Times Up

(Time's up) (Time's up) (Time's up) --> Rakim (Time's up) (Time's up) (I want to rock right now) --> Rob Base (Time's up) (Time's up) (I want to rock right now) (Time's up) (Time's up) (I want to rock right now) (Time's up) (Time's up) (I want to rock right now) [ VERSE 1 ] Time's up, black is back Other rappers make records and I make an impact I don't want you to move, I want a movement As I proceed, I move with Knowledge, wisdom, understanding I make progress, while I'm slamming Hard lyrics, puttin money in the bank But these futile new styles stake out the joint with Hank A to be to D Cause you can't hit what your eyes can't see Near-sighted, shallow, hollow, mundane Rappers untrained, just can't sustain The heat that hits, you think it's a homerun But hold that thought, brother, don't run Cause you hear the pop, it drops, and guess what? Time's up (Time's up) (I want to rock right now) (Time's up) (Time's up) (I want to rock right now) (Time's up) (Time's up) (I want to rock right now) (Time's up) (Time's up) (I want to rock right now) (Time's up) [ VERSE 2 ] The clock ticks, the rhyme kicks I'm kickin off knowledge as I drop this Brothers ain't takin their time with the rhyme They want to get paid, cause it's hard times I got patience, meditation Helps creation, and correlation Is takin its toll in platinum and gold I get respect with the records I sold Cause the rhyme is always up to par and on point I wrote a message in the music while I'm rockin this joint It's jumpin, slammin, pumpin And meanwhile I'm sayin somethin For all ears to hear and prepare To persevere from here to there, so get geared So weak rappers'll have to self-destruct Time's up (Time's up) (I want to rock right now) (Time's up) (Time's up) (I want to rock right now) (Time's up) (Time's up) (I want to rock right now) (Time's up) (Time's up) (I want to rock right now) (Time's up) [ VERSE 3 ] I'm harder than times and 29 Hard enough to cut diamonds, rhymin I'm Sharp as a razor, cuts like a laser And my rhyme can graze ya, I'm able to raise ya >From a dead level, I ain't a rebel I just don't dance with the devil Unless we're dancing in the rain And then my dance is an Ali dance Cuts as sharp as a blow, showboat what I wrote And sugar-coat the globe and collect sweet g notes Go for the throat and watch the wicked choke >From the words I spoke because the rhymin smoke Provoked thoughts of hope, no dope to cope Cocaine and propane, no pain and no gain The white demon is powdered and cut Taste the real rock - time's up [ VERSE 4 ] High performance is layin dormant Your mentality is out of the ordi- nary structure, you ain't a sucker Go get paid like a renegade buster Lyrical format I put down And when it rips, better skip town Metaphysical spiritual conscience Manifested in lyrical contents An ancient rhetoric, Moe Dee better kick Soulful social science, and let it get My class needs to thinkin straight Cause with speeds of light they can't relate We live and learn, but what are we learnin? The dollars teach and weak souls are burnin So when I strike, it's like lightning struck Time's up (Time's up) (I want to rock right now) (Time's up) [repeated till end]