Track selection by: Phenomenal P

It’s Been A Long Time - Rakim

Album: The 18th Letter (1997)

Producer: DJ Premier

Verse 3

When I flow tonight, I'll show ‘em new heights I go to write
They know I strike with new prototypes to blow the mic
Critics and biters don’t know where my source of light is
Still leave authors and writers with arthritis
Cursed kids like the pyramids when they found the style
First to ever let a rhyme flow down the Nile
The rebirth of hip-hop’ll be dropped now
‘Cause the crowd didn’t hear the original in a while
So be alarmed, what you ‘bout to see is the bomb
Like 3D in ‘Nam, vivid like CD-Rom
Info kept like internet.com
My notebook’s my bond like the Holy Quran