Mahogany

[Verse one: Rakim] Me and Eric B was coolin’ at the Palladium Seen a all-world cover girl, I said hey lady I’m Sorry if you’re in a rush - don’t let me hold you up Or intervene or interrupt, but You got the look - I wanna get to know you better I had to let her know - but yo, I didn’t sweat her Cause if you would've seen what I was seein' Almost looked Korean, but European When she spoke, her accent was self-explanatory Even her body language told the story Her name was Mahogany - twin’s name was Ebony I said my name is Ra and this is Eric B Since the music was loud, I said let’s take a walk So we could talk and see New York Show time didn't start until one o’clock But once I entered your mind I wouldn’t wanna stop Caress your thoughts til we was thinking the same Calm your nerves, massage your brain Each moment's a mineral, poetry’s protein Verse is a vitamin, affects like codeine So tell me how you feel and I’ll reveal A pill that’ll heal ya pain, ’cause I’m real She musta OD’d ’cause she couldn’t resist She spoke slowly when she told me this, she said [Hook] Over me, she’s goin’ crazy She’ll rub me on my chest and call me Mr. Sexy She said she’d have my kids and help me make my next G Tell me I ain’t finessed Mahogany [Verse two: Rakim] So I prescribed her, something to revive And surprise her, she’s liver and much more wiser From the light I shine when my brain cells spark Constantly so she can glow in the dark And soon, you can represent the moon As long as I keep you in tune I’ll tell you who you are and why you're here Take it in stride ’cause it might take a year It’s funny - how time flies when you're havin’ fun We got close and it was almost one She kissed me slow, but you know how far a kiss can go Fuck around and miss the show So I told her to hold that thought real tight We can finish where we left off later on tonight Back to the scene of the crime on time As they introduced the fiend of a rhyme She stood in the crowd with a birds-eye view of me Thinking of later on of what she would do to me The back of the room I could see her eyes - gloom Patient, but hoping that the show was over soon As the place was ripped in half, she made her way to the front row So I said let’s go I packed my mic as they screamed for an encore The speakers were blown, plus my mic was sore Besides I got places to go, ladies to see And she could tell me how crazy she was over me We drove off - she said she liked the way that I performed And couldn’t wait to get 'soft and warm', I said "I was watching you, watching me Looks I received made it hard to MC" I can take a hint, so I knew that she Wanted my agony agony ag-on-y in her bod-y Drove to some sights, then I took her to the condo She was pipin’ hot, but I kept my calm so She asked how come I don’t smile I said, everything’s fine, but I’m in a New York state of mind As we reached the kingdom, she said bring some Champagne, she’ll entertain then sing some Sentimental, songs real gentle It hit the spot and you know where it went to As we embraced I felt her heart pumpin’ I knew she was in the mood for somethin’ So I laid on my back and relaxed It wasn’t the Perignon that made her collapse [Hook]