I keep the mic hot , i heat it up kid !
Rakim - Heat It Up !
One of his best joints
(take that microphone from that kid and heat it up)
I keep the mic hot, I heat it up kid
I keep the mic hot, I heat it up (x2)
Mic check yall
Then throw it to the floor
The crowd wanted more so I came in the door
The great rakim, papermates to the pen
Knowledge is born and the light strikes again
Elements burst and gave birth to the first
Get the pen from the nurse and hook the mic up first
When it absolutely positively has to be there on time
I deliver a rhyme
The heckler of hip hop, hop to this one
I got more kid, they hate to miss one
Style got jazz and the crowds out of control
Cause Ive got the mic and Ive got the soul
New yorks own microphone technician
Thoughtsll give em visions
Stylell make you listen
Devastates the ear, my opponents cant see me
I gave em directions, but wrote it in graffiti
But they wanna know my m.o. ease back though
They want the exact flow, then study my steelo
Sketch the skit, but they still cant see what I did
I heat the mic up kid
I keep the mic hot, I heat it up kid
I keep the mic hot, I heat it up (x4)
Then I explode with a song with a original form
Or Ill perform it at high mode, they want the code
Destroyed the blueprints and documents and hits
Crews been, um, looking for clues ever since
Beats start brewing up, rhymes is rough
Stages and microphones self-destruct
And when you thought you had the format down pat
You get kicked back to the doormat with that
Cause Ive got a high tech style with know-how
Select the file watch the crowd go wild
Bad beats to bless the females finesse
Points shot stress causing cardiac arrest
Mics too hot for you to told in your hands
Now they sell em with fifteen fans and mic stands
Mine still overheats, if you touch it you can see what I did
I heat the mic up kid
I keep the mic hot, I heat it up kid
I keep the mic hot, I heat it up (x4)
If his opponentsll run a rap, tell em ease back
Ive got a knapsack with hip hop attacks
Stacks of artifacts, formats in the act
Tracks after macs, and you cant relax
Rakims equipped with penmanship
Left my penmate, I could graduate from penn state
I could take any trade and make a high grade
Even get extra credit when the rhymes displayed
As soon as I manifest, they cheat off my test
Surround my desk and then stress the progress
But they miss the point, forget the skit
Ill bust your lip if you rip the script
Brothers aint cool and imma smoke up the room
And Ive got a crew called the last platoon
Figure it out kid, problems coming
Emcees are running cause Im the gunman
Extremely dangerous I bust rhymes into the crowd
And watch em all scream out loud
Aw man, and then I slam like a batteram
Ra got the plan with your favorite jam
I keep the mic hot, I heat it up kid
I keep the mic hot, I heat it up (x4)
The last platoon
Rakim
You know what I mean?
And Im out
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