"The unauthorized copy   Dedication to my children, my child Destiny Jones   To my niece and nephews Suree, Malik, Jabari the world is yours   Acknowledgments, first off, I wanna thank God   And I wanna thank everybody for helping me out with this   Couldn't do it without you      Chapter 1, January 28, 1968   Born into this world as William Griffin The Great   Chapter 1, Wyandanch Long Island   Scientific rhymin' invented a new sound when he met with   Eric Barrier from East Sandhurst   The melody they created was the first      Burst on the scene, 1986 with Clap To This   '87 dropped a classic disc   The facts is the tracklist was like four   The vocals, the beats according to Marly Marl   Recorded in my hometown Queensbridge   That's why it's so relative      This biography was unauthorized   I spit it how it was given to author Nas   William changed his name at sixteen to Rakim Allah   'Cause Clarence 13X had New York on lock   Gods on every block, jams in every park      I remember hearin' Curtis Blow saying   "It can't get better than this"   'Til Run DMC blew my brains to bits   From leather coats to shell toes to the Stan Smiths   To Dapper Dan kicks   First million dollar deal ever in rap, 18th Letter did that   From 4th & Broadway to Uni to MCA      We followed the leader to Harlem's Apollo Theatre   Supreme rapped and the 50 that don't rap   Forte Green, Queens, Strong Island Wolfpack   Paid In Full posse, hot they was on and Ra had his firstborn      With the next line I'ma be easy, his wisdom's name is Fifi   EPMD put a record out, was dope   Tension spread, and I quote   "Smack me and I smack you back"      Sounded like the answer to the I Ain't No Joke track   For a second it ain't look good   Little tension buzzin' from Wyandanch to Brentwood   Misunderstood, all forgot by sixteen when I met Freddy Foxx   Totin' burners, the whole coast's most concern was   How was Rakim's flow, made Christians convert with Islamic ways      'Let The Rhythm Hit 'Em' was the third LP   A sophisticated mean one, before similar voices were King Son   A few others, but sooner or later, the game was Ra's kingdom   At sixteen, son was watchin' him, mesmerized   Respect, not jockin' him, was so amazin', besides   He came on the stage with lasers in his eyes walk with me now      "Unauthorized biography of Rakim   Epilogue, mother was a jazz singer   Nephew to R and B legend Ruth Brown   Discography, Paid In Full, Follow The Leader   Let The Rhythm Hit 'Em, Don't Sweat, The Technique   That's the end of the group      Went off to solo. Dropped the R   Then the 18th Letter, and I think, somethin' The Master   Was signed to Aftermath, scheduled to release an album   Oh My God with Dr. Dre   The album was dismantled because of creative differences   The end to the new beginning, yeah, next book, KRS1, Peace"