It's Been A Long Time (Album)-Rakim

[ti:It's Been A Long Time (Suave House Mix)] [ar:Rakim] [al:The 18th Letter / The Book Of Life] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]It's Been A Long Time (Album Version) - Rakim [00:00.24]Lyrics by：William Griffin/Tony Draper/Tristan Jones/Rakim [00:00.49]Composed by：William Griffin/Tony Draper/Tristan Jones/Rakim [00:00.73]"It's been a long time" [00:02.27] [00:06.24]Follow procedures [00:07.37]The crowd couldn't wait to see this [00:08.97]Nobody been this long-awaited since Jesus [00:11.61]Who wouldn't believe this [00:12.72]I heard the word on the street is [00:14.40]I'm still one of the deepest on the mic since Adidas they said [00:17.22]I changed the times from the rhymes that I thought of [00:19.86]So I made some more to put the New World in Order [00:22.42]With mathematics put your status above the average [00:25.18]And help you rappers make paragraphs with graphics [00:28.05]'Cause new days is dawning new ways of performing [00:30.64]Brainstorming I write and watch the night turn to morning [00:33.23]On and on and I got the whole world responding [00:36.09]Rock I keep it hot and blow the spot without warning [00:38.75]The emperor well-known for inventing a sentence [00:41.98]Full of adventure turning up the temperature [00:44.32]Rush with adrenaline [00:45.49]How long has it been again [00:47.00]To be in the state of mind that Rakim is in [00:49.36]"It's been a long time" [00:50.83] [00:52.47]"Rakim the microphone soloist" [00:54.71]"It's been a long time" [00:56.20] [00:57.50]"Rakim the microphone soloist" [00:59.65] [01:00.27]When I'm out propping either hanging or shopping [01:03.23]People see me stop and ask me when the album dropping [01:05.82]The wait is over [01:06.88]In formation like a soldier like I told ya [01:09.32]Greater stronger now that I'm older I broke the [01:11.71]Code of silence with overloads of talents [01:13.92]My only challenge is not to explode in violence [01:16.66]I'm Asiatic and blazing microphones a habit at least [01:19.65]Once during the course of a day it's automatic [01:21.89]In ghetto apparel mind of a Egyptian pharaoh [01:24.80]Far from shallow thoughts travel like an arrow [01:27.42]Allah's monotony so far they can't stop me you know [01:30.46]Ra want property like Muammar Gaddafi [01:32.96]More thoughts than Bibles recitals taught disciples [01:35.61]A sawed-off mic so words scatter like a rifle [01:38.38]Thoughts that's trifle I'm busting these for you ayyo [01:41.17]Technical difficulties is through [01:43.75]"It's been a long time" [01:44.93] [01:46.52]"Rakim the microphone soloist" [01:48.86]"It's been a long time" [01:50.46] [01:51.53]"Rakim the microphone soloist" [01:54.30]"It's been a long time" [01:55.75] [01:57.21]"Rakim the microphone soloist" [01:59.65]"It's been a long time" [02:01.36] [02:02.44]"Rakim the microphone soloist" [02:05.13]When I float at night [02:05.99]I show 'em new heights I go to write they know [02:08.23]I strike with new prototypes to blow the mic [02:10.82]Critics and biters don't know where my source of light is [02:13.69]Still leave authors and writers with arthritis [02:16.15]Cursed kids like the pyramids when they found the style [02:18.89]First to ever let a rhyme flow down the Nile [02:21.64]The rebirth of hip-hop'll be dropped now 'cause the crowd [02:24.70]Didn't hear the original in a while [02:27.18]So be alarmed [02:27.84]What you 'bout to see is the bomb like [02:30.12]3D in 'Nam vivid like CD-Rom [02:32.58]Info kept like internet.com my note- [02:35.60]Book's my bond like the Holy Quran [02:37.74]Since I came in the door said it before [02:40.61]But no I ain't down with Eric B. no more [02:43.26]At night the open mic be inviting me to rhyme [02:46.01]So yo I'm online [02:47.34]It's been a long time [02:48.55]"It's been a long time" [02:50.08] [02:51.11]"Rakim the microphone soloist" [02:53.83]"It's been a long time" [02:55.44] [02:56.60]"Rakim the microphone soloist" [02:59.28]"It's been a long time" [03:00.94] [03:01.97]"Rakim the microphone soloist" [03:04.67]"It's been a long time" [03:06.35] [03:07.53]"Rakim the microphone soloist" [03:10.17]"It's been a long time" [03:11.63] [03:13.18]"Rakim" [03:13.56] [03:18.57]"Rakim" [03:19.15] [03:21.35]"It's been a long time" [03:22.63] [03:23.34]"Rakim" "Rakim" "Rakim" [03:26.83]"It's been a long time" [03:28.03] [03:28.67]"Rakim" [03:29.51]"It's been a long time" [03:31.71] [03:33.91]"Rakim" [03:43.09]"It's been a long time" [03:44.82]"Rakim" [03:45.47] [03:47.76]"Rakim" [03:48.35] [03:53.76]"It's been a long time"