So here's the beat  everytime it pounds  you get weak
 Comfy  imbedded like a pillow  bouncin wit an echo
 My voice is moist  and plus mellow
 I got it going on  you're gonna wanna come
 Skins is the drum  (I) said I'm the drummer  give the drummer some
 And we'll see if you can hang wit Ra
 Hm  let's see if you can Shangri La
 Easy ...like Tina Marie I play it slick
 Like Rick James, I'm the fire in your desire's flames;
 I heat up your temperature, keep the tempo raw
 When you start to smoke, rest assured
 I start to think 'cause you're a singer like Anita
 High pitched like a tweeter, deep beats start to beat her
 Much harder than love taps, my rap's above that
 I get girls where I want wit a maze full of lovetraps
 But I don't want to fall in love
 I stand in love, good balanced wit a plan to shove
 Accapella as we start to speak
 Heart to heart and cheek to cheek then I complete the beat

 (Chorus)
 Tempo's moving and I'm hoping it'll never fade away...
 The beat is grooving, words are soothing and please tell me that you're here
 to stay
 In the morning and I'm hoping the morning come again
 Hold me close and give me another dose and
 keep the beat don't ever let it end

 She said, ah, so far, you didn't miss a beat yet
 Pop in another cassette, then I'm in to wreck
 I'll give you a beat you never had before,
 I had to explore and came up wit more
 Deep trunk kicks wit a brick for a drum stick
 You know the song, don't hum along, come quick
 You lay like Sade, it feels like paradise
 At the top of the pyramid, we review new heights
 The scenery of Egypt, you and me as we get
 So deep in the groove, when you move, you get seasick
 You seen enough, close your eyes and relax
 Move wit the tracks and stay tuned for the sax
 The instrumental, enters your mental..
 Tense but gentle and, sentimental,
 Accapella as we start to speak
 Heart to heart and cheek to cheek then I complete the beat

 Chorus

 She wanted the extended version
 So I kept splurging and add more words in;
 Strong: the emotion, notions move and
 the poetry's smoking, potions soothing,
 There goes the moon, I'm far from done,
 Rise like the sun, here comes the sun
 And I won't stop 'till it sets and then
 Rewind the cassettes and I'm a play it again;
 But this time it's instrumental at a faster tempo
 All I wanna hear is "Yea Rakim, Go"!
 I work overtime on your body and mind
 'Cause I'm incline to do both combined
 My job is never done but done well
 Horizontal or parallel
 Accapella as we start to speak
 Heart to heart and cheek to cheek then I complete the beat

 Chorus