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Time magazine listed it as one of the eighteen albums of the 1980s in its all time 100 albums. Latinautor warner chappell, emi music publishing, uniao. Kmtic slim presents the god mc the 18th meets the 3rd. Rakim s long awaited solo debut album was massive, with explosive tracks and brilliant verses. Listen to both songs on whosampled, the ultimate database of sampled music, cover songs and remixes. What you wanna say to make me stay awhile what you wanna say to make me wanna stay just me and my peeps we gettin buzzed, lookin for clubs. Mar 20, 2010 rating is available when the video has been rented. Its been a long time, i shouldnt have left you without a strong rhyme to step to think of how ma. Amra, emi music publishing, latinautor warner chappell, pedl. Jul 25, 2017 lyrics for it s been a long time by rakim.
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