It's Been A Long Time (suave House Mix) Lyrics - Rakim

It's been a long time 

It's been a long time 

It's been a long time 

It's been a long time 

Rakim the microphone soloist 

Follow procedures the crowd couldn't wait to see this 

Nobody been this long awaited since Jesus 

Who wouldn't believe this I heard the word on the street is 

I'm still one of the deepest on the mic since Adidas 

They said I changed the times from the rhymes that I thought of 

So I made some more to put the New World in Order 

With Mathematics, put your status above the average 

And help you rappers, make paragraphs with graphics 

'Cause new days is dawnin', new ways of peformin' 

Brain stormin', I write and watch the night turn to mornin' 

On and on and, I got the whole world respondin' 

Rock, I keep it hot and blow the spot without warnin' 

The Emperor, well known for, inventin' a sentence 

Full of adventure, turnin' up the temperature 

Rush with adrenaline, how long has it been again 

To be in the state of min'd that Rakim is in? 

It's been a long time 

Rakim, the microphone soloist 

It's been a long time 

It's been a long time 

Rakim 

When I'm out proppin', either, hangin' or shoppin' 

People see me stop and ask me when the album droppin' 

The wait is over, information like a soldier 

Like I told ya, greater stronger, now that I'm older 

I broke the, code of silence with overloads of talents 

My only challenge, is not to explode in violence 

I'm Asiatic, and blazin' microphones a habit 

At least once durin' the course of a day, it's automatic 

In ghetto apparel, mind of a Egyptian Pharaoh 

Far from shallow, thoughts travel like an arrow 

Allah's monotony, so far they can't stop me 

You know, Ra want property like Mumar Khadafi 

More thoughts than Bibles, recital, taught disciples 

A sawed off mic, so words scatter like a rifle 

Thoughts that's trifle, I'm bustin' these for you 

Aiyyo, technical difficulties is through 

It's been a long time 

Rakim, the microphone soloist 

It's been a long time 

Rakim, the microphone soloist 

It's been a long time 

Rakim, the microphone soloist 

It's been a long time 

It's been a long time 

When I float at night, I show 'em new heights, I go to write 

They know I strike with new prototypes to blow the mic 

Critics and biters, don't know where my source of light is 

Still leave authors and writers with arthritis 

Cursed kids like the Pyramids when they found the style 

First to ever let a rhyme flow down the Nile 

The rebirth of hip-hop'll be dropped now 

'Cause the crowd didn't hear the original in a while 

So be alarmed, what you 'bout to see is the bomb 

Like, 3-D in' 'Nam, vivid like CD-Rom 

Info kept like "Internet.com" 

My notebook's my bond like the Holy Quran 

Since I came in the door, said it before 

But no I ain't down with Eric B no more 

At night the open mic be invitin' me to rhyme 

So yo I'm online, it's been a long time 

It's been a long time 

It's been a long time 

Rakim, the microphone soloist 

It's been a long time 

Rakim, the microphone soloist 

It's been a long time 

It's been a long time 

It's been a long time 

It's been a long time 

It's been a long time