Waiting For the World to End lyrics ( Rakim )
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Artist : Rakim Song : Waiting For the World to End
[Rakim] Yeah, it's the god Rakim Word up,
I'm blazin this out to all my
comrades Yanamean? From the slums of New York,
to the gutters all over the world This is for
y'all.... Through my travels I try to take
righteous steps Because right or left could
mean life or death No matter how trife it get,
my sights is set But it's twice the threat
when the ?nights is death? My mental windows
refuse to close, they get exposed To the
neighborhood info where the poison wind
blows A deadly plague spreadin negativity,
viciously Unto every city be in ghetto
misery Don't let it get to me, the writer be
left to die But it get mesmerize if it catch
your eye Shines enormous, from pure revered
Kool's and garments But it's torment, jealousy
drug wars or warring Tallying, slowly turnin
into barbarians More scary when the whole
boulevard's carryin Livin in the world of sin,
my ghetto girls and men Waiting for the world
to end
[Chorus] 2x "Tryin to paint a
perfect picture and excel" "In case you didn't
know" "Never movin backwards"
[Rakim] "Complicated" [Rakim] "Know what I
mean?" [Rakim]
I see destruc-tion, even
little kids trust none They bust guns, that's
what they get a rush from When I see em, we
build and have a real discussion "Yo Ra,
what's the jewel of the day?" "What up,
son" "You got ambition?" Shorty said, "Man
listen I got demands for livin, can't stand
division Make grands on my mission, till
everything glisten Women in the Expedition, no
plans for prison In a vision the city get, 2
milleni G Sittin in my MSC sippin
Hennesy Gettin high, and watch life pass me
by" So I asked him why, wit a fast reply He
said "I'm livin just to die without any
feelings So I wait here for my Maker till it's
time to go Wit this dime I know Wit all of
her girls and all of my mens Waitin for the
world to end"
Chorus 2x
Shorty was
taught to keep his head to the sky, and never
cry But the streets left him to die, now it's
death in his eye Livin a sin of hitmen, a
sinister grin From be-ginning to end, in it to
win Evil rebels, doin what we doin in the
ghetto Thinkin if we was thorough we can
deceive the devil You can't win, your life be
end, try again Shorty said, "Why we born again
to die again?" That's what I said when I
realized I had a gift To uplift and be one of
Allah's advocates Teach the youth and speak
the truth Show em what peace can do when ?ill?
reach for you And my reward won't be jewels or
cheese, it's even better I can be one of the
greatest MC's ever If I tell em they
intelligent women and great men And live, stop
waitin for the world to end
Chorus
2x
"I'm ragin, rippin up the stage
an' Don't it sound amazin, know what I mean?"
[Rakim] "Don't it sound amazin, know what I
mean?" "Rakim"
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