I Know You Got Soul (Dub Version)

It's been a long time

Time's up, I'm sorry I kept you

Sit by the radio, hand on the dial, soon

As ya hear it, pump up the volume

Dance, (you got it) soul

Detects the tempo like I'm Red Alert

And let it work

Follow the leader

But only I could do it

Clap your hands to it

When I'm writin', I'm trapped in-between the line

When I finish the rhyme

Soul

You got it

You got it

You got it

You got it

I know you got soul, hey

If you didn't you wouldn't be in, be in, be, be in here

Picture a mic

A beat like this might tempt me

Grab the mic like I'm on Soul Train

But I wait

Let the others go first, so the brothers don't miss

Eric B. break the sticks (you got it)

Begin, when you make the mix

'Cause I'mma manifest and bless the mic I hold

You want it next? Then you gotta have soul

The R

Forget it

Drop the mic, you shouldn't be holdin' it

Some try to make it sound like this but you're gettin' me

So upset, that I'm wet, 'cause you're sweatin' me

I get hype

Soul

You got it

You got it

You got it

You got, you got, you got, you got it

I got soul, (you got it) that's why I came

To teach those, who can't say my name

Rakim gets stronger, as I get older

The R

Whoever's out of hand, I'mma give 'em handles

Light 'em up, blow 'em out like candles

Let 'em melt?

So they could see how it felt

Rakim is on the mic, and you know I got soul

You got, you got, you got, you got it

You got, you got, you got it

You got it

You got, you got it

Now I'mma stop, to see what you got

Get off the mic 'fore I get too hot

Now if you're from Uptown, Brooklyn- bound

The Bronx, Queens, or Long Island Sound

It ain't where ya from, it's where ya at

All you need is soul, self-esteem will release

The rest is up to you, Rakim'll say peace

You got it

You got, you got, you got it

You got, you got, you got it

You got it

You got it

You got, you got, you got, you got, you got it

You got it

You got, you got, you got it

You got it

You got it