KnowTheLedge

Know The Ledge - Eric B./Rakim

Sip the juice cuz I got enough to go around

And the thought takes place uptown

I grew up on the sidewalk

Where I learned street talk

And then taught to hawk New York

I go to Queens for queens

To get the crew from Brooklyn

Make money in Manhattan and never been tooken

Go Uptown and the Bronx to boogie down

Get strong on the Island recoupe and lay around

Time to bulid my juice back up

Props back up suckers get smacked up

Don't doubt the clout you know what I'm about

Knocking niggaz off knocking niggaz out

Shaking 'em up waking 'em up

Raking 'em up breaking 'em up

Standing on shaky grounds too close to the edge

Let's see if I know the ledge

Corners' trifling 'cause shorty's here

I get cockd liffin' forty's of beer

Here's a sip for the crew that's deceased

If I get revenge then they rest in peace

Somebody's got to suffer I just might spare one

And give a brother a fair one

Stay alert and on ps

And I do work with these like Hercules

Switch to southpaw split your right jaw

'Cause I don't like fall

I'm hype when night fall

Smooth but I move like an army

Bulletproof down in case brothers try to bomb me

Putting brothers to rest like Elliot ness

'Cause I don't like stress

Streets ain't a place

For innocent bystanders to stand

Nutting's gonna stop the plan

I'll chill like Pacino kill like DeNiro

Black Gambino die like a hero

Living on shaky grounds too close to the edge

Let's see if I know the ledge

Shells lay around on the battleground

Dead bodies are found throughout the town

Tried to put shame in my game to

Make a name I'm a

Put it on a bullet put it in your brain

Rip the block like a buckshot

Who cares where it goes just keep the casket closed

No remorse when a life is lost

I paid my dues paid the cost

And my pockets are still fat

Wherever I'm at I get the welcome mat

Even if my crew steep with one deep

I attract attention people like to peep

So come say hi to the badguy

Don't say goodbye I don't plan to die

'Cause I get loose and I got troops

And crazy juice

In control of many like Ayatollah Khomeini

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