| Song | Set 'Em Straight |
| Artist | Eric B. & Rakim |
| Album | Let The Rhythm Hit 'Em |
| 作曲 : Rakim/William Griffin/Eric Barrier | |
| [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, when | |
| I hook it up | |
| No misconceptions although | |
| I complicate but this concept'll set em straight | |
| They even said that | |
| I was locked in jail | |
| So now I guess | |
| I'm out on bail? | |
| The only Island | |
| I was on was the | |
| Strong one | |
| And if I did my bid, it'll be a long one | |
| Cause if I sold weight, | |
| I'd be upstate in the penile, waitin for a brake | |
| Cause sellin drugs is for handicaps | |
| I got too many skills besides bustin rough raps | |
| If I go to jail, it won't be for sellin ki's | |
| It'll be for muderin | |
| MC's The beat'll take over your heart, then | |
| I start to cut em in half, cause rhymes are razor sharp | |
| Secure the exits, all | |
| MC's remain | |
| Cause we got a crowd to entertain | |
| And I know, when | |
| I go, I'll flow dangerous | |
| Brain'sll bust, what you tryin to explain to us? | |
| You got lost, and couldn't go on | |
| Came up short, so here's one to grow on | |
| Elevate off a high | |
| IQ In time, you'll find | |
| I'm true Cause once | |
| I start on a piece of art from sun to moon and light to dark | |
| I build the | |
| Ark Now you can float off the rhymes | |
| I wrote I'm sure that we'll hit shore without a boat | |
| You could bring a battleship and still get shipwrecked | |
| Attacked with a torpedo, what did you expect? | |
| Driftin up the creek, without a beat or a paddle | |
| Castaway on a raft and stand fragile | |
| Rescue your crowd, which ain't a hard job | |
| Me and my knowledge put together, | |
| I'm a lifeguard | |
| Dealin with actual facts it sold out fat here and now, but | |
| I go so far back to bring you up to date, so we can elevate | |
| It's no time to wait, or anticipate | |
| Cause I'm never late, | |
| I'm gonna motivate | |
| So I can let em brake, and set em straight |
| zuò qǔ : Rakim William Griffin Eric Barrier | |
| 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, when | |
| I hook it up | |
| No misconceptions although | |
| I complicate but this concept' ll set em straight | |
| They even said that | |
| I was locked in jail | |
| So now I guess | |
| I' m out on bail? | |
| The only Island | |
| I was on was the | |
| Strong one | |
| And if I did my bid, it' ll be a long one | |
| Cause if I sold weight, | |
| I' d be upstate in the penile, waitin for a brake | |
| Cause sellin drugs is for handicaps | |
| I got too many skills besides bustin rough raps | |
| If I go to jail, it won' t be for sellin ki' s | |
| It' ll be for muderin | |
| MC' s The beat' ll take over your heart, then | |
| I start to cut em in half, cause rhymes are razor sharp | |
| Secure the exits, all | |
| MC' s remain | |
| Cause we got a crowd to entertain | |
| And I know, when | |
| I go, I' ll flow dangerous | |
| Brain' sll bust, what you tryin to explain to us? | |
| You got lost, and couldn' t go on | |
| Came up short, so here' s one to grow on | |
| Elevate off a high | |
| IQ In time, you' ll find | |
| I' m true Cause once | |
| I start on a piece of art from sun to moon and light to dark | |
| I build the | |
| Ark Now you can float off the rhymes | |
| I wrote I' m sure that we' ll hit shore without a boat | |
| You could bring a battleship and still get shipwrecked | |
| Attacked with a torpedo, what did you expect? | |
| Driftin up the creek, without a beat or a paddle | |
| Castaway on a raft and stand fragile | |
| Rescue your crowd, which ain' t a hard job | |
| Me and my knowledge put together, | |
| I' m a lifeguard | |
| Dealin with actual facts it sold out fat here and now, but | |
| I go so far back to bring you up to date, so we can elevate | |
| It' s no time to wait, or anticipate | |
| Cause I' m never late, | |
| I' m gonna motivate | |
| So I can let em brake, and set em straight |