Let the rhythm hit 'em      I'm the arsenal   I got artillery lyrics of ammo   Rounds of rhythm   Then I'm 'a give 'em piano      Bring a bullet proof vest   Nothin' to ricochet   Ready to aim at the brain   Now what the trigger say      Tempos triflin'   Felt like a rifle   Massage 'n' melodies   Might go right through      Simultaneously like an Uzi   Nothin' can bruise me   Lyrics let up when lady   Say don't lose me      So reload quickly   And you better hit me   While I'm lettin'   This fifi get wit' me      You steppin' with 007   Better make it snappy   No time to do your hair, baby   Brothers are bustin' at me      Beats and bullets pass me   None on target   They want the R hit   But watch the God get      Quicker, the tongue is the trigger   'Cause I'm real fast   Let off some rhythm at 'em   Let 'em feel the blast      Penetrate at a crazy rate   This ain't thirty-eight   Hit 'em at point blank range   And watch 'em radiate      Runnin' out of ammunition   I'm done wit' 'em   You ask me how I did 'em   I let the rhythm hit 'em      I push a power that's punishable   Better be a prisoner   The hit man is the   Brother wit' charisma      Showing you that I have   Powerful paragraphs   Followers will become leaders   But without a path      Ya mentally paralyzed   Crippled ya third eye   Rhymes are blurred   Then it occurred that you heard I      Reduced the friction   With crucifixion   Let loose the mix   Then boost the piston      Eric hit 'em with' some of that   Cut like a lumberjack   And me gettin' hit back   It won't be none of that      I'm untouchable   You see me in 3-D   When I let the rhythm   Hit another M.C.      Lyrics made of lead   Enters your head   Then eruptions of a mass production   Will spread when      Music is louder   Full of gunpowder   Microphone machinery   When I see a crowd of      Party people pumpin'   Their fist like this   Ya hide in the back   Thinkin' that I might miss      But the R is accurate   Plus I'm packed up with   Educated punch lines   That I have to hit      Whatever I aim at   I line 'em up   Ya body is weak, feel with pain   That time is up      You been hit with somethin'   Different, isn't it?   Rakim is gonna radiate   And nothing's equivalent      Nothin' can harm me   Why try to bar me   You couldn't come around   To rob with a army      You'll get wrecked by the architect   So respect 'em   I disconnect 'em,   Soon as I inject 'em      With radiation   Put 'em by the basement   Bust his chest open   Bash his face in      Let it split 'em   Since he brought his main man wit' 'em   He ask me how I did 'em   I let the rhythm hit 'em      Let it hit 'em      Dance floor's dangerous   Packed in like a briefcase   Rhythm with real rough rhyme   Beats with deep bass      Girls with tight pants   Maybe they might dance   Tonight if the Rs on the mike   There's a slight chance      The crowd is crucial   M.C.'s grounds are neutral   Now that you're here   Let me introduce you      Get ready   I'm hard read like graffiti but steady   Science I drop is real heavy      Radiant energy, that'll be the penalty   Touch the third rail on the pain of remedy   The prescription's one every hour   Now it's a havoc      If ya need another hit from the freestyle fanatic   Attention, follow directions real close   Keep out of reach of children   Beware of overdose      Too many milligram   But what made a iller jam   My rhyme is the rhythm of thoughts   That kill a man      Ideas for the ear to fear   Might split 'em, he'll never forget 'em   He'll rest in peace wit' 'em      At least when he left he'll know what hit 'em   The last breath of the words of death   Was the rhythm      Now throw you hands in the air and yo, go   Rakim will do the rest of this slow   If I speed they know they'll blow the hell up   If I slow up, catch up, hell no      Wicked as I kicked it   Don't need to remix it   'Cause I prefixed it   Reversed and switched it      Perform to perfection   Section for section   Rhymes keep connectin'   Ya guessin' what's next an'      Blood pressure rise as ya damn near lost it   Ya hit the ground burnin' and woke up frostbitten   'Cause when I explained, ya can't complain for pain   Travel through the brain hit a vein, then remain, let it radiate      Vibes will vibrate, why did you violate   Now I'm 'a have to let the style break   Moans now the tone is ingrown   After this here's thrown, gimme another microphone      Before I get that fifi I met   Whisper I wanna reach your intellect   Kiss her 'cause I wanna give her the most respect   So I shine and let my write reflect      Hold 'er, mold 'er, make 'er feel older   Lay her on my shoulder, everything I told her   Makes her feel secure whenever I'm wit' 'er   And you know how I did 'er   Me and the rhythm hit 'er