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She asked could I keep the beat
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So here's the beat everytime it pounds you get weak
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Comfy imbedded like a pillow bouncin wit an echo
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My voice is moist and plus mellow
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I got it going on you're gonna wanna come
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Skins is the drum (I) said I'm the drummer give the drummer some
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And we'll see if you can hang wit Ra
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Hm let's see if you can Shangri La
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Easy ...like Tina Marie I play it slick
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Like Rick James, I'm the fire in your desire's flames;
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I heat up your temperature, keep the tempo raw
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When you start to smoke, rest assured
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I start to think 'cause you're a singer like Anita
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High pitched like a tweeter, deep beats start to beat her
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Much harder than love taps, my rap's above that
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I get girls where I want wit a maze full of lovetraps
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But I don't want to fall in love
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I stand in love, good balanced wit a plan to shove
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Accapella as we start to speak
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Heart to heart and cheek to cheek then I complete the beat
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(Chorus)
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Tempo's moving and I'm hoping it'll never fade away...
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The beat is grooving, words are soothing and please tell me that you're here
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to stay
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In the morning and I'm hoping the morning come again
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Hold me close and give me another dose and
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keep the beat don't ever let it end
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She said, ah, so far, you didn't miss a beat yet
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Pop in another cassette, then I'm in to wreck
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I'll give you a beat you never had before,
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I had to explore and came up wit more
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Deep trunk kicks wit a brick for a drum stick
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You know the song, don't hum along, come quick
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You lay like Sade, it feels like paradise
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At the top of the pyramid, we review new heights
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The scenery of Egypt, you and me as we get
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So deep in the groove, when you move, you get seasick
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You seen enough, close your eyes and relax
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Move wit the tracks and stay tuned for the sax
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The instrumental, enters your mental..
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Tense but gentle and, sentimental,
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Accapella as we start to speak
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Heart to heart and cheek to cheek then I complete the beat
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Chorus
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She wanted the extended version
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So I kept splurging and add more words in;
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Strong: the emotion, notions move and
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the poetry's smoking, potions soothing,
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There goes the moon, I'm far from done,
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Rise like the sun, here comes the sun
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And I won't stop 'till it sets and then
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Rewind the cassettes and I'm a play it again;
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But this time it's instrumental at a faster tempo
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All I wanna hear is "Yea Rakim, Go"!
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I work overtime on your body and mind
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'Cause I'm incline to do both combined
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My job is never done but done well
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Horizontal or parallel
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Accapella as we start to speak
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Heart to heart and cheek to cheek then I complete the beat
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Chorus
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Keep The Beat
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Eric B. & Rakim |