Put Your Hands Together - Eric B. & Rakim

*piano playing for 1:02 before the beginning of the main song* 

[Eric B] "Clap your hands" cut and scratched 6X 
[Rakim] Put your hands together... clap your hands 

Verse One: Rakim 

This is for thousands of people who came 
A show from road to road you're entertained 
I don't even have to say my name 
Cause when the place is ripped in half  I'm to blame 
Masses of posses packed up schemin 
Ladies lovely and keep on screamin 
Go Rakim, go Rakim, go 
It won't be long then it's on with the show 
I'm late, so hit the brakes and park the Benzito 
Double oh seven, incognito 
Sneak in the back door, lookin for the stage 
When I get on you react in a rage 
People from side to side and front to back 
won't dance, if the MC's wack 
The crowd go psycho even if I don't move 
Some like the groove cause I'm so smooth 
Then somethin happens, feet start tappin 
You can't hold back when Rakim's rappin 
The man you've been waitin for, rougher than ever 
Ladies and gentlemen, put your hands together 

[Eric B] "Clap your hands" cut and scratched 8X 
[Rakim] Clap your hands 

Verse Two: Rakim 

I create em, take em, shake em, then make em clap to this 
Most of you rappers, can't even rap to this 
I made it faster, you tried to master 
Syncopated styles, words flowin after 
Measures of metaphor definitions of more than one 
Take it both ways, I'll be here when you're done 
Remember as the rhyme goes on it's rougher 
Soon as I stop, you had enough of 
Followin footsteps, you better turn back soon 
Sucker MC's suck rhymes like vacuums 
The style remains the