Set 'Em Straight

Eric B. & Rakim

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Eric B. & Rakim

Eric B. & Rakim were a hip-hop duo composed of DJ Eric Barrier (born November 8, 1965) and MC Rakim (born William Michael Griffin Jr. on January 28, 1968). more »


Year:
1990
4:25
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[Rakim] 
I came to set em straight  and let em know 
Whoever's holdin the best  just let him go 
Cause here's the inside scoop on the fiend 
They want to know why I'm seldom seen 
Cause who needs the TV screens and magazines 
or shootin through the city in fly limousines 
There's one thing I don't like  it's the spotlight 
.. cause I already got light 
They be like  "Yo we had a get together last week 
and we know everyone was there except the Black Sheik" 
Because my schedule is tight, I gotta write 
I'm deep in the archives, and keepin em hyped 
It's been a long time, since you heard a strong rhyme 
None of these are weak so when you bite on mine 
we can trace the hits and then name that style 
MC'sll be out of a job for a while 
I reposess your indentification 
So hand in your application 
Put your mic on strike until you're unemployed 
Contract is up and I'm stampin it void 
Your selection ain't that selective 
So I'ma put you in your proper perspective 
On the dancefloor, and doin the SHAKE 
Ready to let em brake, set em straight 

[Rakim] 
Somebody said I set em up and pulled the plug on em 
But instead I let em go on so I could bug on em 
Go 'head and flow, cause I close the show 
Swing a song for the ladies and rhyme real slow 
For instance.. once I commence.. 
.. the crowd is convinced 
So now you know who to put your money on 
Hurry up, before your money's gone 
Cause I'm the most common denominator 
Orchestrate a rhyme much greater 
I'm like a world almanac, so tell the media 
Givin em information like encyclopedia 
So bring a dictionary, so you can look it up 
so you know what I mean, when I hook it up 
No misconceptions although I complicate 
but this concept'll set em straight 
They even said that I was locked in jail 
So now I guess I'm out on bail? 
The only Island I was on was the Strong one 
And if I did my bid, it'll be a long one 
Cause if I sold weight, I'd be upstate 
in the penile, waitin for a brake 
Cause sellin drugs is for handicaps 
I got too many skills besides bustin rough raps 
If I go to jail, it won't be for sellin ki's 
It'll be for muderin MC's 
The beat'll take over your heart, then I start 
to cut em in half, cause rhymes are razor sharp 
Secure the exits, all MC's remain 
Cause we got a crowd to entertain 
And I know, when I go, I'll flow dangerous 
Brain'sll bust, what you tryin to explain to us? 
You got lost, and couldn't go on 
Came up short, so here's one to grow on 
Elevate off a high IQ 
In time, you'll find I'm true 
Cause once I start on a piece of art 
from sun to moon and light to dark I build the Ark 
Now you can float off the rhymes I wrote 
I'm sure that we'll hit shore without a boat 
You could bring a battleship and still get shipwrecked 
Attacked with a torpedo, what did you expect? 
Driftin up the creek, without a beat or a paddle 
Castaway on a raft and stand fragile 
Rescue your crowd, which ain't a hard job 
Me and my knowledge put together, I'm a lifeguard 
Dealin with actual facts it sold out fat 
here and now, but I go so far back 
to bring you up to date, so we can elevate 
It's no time to wait, or anticipate 
Cause I'm never late, I'm gonna motivate 
So I can let em brake, and set em straight

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Written by: ERIC BARRIER, WILLIAM GRIFFIN

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