Key: D minor
Verse 1
Bm
F#m
Em
Bm
A
D
Bm
A
D
Bm
F#m
Bm
Standin' by the speaker
Em
Suddenly I had this fever
D
Bm
Was it me or either summer madness
D
'Cause I just can't stand around
F#m
Em
Bm
So I get closer and the closer I get,
the better it sound
My mind starts to activate,
rhymes collaborate
D
'Cause when I heard the beat,
Bm
I just had to make
Somethin' from the top of my head
So I fell into the groove
F#m
of the wax and I said
Bm
How could I move the crowd
Em
Bm
First of all, ain't no mistakes allowed
Here's the instructions, put it together
Em
Bm
It simple ain't it, but quite clever
Some of you been tryin'
D
to write rhymes for years
Em
D
But weak ideas irritate my ears
Bm
D
Is this the best that you can make?
Bm
F#m
'Cause if not and you got more, I'll wait
Bm
But don't make me wait too
long 'cause I'ma move on
Em
The dancefloor,
D
when they put somethin' smooth on
Bm
So turn up the bass,
Em
it's better when it's loud
Bm
'Cause I like to move the crowd
Em
Move the crowd
Verse 2
D
(hey)
Bm
F#m
Move the crowd (hey)
Bm
Move the crowd (hey)
Move the- , move the- , move
Em
D
the crowd (hey)
Bm
Move the crowd (hey)
Em
Move the- , move the- , move
the- , move the-
D
Bm
Move the crowd (hey)
Move the-
Em
D
Bm
Move the crowd
F#m
(hey)
Bm
Move the crowd (hey)
Verse 3
Em
Bm
Ra- , Ra- , Rakim (hey)
Ra- , Ra- , Rakim (hey)
Ra- , Ra- , Ra- , Ra- , Ra- , Ra- , Ra-
, Rakim (hey)
Verse 4
D
Bm
Imagine me wit' the heat
C
Bm
that's made by sol ar
Em
Bm
It gets stronger every
time I hold a
Microphone, check the tone to get started
F#m
The line for the microphone is departed
Bm
So leave it up to me, my DJ is mixin'
Em
D
Bm
Everyone is movin' or eager to listen
A
Your hands in the air,
D
your mouth, shut
Em
'Cause I'm on the mic and Eric
D
Bm
B. is on the cut
D
For those that know me,
Bm
indeed I like to flow
E
Em
Especially when the music's
D
goin' slow
Bm
It gives me a chance to let
D
everybody know
Bm
F#m
It's time to bust out the Rakim show
Bm
I'm the intelligent wise,
on the mic I will rise
Em
Right in front of your eyes
D
'cause I am a surprise
Bm
So I'ma let my knowledge
Em
be born to a perfection
Bm
All praise is due to Allah and
that's a blessing
Wit' knowledge of self,
there's nothin' I can't solve
Em
D
At three- hundred and sisty degrees,
I revolve
Bm
This is actual fact, it's not an act,
it's been proven
Indeed, and I proceed to make the
F#m
crowd keep movin'
Verse 5
Bm
Move the- , move the- , move
Em
the crowd (hey)
D
Bm
Move the- , move the-
, move the- , move the-
Move the- , move the-
D
, move the crowd (hey)
Bm
Em
D
Move the crowd (hey)
Bm
F#m
Move the crowd (hey)
Bm
Move the crowd (hey)
Move- , move- ,
move- , move- , move- , move- , move- , move the crowd (hey)
Bm
Move the- , move the- , move
the- , move the-
Move the- , move the- , move
the crowd (hey)
Move- , move- ,
move- , move- , move- , move- , move- , move the crowd (hey)
Bm
Move- , move- ,
F#m
move- , move- , move- , move- , move- , move the crowd (hey)
Move- , move- , move- , move- , move
the crowd (hey)
Move the crowd (hey)
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