| Song | The Saga Begins |
| Artist | Rakim |
| Album | The 18th Letter |
| 作词 : Griffin, Phillips | |
| *singing* | |
| Ahhhh, ahhhh, ahhhh... *whistle* "Ghetto Music" --> | |
| KRS-One (here we go...) "Yo" --> | |
| Mobb Deep "And my name is Rakim..." --> | |
| The R (repeat 5X) | |
| Yo, the saga begins, my eyes is the photography lens | |
| Properly push pens, and show quality gems | |
| The horrors be grim, but yo maybe tomorrow we win | |
| If we follow the trends and keep count of the dollars we spend | |
| I want a mahogany | |
| Benz, I want lottery ends | |
| I want property, friends, plus my hobby is skins | |
| If I get sloppy and sin, then my prophesy ends | |
| But the God'll begin, watchin my artistry spin | |
| In the place where war be, based on a true story | |
| Territory was made for me to pursue glory | |
| Blast alone masses in zones have to be sewn | |
| Every capacity blown, | |
| I'm internationally known, yo * | |
| Chorus A* | |
| So all hail the honorable, microphone phenomenal | |
| Persona is unbombable?, trust me son | |
| I continue like a saga do, bringin you the drama to allow you that the chronicle has just begun * | |
| Chorus B* "The saga begins" --> | |
| Mobb Deep "The soul controller, Rakim" --> | |
| Rakim "Set it off... yo, the saga begins" --> | |
| Mobb Deep "Still say a rhyme after the next one" --> | |
| Rakim (repeat 2X except 8th line is "You know that I'm the soloist" --> Rakim) | |
| Yo, my never-ending epic, got the world spinning hectic | |
| I quickly spread it, till the whole city's infected | |
| Suspense that | |
| I supply intensify | |
| Then commence as my daily events go by | |
| You get involved in this, paragraphologist | |
| Narratin novelist, market this, sound marvelous | |
| I'm the star in this, which means the author's authentic | |
| Most definite, every episode's a epidemic | |
| So when you research, check it, here go the evidence | |
| They represent with lyrical negligence for presidents | |
| My science existed, without the fiction | |
| Every inscription is a special edition * | |
| Chorus A*, * | |
| Chorus B* | |
| Yo, the legacy lives, let em see what the pedigree is | |
| Mega-thesis, blessin these kids with extra features | |
| The depth's deep as, the deepest sea is | |
| Telepathy increases melody gets speakers, telekinesis | |
| Ideas appear as clear as, pictures in movie theaters | |
| Lyrics you hear it, devestating the way you ear it | |
| So stay tuned for sequels, part two's and more | |
| So soon you and your peoples can bumrush the store | |
| The names have changed the game remain the same | |
| How one came to reign on his claim to fame | |
| No stoppin this | |
| I'm droppin this with hip-hop in this | |
| And when the topic is topicless, then | |
| I'm writing the apocalypse * | |
| Chorus A*, * | |
| Chorus B* *variations of | |
| Chorus B to fade* |
| zuò cí : Griffin, Phillips | |
| singing | |
| Ahhhh, ahhhh, ahhhh... whistle " Ghetto Music" | |
| KRSOne here we go... " Yo" | |
| Mobb Deep " And my name is Rakim..." | |
| The R repeat 5X | |
| Yo, the saga begins, my eyes is the photography lens | |
| Properly push pens, and show quality gems | |
| The horrors be grim, but yo maybe tomorrow we win | |
| If we follow the trends and keep count of the dollars we spend | |
| I want a mahogany | |
| Benz, I want lottery ends | |
| I want property, friends, plus my hobby is skins | |
| If I get sloppy and sin, then my prophesy ends | |
| But the God' ll begin, watchin my artistry spin | |
| In the place where war be, based on a true story | |
| Territory was made for me to pursue glory | |
| Blast alone masses in zones have to be sewn | |
| Every capacity blown, | |
| I' m internationally known, yo | |
| Chorus A | |
| So all hail the honorable, microphone phenomenal | |
| Persona is unbombable?, trust me son | |
| I continue like a saga do, bringin you the drama to allow you that the chronicle has just begun | |
| Chorus B " The saga begins" | |
| Mobb Deep " The soul controller, Rakim" | |
| Rakim " Set it off... yo, the saga begins" | |
| Mobb Deep " Still say a rhyme after the next one" | |
| Rakim repeat 2X except 8th line is " You know that I' m the soloist" Rakim | |
| Yo, my neverending epic, got the world spinning hectic | |
| I quickly spread it, till the whole city' s infected | |
| Suspense that | |
| I supply intensify | |
| Then commence as my daily events go by | |
| You get involved in this, paragraphologist | |
| Narratin novelist, market this, sound marvelous | |
| I' m the star in this, which means the author' s authentic | |
| Most definite, every episode' s a epidemic | |
| So when you research, check it, here go the evidence | |
| They represent with lyrical negligence for presidents | |
| My science existed, without the fiction | |
| Every inscription is a special edition | |
| Chorus A, | |
| Chorus B | |
| Yo, the legacy lives, let em see what the pedigree is | |
| Megathesis, blessin these kids with extra features | |
| The depth' s deep as, the deepest sea is | |
| Telepathy increases melody gets speakers, telekinesis | |
| Ideas appear as clear as, pictures in movie theaters | |
| Lyrics you hear it, devestating the way you ear it | |
| So stay tuned for sequels, part two' s and more | |
| So soon you and your peoples can bumrush the store | |
| The names have changed the game remain the same | |
| How one came to reign on his claim to fame | |
| No stoppin this | |
| I' m droppin this with hiphop in this | |
| And when the topic is topicless, then | |
| I' m writing the apocalypse | |
| Chorus A, | |
| Chorus B variations of | |
| Chorus B to fade |