processes Y2K, they floppy disk

Now, who the hottest is?

How can it not be this?

Baby, who the cockiest?

Papi is?

Gracias

Aiyyo, this be so, magnifico

Even my typical style difficult

Make a crowd go wild when I rip a show

Better stand back, this’ll blow, you didn’t know?

They show me love when I’m come through

Yo, any club that I come to

I hit a microphone, check one-two

And they know what I wanna do — flow forever!

You ever witness rapport like this before?

It’s 'cause y’all kiss the floor, say Bismillah

It’s the chosen one with the golden tongue

Flow for the old and young when I’m holdin' one

In the front row sitty, we show no pity

Where kids get jiggy and girls are so pretty

The Wanderer, back from Casablanca

To stomp all, what next for Ra to conquer?

So let’s go, the best show will explode

No dress codes, they just pose in they best clothes

Girls get exposed when I show my rap expo

Will there be a next episode?

I guess so

Those that have doubt, wanted to have clout

What they mad about?

Must be a cash drought

MC’s switch they style from they last bout

And I bet soon as they hear this, they spaz out

They show me love when I’m come through

Yo, any club that I come to

I hit a microphone, check one-two

And they know what I wanna do — flow forever!

Wherever Rakim go, it’s the God tempo

It’s simple, my M.O.

— no problemo

Been all over the map, even know where Hell is at

I get the welcome mat, and then welcome back

My flow is raw, they treat me like Mr. Know-It-All

They want me to show 'em all my brand new protocol

Excusez-moi, I make 'em move for Ra

You ain’t soupin' Ra, save the hoop-a-la

Let me find out you rhymed out, designed out

Pullin' dimes out to climb out for time-out

I’m at the free throw, playin' ball, or cee-lo, I keep dough

Reloaded like Carlito, incognito

I be so low-key, women get nosy

I do a show, they wanna go see to get to know me

In the front row seat, they cosy

Thinkin' I’m givin' 'em the bo-bo-vee until they O. D

They show me love when I’m come through

Yo, any club that I come to

I hit a microphone, check one-two

And they know what I wanna do — flow forever!