《I Know Your Kind (1959 Original Broadway Cast)》歌词

[00:01:33] Ain't where you're from, it's where you're at

[00:01:33] Ain't where you're from, it's where you're at

[00:01:33] Time's up, I'm sorry I kept you

[00:01:33] It's been a long time, I shouldn't have left you

[00:01:33] Without a strong rhyme to step to

[00:01:33] Think of how many weak shows you slept through

[00:01:33] Time's up, I'm sorry I kept you

[00:01:33] Thinking of this, you keep repeating you miss

[00:01:33] The rhymes from the microphone soloist

[00:01:33] And you sit by the radio, hand on the dial, soon

[00:01:33] As you hear it, pump up the volume

[00:01:33] Dance with the speaker 'till you hear it blow

[00:01:33] Then plug in the headphone 'cuz here it go

[00:01:33] It's a 4 letter word when it's heard, it control

[00:01:33] Your body to dance soul

[00:01:33] (You got it)

[00:01:33] Detects the tempo like a red alert

[00:01:33] Reaches your reflex, so let it work

[00:01:33] When this is playing, you can't get stuck wit

[00:01:33] The steps, so get set and I'm a still come up wit

[00:01:33] A gift to be swift, follow the leader, the rhyme will go

[00:01:33] Def with the record that was mixed a long time ago

[00:01:33] It can be done but only I can do it

[00:01:33] For those that can dance and clap your hands to it

[00:01:33] I start to think and then I sink

[00:01:33] Into the paper like I was ink

[00:01:33] When I'm writing, I'm trapped in between the lines

[00:01:33] I escape when I finish the rhyme, I got soul

[00:01:33] You got it, you got it

[00:01:33] You got it, you got it

[00:01:33] You got it, you got it

[00:01:33] You got it

[00:01:33] Picture a mic, the stage is empty

[00:01:33] A beat like this might tempt me

[00:01:33] To pose, show my rings and my fat gold chain

[00:01:33] Grab the mic like I'm on Soul Train

[00:01:33] But I'll wait 'cuz I mastered this

[00:01:33] Let the others go first so the brothers don't miss

[00:01:33] Eric B. break the sticks

[00:01:33] (You got it)

[00:01:33] Rakim will begin when you make the mix

[00:01:33] I'll experiment like a scientist

[00:01:33] You wanna rhyme, you gotta sign my list

[00:01:33] 'Cuz I'm a manifest and bless the mic I hold

[00:01:33] You want it next? Then you gotta have soul

[00:01:33] 'Cuz if you ain't got it, I'm a make an encore

[00:01:33] Take the mic, make the people respond for

[00:01:33] The R, 'cuz that's the way it'll have to be

[00:01:33] If you wanna get on after me

[00:01:33] Think about it, wait, erase your rhyme

[00:01:33] Forget it and don't waste your time

[00:01:33] 'Cuz I'll be in the crowd if you ain't controlling it

[00:01:33] Drop the mic, you shouldn't be holding it

[00:01:33] This is how it should be done

[00:01:33] This style is identical to none

[00:01:33] Some try to make it sound like this but you're getting me

[00:01:33] So upset that I'm wet 'cuz you're sweating me

[00:01:33] I drip steam like a microphone fiend

[00:01:33] Eager to MC is my theme

[00:01:33] I get hype when I hear a drum roll

[00:01:33] Rakim is on the mic and you know I got soul

[00:01:33] You got it, you got it

[00:01:33] You got it, you got it

[00:01:33] You got it

[00:01:33] I got soul, that's why I came

[00:01:33] (You got it)

[00:01:33] To teach those who can't say my name

[00:01:33] First of all, I'm the soloist, the soul controller

[00:01:33] Rakim gets stronger as I get older

[00:01:33] Constant elevation causes expansion

[00:01:33] I write my rhyme while I cool in my mansion

[00:01:33] Then put it on tape and in the city I test it

[00:01:33] Then on the radio the R's requested

[00:01:33] You listen to it, the concept might break you

[00:01:33] 'Cuz almost anyone can relate to

[00:01:33] Whoever's out of hand, I'm give him handles

[00:01:33] Light 'em up, blow 'em out like candles

[00:01:33] Or should I just let him melt?

[00:01:33] Then give him a hand so they can see how it felt

[00:01:33] I'm not bold just 'cuz I rock gold

[00:01:33] Rakim is on the mic and you know I got soul

[00:01:33] You got it, you got it

[00:01:33] You got it, you got it

[00:01:33] Now I'm a stop to see what you got

[00:01:33] Get off the mic before I get too hot

[00:01:33] I want to see which posse can dance the best

[00:01:33] It should be easy 'cuz the beat is fresh

[00:01:33] Now if your from Uptown, Brooklyn bound

[00:01:33] The Bronx, Queens, or Long Island Sound

[00:01:33] Even other states come right and exact

[00:01:33] It ain't where you're from, it's where you're at

[00:01:33] Since you came here, you have to show and prove

[00:01:33] And do that dance until it don't move

[00:01:33] 'Cuz all you need is soul self-esteem will release

[00:01:33] The rest is up to you, Rakim 'll say peace

[00:01:33] Times up I'm sorry I kept you

[00:01:33] Times up I'm sorry I kept you

[00:01:33] Think of how many weak shows you slept through

[00:01:33] Without a strong rhyme to step to

[00:01:33] Times up I'm sorry I kept you

[00:01:33] Think of how many weak shows you slept through

[00:01:33] Without a strong rhyme to step to

[00:01:33] Times up I'm sorry I kept you

[00:01:33] Think of how many weak shows you slept through

[00:01:33] Think of how many weak shows you slept through

[00:01:33] Without a strong rhyme to step to

[00:01:33] Times up I'm sorry I kept you

[00:01:33] It ain't where you're from, it's where you're at

[00:01:33] Times up I'm sorry I kept you

[00:01:33] I got love

[00:01:33] Times up I'm sorry I kept you