[eric b]: yo rakim, what's up?

[rakim]: yo, i'm doing the knowledge, e., i'm trying to get paid in full

[e]: well, check this out, since nobry walters is our agency, right?

[r]: true

[e]: kara lewis is our agent

[r]: word up

[e]: zakia/4th & broadway is our record company

[r]: indeed

[e]: okay, so who we rollin with?

[r]: we rollin with rush

[e]: of rushtown management. check this out, since we talking over

This def beat that i put together, i wanna hear some of them

Def rhymes, know what i'm sayin? and together, we can get

Paid in full...



[rakim]

Thinkin of a master plan

Cuz ain't nuthin but sweat inside my hand

So i dig into my pocket, all my money is spent

So i dig deeper but still comin up with lint

So i start my mission- leave my residence

Thinkin how could i get some dead presidents

I need money, i used to be a stick-up kid

So i think of all the devious things i did

I used to roll up, this is a hold up, ain't nuthin funny

Stop smiling, be still, don't nuthin move but the money

But now i learned to earn cos i'm righteous

I feel great! so maybe i might just

Search for a 9 to 5, if i strive

Then maybe i'll stay alive

So i walk up the street whistlin this

Feelin out of place cos, man, do i miss

A pen and a paper, a stereo, a tape of

Me and eric b, and a nice big plate of

Fish, which is my favorite dish

But without no money it's still a wish

Cos i don't like to dream about gettin paid

So i dig into the books of the rhymes that i made

To now test to see if i got pull

Hit the studio, cos i'm paid in full


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