run for cover

Singer: eric b. & rakim

run for cover. here i go again

ready to flow again. better hope my mic don't blow again. warned by alarms when the mic gets warm. crowd'll get critical

can't keep calm. jet for the exit

why hang around?

words that i found make the mic melt down. if you stay

better cooperate

cuz i amputate

and whoever don't break

i'm-a suffocate. leave 'em with asthma

you better pass the

mic to the massacre master who has the

power to build and destroy at the same time

so track the wack at the right

and exact could

shine. meant to beat overheat

but i won't stop

so evacuate the spot when the mic's hot. switch it from one hand to another

and that's a hint

my brother

run for cover. cuz i'm armed

my brain contains a bomb

as if i escaped from vietnam. some people label me lethal

lyrics i made then put

beats to. format

collapse your lungs twist your tongues

you can't bump your gums off of none of the drums. words that i made'll create an iller scene

eric b. is the fly human being on the guillotine. hook 'em up to a respirator

cuz it's the mista

suffocator. what i write is like shovin' a mic down your

windpipe. don't let him bite rhymes rakim write. no mic-to-mouth resuscitation is neccessary;

no obituary

and nothing left to bury. as it strikes on the same mic twice and then

cut it on

and i'm-a strike again. i meditate off the breaks

till the place shakes

then i make rain

hail

snow and earthquakes. speak the truth

tear the roof off the mother. the stage is stompin' grounds -- run for cover. evacuate the building

danger

cuz i came to

explain the

strategy that'll be tragic automatically

havin' me to cause another catastrophe. all you gotta do is give rakim the

microphone and the crowd'll yell timber."