Step Back
by Eric B. & Rakim
From the album: Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em
Duration: 4:27
Lyrics for Step Back
(Step back) Just step Back, back, back (step back) Just step Back, back, back (step back) Just step Back, back, back See if you can step to this Just step Ba-, ba-, ba-, back Ba-, ba-, ba-, back Just step Ba-, ba-, ba-, ba-, ba-, ba-, ba-, ba-, back Just step Ba-, ba-, ba-, back, back, back, back, back Just step Ba-, ba-, ba-, ba-, ba-, ba-, ba-, back, back, back, back, back Now try to do this step To the lab And make sure the pace is kept And this ain't as smooth as I'mma get Nice and easy, but hard to catch on to Move with melodies, rhymes to respond to The mic's in front of me, so you know it's gonna be Rough and rugged, plus I'm smooth as I wanna be I'm somethin' like sippin' on Dom Perignon So absorb the song, 'til the rhyme's all gone My beats and speech original, you can't find these 89 is mine, so is the 90s Tellin' you what you need to know and more Ya unsure? On tour, I explore From street to street, to speak, from beat after beat My cypher's complete, when I build wit' people I meet So here's the info, straight from the source, in fact Paid the cost to be the boss, step back Give me room to exercise the mind (just step) 360 degrees'll be fine (just step) The weight of the world is what we hold (just step) That's a six, followed by twenty-one zeroes (just step) Six sextillion tons is a lot of weight My truth is the strength and my thought won't break (just step) But it take, concentration, to rebuild our (just step) Nation but we got to have mind power (step back) And we can make it work, because I know we can And if somethin' go wrong, make another plan It's up to us, so strive and be wise and When we reach the top, don't stop risin' And I'll keep comin' up with more of The most requested songs that you all love Reach out and touch the mic, take control Still gettin' paid, and I still got soul And the only thing I ever wanted you to follow was poetry Mind takes X-rays, so listen closely From the darkness came the light Clear out of a dark night, now I'm here to spark the mic Send out truth, for other groups and substitutes With run-on rhymes and weak dubs and loops They'd rather hear the arsonist, they insist No need to reminisce, see if you can step to this Ba-, ba-, ba-, ba-, ba-, ba-, ba-, ba-, back to the lab Back to the lab Ba-, ba-, ba-, ba-, ba-, ba-, ba-, ba-, back to the lab Step back Back to the lab Back to the lab Back to the lab, without a mic to grab So just step Ba-, ba-, ba-, ba-, ba-, ba-, back to the lab Back to the lab Back to the lab, without a mic Just step, the rhymes create energy Charged up, by the cut, and it's sendin' me (step back) For a trip through the mind so I can locate (just step) A laid back rap at a slow rate (step back) It ain't hard at all, 'cause I invented it As the days go on, you hear them wit' it Brother bustin' braincells, thinkin' of a rap With the same old style, we had enough of that We all need somethin' to step to And don't forget to, 'cause I won't let you Dance without hopin' that this come on next And if it go off, the DJ can't flex 'Cause here's the tempo, I'mma regulate the pace Here's the step, go find some space And what we gonna do is in unison, kick Shake your head, you're influenced wit' music (just step) By now you're intoxicated, 'cause I prove I made it The pep your step so soon you get rejuvenated (step back) (just step) From side to side, you pause and clap (just step) But if you came to rap (just step) (just step) Back to the lab, without a mic to grab Ba-, ba-, ba-, back to the lab, without a mic to grab (Step back, step back) (Just step) Ba-, ba-, ba-, ba-, ba-, ba-, ba-, ba-, ba-, ba-, back to the lab Ba-, ba-, ba-, ba-, ba-, ba-, ba-, ba-, back to the lab Ba-, back, back, back, back, ba-, ba-, back, back, ba-, back, ba-, back, ba-, ba-, ba-, Back, back, ba-, ba-, back, back, back, back, ba-, ba- back, back, back, back to the lab (just step) Ba-, ba-, ba-, ba-, ba-, back (Just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just step) Back to the lab Back to the lab (just step, just step, just step)