(Time's up) --> Rakim



(Time's up)

(Time's up)

(I wanna rock right now) --> Rob Base

(Time's up)



(Time's up)

(I wanna rock right now)

(Time's up)



(Time's up)

(I wanna rock right now)

(Time's up)



(Time's up)

(I wanna rock right now)



[ VERSE 1 ]

Time's up, black is back

Other rappers make records and I make an impact

I don't want you to move, I want a movement

As I proceed, I move with

Knowledge, wisdom, understanding

I make progress, while I'm slamming

Hard lyrics, puttin money in the bank

But these futile new styles stake out the joint with Hank

A to B to D

Cause you can't hit what your eyes can't c

Near-sighted, shallow, hollow, mundane

Rappers untrained, just can't sustain

The heat that hits, you think it's a homerun

But hold that thought, brother, don't run

Cause you hear the pop, it drops, and guess what?

Time's up



(Time's up)

(I wanna rock right now)

(Time's up)



(Time's up)

(I wanna rock right now)

(Time's up)



(Time's up)

(I wanna rock right now)

(Time's up)



(Time's up)

(I wanna rock right now)

(Time's up)



[ VERSE 2 ]

The clock ticks, the rhyme kicks

I'm kickin off knowledge as I drop this

Brothers ain't takin their time with the rhyme

They wanna get paid, cause it's hard times

I got patience, meditation

Helps creation, and correlation

Is takin its toll in platinum and gold

I get respect with the records I sold

Cause the rhyme is always up to par and on point

I wrote a message in the music while I'm rockin this joint

It's jumpin, slammin, p