| Song | When I'm Flowin' |
| Artist | Rakim |
| Album | The 18th Letter / The Book Of Life |
| Download | Image LRC TXT |
| Yes yes y'all, check it out y'all (repeat 2x) | |
| Chorus:rakim | |
| (yo) i find a show, rhyme til it's time to go | |
| I'm designed to blow, my mind's inclined to flow | |
| Yo, my m.o., makin all kind of dough | |
| From the info that rakim show, y'know? | |
| Verse one: rakim | |
| Yes yes y'all, i still fiend by any means | |
| To flow, and i go through extremes don't intervene | |
| My adventures show like a three dimensional screen | |
| Cause i mention many things and i'm presentin many scenes | |
| Guess i'm telegraphic, motions energentic | |
| Better tell em forget it, cause i'm telekinetic | |
| Crowds is screamin, i choke the mic and keep squeezin | |
| Styles seemin like i used a thousand words without breathin | |
| Bustin techs like russian roulette i doubt you win | |
| Freestyles like hand grenades without the pin | |
| Composin, then leave the mic full of corrosion | |
| Don't test this, or best to expects this explosion | |
| At shows i spit flows with seven deadly venoms | |
| Killin syllables with poisonous synonyms in em | |
| Ideas is blowin, mics is blowin | |
| From what i'm showin, see it, i keep it goin when i'm flowin | |
| Chorus | |
| Verse two: rakim | |
| When i'm flowin, theoretically speakin like a drummer | |
| I take you through the streets to the parks in the summer | |
| Or illustrate, a time and place you never been in | |
| And make you focus on the future after seein the beginning | |
| And my style wilds, like miles on the trumpet | |
| Volume dial was kind of low, need to pump it | |
| Up another notch turn the dial til it stops | |
| More watts you got, more things to watch | |
| Third eye's wide open, you're focused on the theory | |
| Keep scopin til you hear me, words is spoken clearly | |
| It's no smokescreens on the scenes that i'm showin | |
| Man i keep it goin, damn i keep it flowin | |
| Chorus 2x | |
| Verse three: rakim | |
| Two pages cause panic, freestyles is frantic | |
| Thoughts is organic, flow is aerodynamic | |
| Mic is volcanic, rhymes spread across the planet | |
| I send out the scribe now the vibes gigantic | |
| Now, i'm internationally known, mental capacities blown | |
| I hope your microphone's accident prone | |
| Raw footage is shown, but only showin scenes of my own | |
| Leavin your periphereal vision in a zone | |
| But not the twilight, from the insight that i write | |
| And recite, in my mic'll be bright, cause i like | |
| The night glowin, it's out of sight when i'm showin | |
| Man i keep it goin, damn i keep it flowin | |
| Chorus 2x | |
| Verse four: rakim | |
| Yo, accurate tactics "make em clap to this" | |
| When i "move the crowd", my "rhythm" still don't miss | |
| Breeze through melodies cause "it's been a long time" | |
| My "lyrics" is "fury" and rappers hate to hear me rhyme | |
| Every antidote that i quote, is "no joke" | |
| Nobody's smilin "in the ghetto" from the notes i wrote | |
| My high techniques wreck and disrepect beats | |
| Have you "follow-in the leader" up and down the streets | |
| So "kick along" as i rip a song with pull | |
| As the rhyme goes on i get "paid in full" | |
| It's rakim, i'm indicatin rhymes for the showin | |
| Check it out y'all, i keep it goin when i'm flowin | |
| Chorus 2x | |
| Straight up, rakim allah the fiend of the microphone still flowin | |
| You know? one love to ? comin through your livin room soon, straight up | |
| ?, one love | |
| The whole tri-state, one love | |
| Rakim allah baby, y'know? | |
| It's on, what, check it out y'all, check it out |
| Yes yes y' all, check it out y' all repeat 2x | |
| Chorus: rakim | |
| yo i find a show, rhyme til it' s time to go | |
| I' m designed to blow, my mind' s inclined to flow | |
| Yo, my m. o., makin all kind of dough | |
| From the info that rakim show, y' know? | |
| Verse one: rakim | |
| Yes yes y' all, i still fiend by any means | |
| To flow, and i go through extremes don' t intervene | |
| My adventures show like a three dimensional screen | |
| Cause i mention many things and i' m presentin many scenes | |
| Guess i' m telegraphic, motions energentic | |
| Better tell em forget it, cause i' m telekinetic | |
| Crowds is screamin, i choke the mic and keep squeezin | |
| Styles seemin like i used a thousand words without breathin | |
| Bustin techs like russian roulette i doubt you win | |
| Freestyles like hand grenades without the pin | |
| Composin, then leave the mic full of corrosion | |
| Don' t test this, or best to expects this explosion | |
| At shows i spit flows with seven deadly venoms | |
| Killin syllables with poisonous synonyms in em | |
| Ideas is blowin, mics is blowin | |
| From what i' m showin, see it, i keep it goin when i' m flowin | |
| Chorus | |
| Verse two: rakim | |
| When i' m flowin, theoretically speakin like a drummer | |
| I take you through the streets to the parks in the summer | |
| Or illustrate, a time and place you never been in | |
| And make you focus on the future after seein the beginning | |
| And my style wilds, like miles on the trumpet | |
| Volume dial was kind of low, need to pump it | |
| Up another notch turn the dial til it stops | |
| More watts you got, more things to watch | |
| Third eye' s wide open, you' re focused on the theory | |
| Keep scopin til you hear me, words is spoken clearly | |
| It' s no smokescreens on the scenes that i' m showin | |
| Man i keep it goin, damn i keep it flowin | |
| Chorus 2x | |
| Verse three: rakim | |
| Two pages cause panic, freestyles is frantic | |
| Thoughts is organic, flow is aerodynamic | |
| Mic is volcanic, rhymes spread across the planet | |
| I send out the scribe now the vibes gigantic | |
| Now, i' m internationally known, mental capacities blown | |
| I hope your microphone' s accident prone | |
| Raw footage is shown, but only showin scenes of my own | |
| Leavin your periphereal vision in a zone | |
| But not the twilight, from the insight that i write | |
| And recite, in my mic' ll be bright, cause i like | |
| The night glowin, it' s out of sight when i' m showin | |
| Man i keep it goin, damn i keep it flowin | |
| Chorus 2x | |
| Verse four: rakim | |
| Yo, accurate tactics " make em clap to this" | |
| When i " move the crowd", my " rhythm" still don' t miss | |
| Breeze through melodies cause " it' s been a long time" | |
| My " lyrics" is " fury" and rappers hate to hear me rhyme | |
| Every antidote that i quote, is " no joke" | |
| Nobody' s smilin " in the ghetto" from the notes i wrote | |
| My high techniques wreck and disrepect beats | |
| Have you " followin the leader" up and down the streets | |
| So " kick along" as i rip a song with pull | |
| As the rhyme goes on i get " paid in full" | |
| It' s rakim, i' m indicatin rhymes for the showin | |
| Check it out y' all, i keep it goin when i' m flowin | |
| Chorus 2x | |
| Straight up, rakim allah the fiend of the microphone still flowin | |
| You know? one love to ? comin through your livin room soon, straight up | |
| ?, one love | |
| The whole tristate, one love | |
| Rakim allah baby, y' know? | |
| It' s on, what, check it out y' all, check it out |
| Yes yes y' all, check it out y' all repeat 2x | |
| Chorus: rakim | |
| yo i find a show, rhyme til it' s time to go | |
| I' m designed to blow, my mind' s inclined to flow | |
| Yo, my m. o., makin all kind of dough | |
| From the info that rakim show, y' know? | |
| Verse one: rakim | |
| Yes yes y' all, i still fiend by any means | |
| To flow, and i go through extremes don' t intervene | |
| My adventures show like a three dimensional screen | |
| Cause i mention many things and i' m presentin many scenes | |
| Guess i' m telegraphic, motions energentic | |
| Better tell em forget it, cause i' m telekinetic | |
| Crowds is screamin, i choke the mic and keep squeezin | |
| Styles seemin like i used a thousand words without breathin | |
| Bustin techs like russian roulette i doubt you win | |
| Freestyles like hand grenades without the pin | |
| Composin, then leave the mic full of corrosion | |
| Don' t test this, or best to expects this explosion | |
| At shows i spit flows with seven deadly venoms | |
| Killin syllables with poisonous synonyms in em | |
| Ideas is blowin, mics is blowin | |
| From what i' m showin, see it, i keep it goin when i' m flowin | |
| Chorus | |
| Verse two: rakim | |
| When i' m flowin, theoretically speakin like a drummer | |
| I take you through the streets to the parks in the summer | |
| Or illustrate, a time and place you never been in | |
| And make you focus on the future after seein the beginning | |
| And my style wilds, like miles on the trumpet | |
| Volume dial was kind of low, need to pump it | |
| Up another notch turn the dial til it stops | |
| More watts you got, more things to watch | |
| Third eye' s wide open, you' re focused on the theory | |
| Keep scopin til you hear me, words is spoken clearly | |
| It' s no smokescreens on the scenes that i' m showin | |
| Man i keep it goin, damn i keep it flowin | |
| Chorus 2x | |
| Verse three: rakim | |
| Two pages cause panic, freestyles is frantic | |
| Thoughts is organic, flow is aerodynamic | |
| Mic is volcanic, rhymes spread across the planet | |
| I send out the scribe now the vibes gigantic | |
| Now, i' m internationally known, mental capacities blown | |
| I hope your microphone' s accident prone | |
| Raw footage is shown, but only showin scenes of my own | |
| Leavin your periphereal vision in a zone | |
| But not the twilight, from the insight that i write | |
| And recite, in my mic' ll be bright, cause i like | |
| The night glowin, it' s out of sight when i' m showin | |
| Man i keep it goin, damn i keep it flowin | |
| Chorus 2x | |
| Verse four: rakim | |
| Yo, accurate tactics " make em clap to this" | |
| When i " move the crowd", my " rhythm" still don' t miss | |
| Breeze through melodies cause " it' s been a long time" | |
| My " lyrics" is " fury" and rappers hate to hear me rhyme | |
| Every antidote that i quote, is " no joke" | |
| Nobody' s smilin " in the ghetto" from the notes i wrote | |
| My high techniques wreck and disrepect beats | |
| Have you " followin the leader" up and down the streets | |
| So " kick along" as i rip a song with pull | |
| As the rhyme goes on i get " paid in full" | |
| It' s rakim, i' m indicatin rhymes for the showin | |
| Check it out y' all, i keep it goin when i' m flowin | |
| Chorus 2x | |
| Straight up, rakim allah the fiend of the microphone still flowin | |
| You know? one love to ? comin through your livin room soon, straight up | |
| ?, one love | |
| The whole tristate, one love | |
| Rakim allah baby, y' know? | |
| It' s on, what, check it out y' all, check it out |