[chorus]
It dont matter if I aint on the page you want
tell me what you want I give it to you the way you want
show you how to flow and how to flip any phrase you want
you just keep your eye on me
I show you how to mc
if its swag or the lyric display you want
tell me what you want I give it to you the way you want
show you how to throw and how to rip any stage you want
I can show you how to mc
like you got a degree

[Rakim]
This is your Quran or Bible
to be a true mc icon and idol
the contents you put in your songs are vital
like training for the ufc you want a title
slam thoughts on the canvas flip m and pin m
metaphors and similes with synonyms in m
spit heat around the town the more you get it heard
till you spit at least three thoushand miles before it hit a curve
then flaunt your rhymes in your rap pages
wordplay to punchlines and catchphrases
deep sport for players and ballers new game
street talk straight off the corners new slang
I got heat for crowds for those that pursue it
spitters I show you flow till your vocals are through it
from social to freestyle just focus into it
if you a G I ll show you how the Coppola do it

[chorus]
It dont matter if I aint on the page you want
tell me what you want I give it to you the way you want
show you how to flow and how to flip any phrase you want
you just keep your eye on me
I show you how to mc
if its swag or the lyric display you want
tell me what you want I give it to you the way you want
show you how to throw and how to rip any stage you want
i can show you how to mc
kike you got a degree

[Rakim]
Forever sick like catchin aids is
in a class for greatness for matchin phrases
My predicates last for pages
every letter fit trendsetter like fashion statements
recruits get a shine and they hope forever
I wrote some of the illest rhymes ever put together
son as I make m rappers take m
analyze m for days and paraphrase m
I m back hip-hoppers ll back my scripts and documents
raps hit the block its a wrap its the apocalypse
the hood give my rap flow names
like nine/eleven and crack cocaine
I hit the building it get hotter in m
Its like birds most rappers dont know how to flip m
I gotta hip 'em, get hop and show 'em how to spit 'em
I bust a rhyme and I school 'em for free, I scholarship 'em

[chorus]
It dont matter if I aint on the page you want
tell me what you want I give it to you the way you want
show you how to flow and how to flip any phrase you want
you just keep your eye on me
I show you how to mc
if its swag or the lyric display you want
tell me what you want I give it to you the way you want
show you how to throw and how to rip any stage you want
I can show you how to mc
like you got a degree

[bridge(Tracey Horton)]
competition know the deal you are not ready now
because you are dealin with the R know how its goin down
this is it if you so sick where your skill at
so sir ghostwriter you can kill that

[Rakim]
Its hard ? it isnt in bars its infinite
so Ra deliver it far different
part lyricis part instrument
start spittin it the more articulate y all rhythms get
till every sylable you drop it pivotal
if its not original its not as memorable
I ll lyrical till youre so popular they sick of you
pandemical threat level five its critical
kill m off with a word like euthanasia
till it spread to the youth in Assia
in the booth I m major my musics monumental I m a mogul
you wanna make sense? I ma show you
you gotta put your life in them lines
make the deaf hear give sight to the blind
make your flow tighter brightest designs
so if the mic is your grind then bitings a crime
especially if a ghostwriters writin your rhymes