Don't Sweat The Technique Eric B. & Rakim

[00:07.78] Don't sweat the technique
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[00:26.14] Let's trace the hints and check the file
[00:29.18] Let see who bit to detect the style
[00:30.97] I flip the script so they can't get foul
[00:33.05] At least not now, it'll take a while
[00:35.87] I change the pace to complete the beat
[00:37.77] I drop the bass 'til MC's get weak
[00:39.95] For every word they trace, it's a scar they keep
[00:42.36] 'Cause when I speak, they freak to sweat the technique
[00:45.52] I made my debut in '86
[00:48.20] Wit a melody and a president's mix
[00:50.34] And now I stay on target and refuse to miss
[00:52.85] And I still make hits
[00:54.74] With beats, parties, clubs in the cars and jeeps
[00:57.19] My underground sound vibrates the streets
[00:59.33] MC's wanna beef then I play for keeps
[01:01.92] When they sweat the technique
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[01:20.40] They wanna know how many rhymes have I ripped in rep
[01:23.08] But researchers never found all the pieces yet
[01:25.57] Scientists try to solve the context
[01:28.13] Philosophers are wondering when, what's next
[01:30.24] Pieces are took to last who observe them
[01:32.52] They couldn't absorb them, they didn't deserve them
[01:34.82] My ideas are only for the audience's ears
[01:37.59] For my opponents, it might take years
[01:39.62] Pencils and pens are swords
[01:41.34] Letters put together form a key to chords
[01:43.68] I'm also a sculpture born with structure
[01:46.16] Because of my culture I'm a rip and destruct the
[01:48.03] Difficult styles that'll be for the technology
[01:50.43] Complete sights and new heights after I get deep
[01:53.49] You don't have to speak just seek
[01:56.10] And peep the technique
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[02:06.61] But don't sweat the technique
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[02:16.83] I speak indiscreet 'cause talk is cheap
[02:18.36] Then I get deep and the weak then complete their
[02:21.66] Pull with a seat, never weak or obsolete
[02:23.79] They never grow old techniques become antiques
[02:25.62] Better then something brand new 'cause it's radiant
[02:28.29] And the wild style'll have much more volume
[02:30.59] Classical too intelligent to be radical
[02:32.77] Masterful, never irrelevant mathematical
[02:35.03] Here's some soothing souvenirs for all the years
[02:37.83] They fought and sought, the thoughts and ideas
[02:40.14] It's cool when you freak to the beat
[02:42.17] But don't sweat the technique
[02:47.25] Don't sweat the technique
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