It’s Been a Long Time Rakim

[Chorus]
''It's been a long time'' (Long time)
''It's been a long time'' (Long time)
''It's been a long time'' (Long time)
''It's been a long time'' (Long time)
''Rakim, the microphone soloist''

[Verse 1: Rakim]
Follow procedures, the crowd couldn’t wait to see this
Nobody been this long-awaited since Jesus
Who wouldn't believe this? I heard the word on the street is
I'm still one of the deepest on the mic since Adidas
They said I changed the times from the rhymes that I thought of
So I made some more to put the New World in Order
With mathematics, put your status above the average
And help you rappers make paragraphs with graphics
'Cause new days is dawnin', new ways of performin'
Brainstormin', I write and watch the night turn to mornin'
On and on and, I got the whole world respondin'
Rock, I keep it hot, blow the spot without warnin'
The emperor well-known for inventin' a sentence full of adventure
Turnin' up the temperature, rush with adrenaline
How long has it been again to be in the state of mind that Rakim is in?

[Chorus]
''It's been a long time'' (Long time)
''Rakim, the microphone soloist''
''It's been a long time'' (Long time)
''It's been a long time'' (Rakim)