Guess Who's Back Lyrics - The 18th Letter / The Book Of Life - Rakim

New York City, whaddup? Ya'll ready or what? 

Check, I think they ready now, baby 

It's the return of the Wild Style fashionist 

Smashin' hits, make it hard to adapt to this 

Put pizazz and jazz in this, and cash in this 

Mastered this, flash this and make 'em clap to this 

DJ's throw on cuts and obey the crowd 

Just pump the volume up and play it loud 

Hip-hop's embedded, before I said I wouldn't let it 

But me and the microphone is still magnetic 

Straight off the top, I knew I'd be forced to rock 

Dance floors just stop, the spot's scorchin' hot 

Hopin' I open Rakim Allah seminars 

Massage at the bar, smokin' ten dollar cigars 

While I admire midas, with more vision than TV's 

I find it easy catchin' diabetes from fly sweeties 

Sit back and wait to hear a slammin' track 

Rockin' jams by popular demand, I'm back 

I control the crowd, you know I hold it down 

When it drop you know it's jiggy when you hear the sound 

From town to town, until it's world renowned 

And I rock New York City all year around 

It's on, you can swerve when it's heard in clubs 

Thought patterns displayed on Persian rugs 

Equations are drawn up in paisley form 

Mic it stay warm, my flow is Evian 

Deep as a Nautilus, you stay dipped in Ra style 

From the shores of Long Island to Panama Canal 

Intellect pitches, new trends like a clothes designer 

I'm in effect, quicker than medicines in China 

Split the mic open, fill it with somethin' potent to go in 

And take a toke then mental planes start floatin' 

Hot science is smokin' altitudes cause chokin' 

Product is hypnotic, you're soakin' and still smokin' 

Better scenes than grams of amphetamines 

Plans to scheme, means I'll forever fiend 

Long as the mic is loud and the volumes are up 

I control the crowd, you know I hold it down 

When it drop you know it's jiggy when you hear the sound 

From town to town, until it's world renowned 

And I rock New York City all year around 

I control the crowd, you know I hold it down 

When it drop you know it's jiggy when you hear the sound 

From town to town, until it's world renowned 

And I rock New York City all year around