Tác giả : Eric B. & Rakim
Người đăng : administrator, 14 năm trước
planet earth was my place of birth 
Born to be the sole controller of the universe 
Besides the part of the map i hit first 
Any a rhyme that i can adapt when it gets worst 
The rough gets going, the going gets rough 
When i start flowing, the mic might bust 
The next state, i shake from the power i generate 
People in cali used to think it was earthquakes 
'cause times was hard on the boulevard 
So i vote god and never get scarred and gauled 
But it seems like i'm locked in hell 
Looking over the edge but the r never fell 
A trip to slip 'cause my nikes got grip 
Stand on my own two feet and come equip 
Any stage i'm seen on, a mic i fiend on 
I stand alone and need nothing to lean on 
Going for self wit a long way to go 
So much to say but i still flow slow 
I come correct and i won't look back 
'cause it ain't where you're from, it's where 
You're at 
Even the (ghetto) 
 
I learn to relax in my room and escape from new york 
And return through the womb of the world as a 
Thought 
Thinking how hard it was to be born 
Me being queen wit no physical form 
Millions of cells wit one destination 
To reach the best part, it's life creation 
9 months later, a job well done 
Make way, 'cause here i come 
Since i made it this far, i can't stop now 
There's a will and a way and i got the know-how 
To be all i can be and more 
And see all there is to see before 
I'm called and go back to the essence 
It's alot to learn so i study my lessons 
I thought the ghetto was the worst that could 
Happen to me 
I'm glad i listen when my father was rapping to me 
'cause back in the days, they lived in caves 
Exiled from the original man, a straight way 
Now that's what i call hard times 
I rather be here to exercise the mind 
Then i take a thought around the world twice 
From knowledge newborn back to knowledge precise 
Across the desert, that's hot as the arabian 
But they couldn't cave me in 'cause i'm the asian 
Reaching for the city of mecca, visit medina 
Visions of neffertiti then i seen a 
Mind keeps traveling, i'll be back after i 
Stop and think about the brothers and sisters in 
Africa 
Return the thought through the eye of a needle 
For miles i thought and i just fought the people 
Under the dark skies on a dark side 
Not only there but right here's an apartheid 
So now is the time for us to react 
Take a trip through the mind and when you get back 
Understand you're third eye seen all of that 
It ain't where you're from, it's where you're at 
Even the (ghetto) 
Even the (ghetto) 
 
No more props, i want property 
In every borough, nobody's stopping me 
Because i'm thorough, rhymes are making real estate 
For me to own 
Wherever i bless a microphone 
007 is back and relaxing 
On point n' reactin' and ready for action 
I'm so low key that you might not see me 
Incognito and taking it easy 
Quiet, it's kept on a hush hush 
In front of a crowd, i get loud, there's a bumrush 
Be calm, keep a low pro, and play the background 
Hopin' the wack rapper'll put the mic back down 
So rip it, break it in half, go head and slam it 
'cause when it's time to build, i'm a mechanic 
I'm bonding and mending, attaching and blending 
So many solos, there is no ending 
People in my neighborhood, they know i'm good 
From london to hollywood, wherever i stood 
Footprints remain on stage ever since 
As i walk the street, i leave fossils and dents 
When i had sex, i left my name on necks 
My trademark was left throughout the projects 
I used to get rich when i played celo 
When i rolled 4, 5, 6, they go we know 
So i collect my cash then slide 
I got my back, my gun's on my side 
It shouldn't have to be like that 
I guess it ain't where you're from, it's where 
You're at 
Even the (ghetto) 
I'm from the (ghetto) 
Word up, peace