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