Set 'em Straight - Eric B. & Rakim

[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 
Cause who needs the TV screens and magazines 
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 
MC'sll be out of a job for a while 
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, wh