Eric B. & Rakim - Set 'Em Straight Lyrics
[Rakim]
I came to set em straight, and let em know
Whoever's holdin the best, just let him go
Cause here's the inside scoop on the fiend
They wanna know why I'm seldom seen
or shootin through the city in fly limousines
There's one thing I don't like, it's the spotlight
.. cause I already got light
They be like, "Yo we had a get together last week
and we know everyone was there except the Black Sheik"
Because my schedule is tight, I gotta write
I'm deep in the archives, and keepin em hyped
It's been a long time, since you heard a strong rhyme
None of these are weak so when you bite on mine
we can trace the hits and then name that style
I reposess your indentification
So hand in your application
Put your mic on strike until you're unemployed
Contract is up and I'm stampin it void
Your selection ain't that selective
So I'ma put you in your proper perspective
On the dancefloor, and doin the SHAKE
Ready to let em brake, set em straight
[Rakim]
Somebody said I set em up and pulled the plug on em
But instead I let em go on so I could bug on em
Go 'head and flow, cause I close the show
Swing a song for the ladies and rhyme real slow
For instance.. once I commence..
.. the crowd is convinced
So now you know who to put your money on
Hurry up, before your money's gone
Cause I'm the most common denominator
Orchestrate a rhyme much greater
I'm like a world almanac, so tell the media
Givin em information like encyclopedia
So bring a dictionary, so you can look it up
so you know what I mean, when I hook it up
No misconceptions although I complicate
but this concept'll set em straight
They even said that I was locked in jail
So now I guess I'm out on bail?
The only Island I was on was the Strong one
And if I did my bid, it'll be a long one
Cause if I sold weight, I'd be upstate
in the penile, waitin for a brake
Cause sellin drugs is for handicaps
I got too many skills besides bustin rough raps
If I go to jail, it won't be for sellin ki's
It'll be for muderin MC's
The beat'll take over your heart, then I start
to cut em in half, cause rhymes are razor sharp
Secure the exits, all MC's remain
Cause we got a crowd to entertain
And I know, when I go, I'll flow dangerous
Brain'sll bust, what you tryin to explain to us?
You got lost, and couldn't go on
Came up short, so here's one to grow on
Elevate off a high IQ
In time, you'll find I'm true
Cause once I start on a piece of art
from sun to moon and light to dark I build the Ark
Now you can float off the rhymes I wrote
I'm sure that we'll hit shore without a boat
You could bring a battleship and still get shipwrecked
Attacked with a torpedo, what did you expect?
Driftin up the creek, without a beat or a paddle
Castaway on a raft and stand fragile
Rescue your crowd, which ain't a hard job
Me and my knowledge put together, I'm a lifeguard
Dealin with actual facts it sold out fat
here and now, but I go so far back
to bring you up to date, so we can elevate
It's no time to wait, or anticipate
Cause I'm never late, I'm gonna motivate
So I can let em brake, and set em straight
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Eric B. & Rakim Set 'Em Straight Comments
And the beat down continues
Still sounds good to me
"One thing I don't like is a Spotlight, couse I already got LIGHT" ... enough said! "Set em Straight"
CONTRACT IS UP AND IM STAMPING IT VOID........DAMN
Bobby Bird !!!
Most underrated Eric b & rakim album
This that work
It's a shame how so many people overlook this album, dont sweat the technique and the 18th letter
eminem lyrically cant compete with rakim no even close #speaking straight facts
No one can compete with Rakim.
Is this song on spotify? Not found anywhere.
THIS IS NOT MEANT TO BE LISTENED AT LOW DECIBELS.
Cause who needs the TV screens and magazines shooting through the city in fly limosines
Everyone from this era just say less. What's understood don't need to be explained we witnessed the greatest era of hiphop.
Oldschoolhiphop 🙌🏽
Faze 86 set no trix in the mix ,,,
Its faze Slabbekoorn!
I missing didier My fella!,,,
RAA THE GOD MC 🔊 🔥
Who listens almost in 2019👍✌🇵🇷🇵🇷
1/9/19. Nothing like it anymore
@Adam Corso So it is, that was hip hop and reap the best✌✌💪💪
THE only Island I waas on was the Strong ONE ..if I did a bid it be a LONG ONE 2018..👍
16 people are bent & can't be straighten !
DA' G.O.A.T.!
One mo shotout for the road early 90s rap scene set em strait!!!from Flint,Mi.
this guy is a lyrical genius him and big daddy kane have the best lyrics all of all time.
Béen lioking for this one crazy 💯💪👏
I heard he pulled the plug at mc hammer show
Never happened
I heard that was LL
Yea that was the rumor...
Cause selling drugs is for handicaps I’ve got too many skills besides busting rough raps.
Awesome talented man
Rakim, still the best that ever did it to me...
The God MC will always be better than the Rap God!
For those who don't know the difference between the MC and the rapper are them who will debate what I just said.
Rakim is not only the lyricist of lyricist, but also the most influential of the emcees.
Yoooo I just trashed Marshall but he did diss the president true mc fashion and he bigged up RaKim respectfully at the awards but I love that The Rap God is not on the level of the Emcee! Real hip hop
Dabaryam Malak FACTS
peace lord
this song and keep em eager to listen are two of my favorites Rakim a true Micsman!!..type in D.R.U.M.S RUGGED (Subject Matters) on YouTube
Same here
RAKIM the GOD PERIOD!!!!!!!
#1........Period
freakin classic - - - - your selection ain't that selective....! He is the most common denominator!
Rakim is and will always be the God mc period.
I'm 15, I'm from new Zealand and I've found real hip hop right here
You sure have
The goat
Yeah "set 'em straight" got the H.S. Point Guard back in the early 90's.straight.leading the way!
If I go to jail it won't be for selling keys...it'll be for murdering MCs...
He didn't even say Lyrically.
@TECHNICS TECHNISHISHION that was 89 he said that so now you know where wu tang got their words from
THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME!! HANDS DOWN NOT OLD SCHOOL BUT TRUE SCHOOL!!
lesean coley very well said
Last bars destroyed mc/rapper past, present, and future
The best to ever touch the mic !!!!!!!
Raliek126 Truth!
RA address BDK ,he said who holding the best just let him go,RA address P.E when he said if was sell weight
Kendu 1 Explain this? He addressed Public Enemy?
lost him there 2 but he has lot more than avg. listener double check the p e part but my hats of 2 u and keep listning
real hip hop
Anthony Walton Truth!
OMG!!! I haven't heard this in a long time. this makes today's rap sound like nursery rhymes.
Yo that was nice it rhymed!
He tells it like it is.
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