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