Don't Sweat The Technique - Eric B. & Rakim

Don't sweat the Technique(2x) 

Let's trace the hints and check the file 
Let see who bit to detect the style 
I flip the script so they can't get foul. 
At least not now  it'll take a while 
I change the pace to complete the beat 
I drop the bass 'till mc's get weak. 
For every word they trace  it's a scar they keep... 
'Cause when I speak  they freak 
To sweat the technique 
I made my debut in '86 
Wit a melody and a president's mix 
And now I stay on target and refuse to miss 
And I still make hits 
wit' beats, parties, clubs, in the cars and jeeps 
My underground sound vibrates the streets 
MC's wanna beef then I play for keeps 
When they sweat the technique 

Don't Sweat the Technique 

They wanna know how many rhymes have I ripped in rep., but 
Researchers never found all the pieces yet 
Scientists try to solve the context 
Philosophers are wondering what's next 
Pieces are took to last who observe them 
They couldn't absorb them, they didn't deserve them 
My ideas are only for the audience's ears 
For my opponents, it might take years 
Pencils and pens, are swords 
Letters put together form a key to chords 
I'm also a sculpture, born with structure 
Because of my culture, I'm a rip and destruct the 
Difficult styles that'll be for the technology 
Complete sights and new heights after I get deep 
You don't have to speak just seek 
And peep the technique 

But don't sweat the technique 

I speak indiscreet cause talk is cheap 
Then I get deep and the weak then complete their 
Pull with a seat, never weak or obsolete 
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