ho worked down near the Georgia Line ...is mom would always wait ...e had to be at work by five. ...BJ the DJ you're living mu...just past four from the driveway he would r... he'd drive to sign the station on at five ...His mom said by the radio until his voice tol...as there. And she'd wait up for him again to... and rainy morn all the tires were badly wo...e completely missed the curve ...igned off down near the Georgia Line ...Mom sat by the radio the voice she heard she...But with the road so bad and all she'd wait a while before she ...And then she heard the knock upon the door ...BJ the DJ only twenty four a wreck at ninety miles an hour he'll spin the hits no more.

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The rhymes from the microphone soloist ...And you sit by the radio hand on the dial soon ...ou hear it pump up the volume ...Dance wit the speaker 'till you h...Then plug in the headphone 'cause he...Ditects the tempo like a red al...The steps, so get set a...to be swift, follow the leader, the rhyme will go ...Def wit the record that was mix...Into the paper like I was in... trapped in between the lines, ...scape when I finish the rhyme... ...Picture a mic, the stage is empty ...Grab the mic like I'm on Sou...But I'll wait 'cause I mastered t...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 ... manifest and bless the mic I hold ...Take the mic, make the people respond for ...The are, 'cause that's the way it'll have to b...'Cause I'll be in the crowd if you ain't ...Drop the mic, you shouldn't ...Rakim is on the mic and you know I ...First of all, I'm the soloist, the soul controller ...t it on tape and in the city I test it ...Then on the radio the are's requested ...You listen to it, the concept might break...Rakim is on the mic and you know I ...Get off the mic before I get to...ich posse can dance the best ...ould be easy 'cause the beat is fresh ...The Bronx, Queens, or L...The rest is up to you,

The rhymes from the microphone soloist ...And you sit by the radio hand on the dial soon ...ou hear it pump up the volume ...Dance wit the speaker 'til you he...Then plug in the headphone 'cause he...Detects the tempo like a red al...The steps, so get set a...to be swift, follow the leader, the rhyme will go ...Def wit the record that was mix...Into the paper like I was in... trapped in between the lines, ...scape when I finish the rhyme ...Picture a mic, the stage is empty ...Grab the mic like I'm on Sou...But I'll wait 'cause I mastered t...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 ... manifest and bless the mic I hold ...Take the mic, make the people respond for ...The are, 'cause that's the way it'll have to b...'Cause I'll be in the crowd if you ain't ...Drop the mic, you shouldn't ...Rakim is on the mic and you know I ...First of all, I'm the soloist, the soul controller ...t it on tape and in the city I test it ...Then on the radio the R's requested ...You listen to it, the concept might break...Rakim is on the mic and you know I ...Get off the mic before I get to...ich posse can dance the best ...ould be easy 'cause the beat is fresh ...The Bronx, Queens, or L...The rest is up to you,

The rhymes from the microphone soloist ...And you sit by the radio hand on the dial soon ...ou hear it pump up the volume ...Dance wit the speaker 'til you he...Then plug in the headphone 'cause he...Detects the tempo like a red al...The steps, so get set a...to be swift, follow the leader, the rhyme will go ...Def wit the record that was mix...Into the paper like I was in... trapped in between the lines, ...scape when I finish the rhyme ...Picture a mic, the stage is empty ...Grab the mic like I'm on Sou...But I'll wait 'cause I mastered t...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 ... manifest and bless the mic I hold ...Take the mic, make the people respond for ...The are, 'cause that's the way it'll have to b...'Cause I'll be in the crowd if you ain't ...Drop the mic, you shouldn't ...Rakim is on the mic and you know I ...First of all, I'm the soloist, the soul controller ...t it on tape and in the city I test it ...Then on the radio the R's requested ...You listen to it, the concept might break...Rakim is on the mic and you know I ...Get off the mic before I get to...ich posse can dance the best ...ould be easy 'cause the beat is fresh ...The Bronx, Queens, or L...The rest is up to you,

The rhymes from the microphone soloist...And you sit by the radio, hand on the dial, soon...ou hear it, pump up the volume...Dance wit the speaker 'till you h...Then plug in the headphone 'cause he...Ditects the tempo like a red al...The steps, so get set a...to be swift, follow the leader, the rhyme will go...Def wit the record that was mix...Into the paper like I was in... trapped in between the lines,...scape when I finish the rhyme......Picture a mic, the stage is empty...Grab the mic like I'm on Sou...But I'll wait 'cause I mastered t...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... manifest and bless the mic I hold...Take the mic, make the people respond for...The are, 'cause that's the way it'll have to b...'Cause I'll be in the crowd if you ain't ...Drop the mic, you shouldn't ...Rakim is on the mic and you know I ...First of all, I'm the soloist, the soul controller...t it on tape and in the city I test it...Then on the radio the are's requested...You listen to it, the concept might break...Rakim is on the mic and you know I ...Get off the mic before I get to...ich posse can dance the best...ould be easy 'cause the beat is fresh...The Bronx, Queens, or L...The rest is up to you,

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