gangstarr Profile
Singles
[Lil Fame]
Here comes the revolutionist executionist
Flip a triple six into three nines cause a crucifix
Each man holdin no man foldin
Coast is clear and Premier's in the green tank rollin
Prepare get on your post and stand clear
They wantin to shut us down but the home team's here
What? You act like you're sweet or something
This ain't no Desert Storm bullshit war we all dumpin
CODENAME, Jame...
Verse one
I'm 2 deep and yes much too complicated
My lines when stated are quite often underrated
So consider it a privilege to hear this
Those weak-minded opinions could never come near this
For my outlook on life is a profound view
Whil the suckers act down thinking that they sound new
Only a few sound true
Me and the crew know who
'cause you see me and the fellas have been waiting for a whi...
[guru]
Chumps tryin me, but when they eyein me
I build in skills, and to enhance my chances
I'm thrilled, to be involved with solvin
All the problems, with the way that the sound
Has gone down, so I frown at the scene
Where you be takin it, and like the winds of change
I'll be breakin it up, shakin it up
Clearing it out, airing it out, and bearing the clout
On my chest, like a crest that rests...
Guru
Myself lord and master
shall bring disaster to evil factors
demonic chapters shall be captured
by kings
Through the storms of days after
and to the earth from the sun
through triple darkness to blast ya
with a force that cant be compared
to any fire power
for its mind power shared
the brainwave causes vessels to circulate
like constellations reflect at night
off the lake
word to the fathe...
phife from quot;check the rhimequot;now here's a funky introduction
scratching
Guru: chorus 12x:
It's alongwaytogo, when you don't know where you're going
You don't know where you're going when you're lost lost
Guru:
What you need is more direction and get yourself some protection
I thought by now that you have learned your lesson
I'm stressin points and slammin all joints you call the real sh...
dj premier scratches quot;at this time I have the honor to present to youquot;
[guru]
Parahraphs, portraying my viewpoint
So stay attentive, cause this is a new joint
From the g-a-n-g with the info
Lyrical elements emerge from the intro
Forming a poetic mass over pathetic trash
Other writers are outclassed
Surpassed by the words and the wit
Rhymes fit and hit cause that's how we designed it
Pa...
I'm like a sniper rhymes'll strike ya when I'm rockin
Mad chicks be jockin' when the g starr's talking
And that's because my word is bond
I get much fan mail and I always respond
So tell your hon to write me too
Make sure she puts attention mr. guru
Brothers know the flow is unique
I got 100 wild styles in my black valise
Mc's wanna be me so they keep askin
For me to teach 'em methods both slo...
GangStarr's quot;Who's Gonna Take the Weight?quot; plays in the background
[Guru]
It's like, a friendship, and a business partnership
And, we have to always be concious of the difference
between em; because y'know, some things can happen
that'll ruin one or the other, so
we alwa-we always stay concious of those things
Those obstacles that can, y'know trip us up
because we ain't trying to go ou...
What?
You wanna battle me?
Yo man, how much money you got?
What?
You wanna battle me?
Yo man, how much money you got?
I used to guzzle 40's and own a beat up Caddy
Since the hood still love me I turn the heat up, Daddy
I went to mackin' fly honies on the train
To straight relaxin' on the beach countin' money gettin' brain
Soon as you rappers get a chance you wanna floss a lot
You buy a iced ou...
Introphone conversation:
Yo what up son?
-yo what up kid?
Yo, you holdin your head up?
-i'm tryin to man, but the system is shady
Word man they always man, they always tryin
To keep a good brother down, but I'm sayin
We still, you know we got love for you son
And we prayin for you and we, you know
We tryin to hold it down wh
You know while you in there man
-no question
Hopefully they won't kee...
Expanding the depth of your brainpower
Ours is a better gift, not to be bragging nor lolligagging
I can see dimensions of sound and light around my mic
Transmitting lyrics like teletype
Reacting to a beat in a whisper
And like a transistor, I'm sounding dope when I'm crisper
The shortest length between two points is a straight line
I've gotta take mine, I heard it through the grapevine
That so...
[guru]
Ah so now ya got me pissed off, blast off lift off
Time for me to twist off a vocal fist off
Into your domepiece, homepeace, I heard your chick wants to bone me
I get, wild like rugby, respected like bugsy
Don't even ask me, cause I'm livin lovely
Born to succeed, foes bleed, true indeed
The oral combat will romp that, your one of my seeds
When I first, busted on the scene
Nigga, you kn...
quot;get on itquot; --gt; dj premier cuts 'n' scratchs lovely
[guru]
One two checka, get, down and dirty
And my sounds are worthy of respect
So i'ma flex my text just like a, major takeover
Chumps pass the mic over
Growin more and more nervous when I serve this ass whoopin
Comin straight out of brooklyn, baldhead from the old school
Born to rule with more class than billy dee
To a pussy emcee,...
[DJ Premier]
quot;Give a nigga painquot; -gt; Big Shug
quot;Listen to a brother who knowsquot; -gt; Guru
quot;Give a nigga painquot; -gt; Big Shug
quot;It's the real...it's the Militiaquot;
[Big Shug]
First name vete-, last name -ran
I drop bombs hit you with the curse of ?Jevron?
Broken arms, shattered glasses, whipped asses
I advise you to tell us where the cash is
Itchy fingers cause nothin...
[guru]
You ain't livin right punk, I'll have to school you
Not rule you, but I'll say yo you fool yourself
When you try to deny and defy written laws
This means your cause has lost
Think about it, take the time, and even ponder longer
Then let your mind start to wander
Go black and track the facts, about all of your mistakes
It only takes to one to make fate
Pick up your life, clean up your ac...
[guru]
You puny protozoa, you're so minute you didn't know the
Gang has been watchin but instead of just squashin you
I'm scoopin you up out of the muck you wallow in
Like a cheif chemist, other scientists are followin
Plannin to examine you, on a petrie dish
Sticking you and frickin you, just a teenie bit
I'm clever, with science, but never relyin
On false words from cowards who forever be tr...
Take this for example young brothers want rep
Cause in the life they're living, you can't half step
It starts with the young ones doing crime for fun
And if you ain't down, you'll get played out son
So let's get a car, you know, a fly whip
Get a dent, pull a screwdriver, and be off quick
With a dope ride, yeah, and a rowdy crew
We can bag us a benz and an audi, too
Even a jeep or a van, goddam...
Take this for example young brothers want rep
Cause in the life they're living you can't half step
It starts with the young ones doing crime for fun
And if you ain't down you'll get played out son
So let's get a car you know a fly whip
Get a dent pull a screwdriver and be off quick
With a dope ride yeah and a rowdy crew
We can bag us a Benz and an Audi too
Even a jeep or a van goddamn we're ge...
quot;here we come, here we come, here we kiddy-come-comequot; --gt; run-d.m.c.
[guru]
I hit the chicks with the nice round heinies
Play a hoe like a hoe, play a sucka like stymied
Try me, and you'll descend into your end
Never thought it could be you well think again my friend
My pen illuminates, and dooms the fakes
You're soon to break, you're strawberry like shortcake
I'm in that ass with my...
[guru]
All, all.. let's get together now
This is the time for gettin fresh for the weather now
Seek the sheik speakin, and those keepin the faith
We won't have to hesitate
We just skate, straight, into the heart of it
This is the scene and I'm the dean and here's the start of it
So see how things should be, and come along with me
Agree with this decree, and let your conscience be free
quot;let...
You can't tell me life was meant to be like this
A black man in a world dominated by whiteness
Ever since the declaration of independence
We've been easily brainwashed by just one sentence
It goes: all men are created equal
That's why corrupt governments kill innocent people
With chemical warfare they created crack and aids
Got the public thinking these were things that black folks made
And ev...
[Guru]
Yeah, bout to talk about some serious shit
Deadly habits, you know everybody's got 'em
Just that some niggaz try to front, try to cover shit up
But f*** that, I be wylin sometimes - you know why?
Cause suckers be thinkin that shit is sweet
Niggaz be thinkin that rap niggaz ain't real, haha
Yeah well that's aight, that's aight
Let 'em think what they want
[Verse One: Guru]
Yo I'm steady ...
GURU
Yo, just because I want to, it don't mean I will
And just because I'm angry, it don't mean I'd kill
And just because she looks good, it don't mean I'd hit it
And just because I'm horny, it don't mean i'm widdit
Just because I make records, don't mean that I'm gassed
And just because I'm rapping, don't mean I chase ass
Just because I'm whylin, don't mean I can't stop
I got discipline baby ...
[Total]
Mmm
You gotta hold your head up..
Oahh-eahh-oh-ahh, oahh-eahh-oh-ahh
Oahh-eahh ahh-ahh
Oahh-eahh-oh-ahh-oh-ahh-oh-ahh-ahhhh
Oahh-eahh-oh-ahh, oahh-eahh-oh-ahh
Oahh-eahh-oh-ahh
[Guru]
Yo.. just because I want to it don't mean I will
And just because I'm angry it don't mean I'd kill
And just because she looks good it don't mean I'd hit it
And just because I'm horny, it don't mean I'm wid...
[Featuring Nice Smooth]
Intro: Greg Nice
Ah yeah here's another Gangstarr sure shot featuring the one and
only uh heh heh heh handly handly boy Nice Smooth hey hey
HEY HEY
Ganstarr has got to be da sure shot
Nice Smooth has got to be da sure shot
Repeat 2X
[Greg Nice]
Greg Nice Greg N I C E
Droppin dem basso ah oui oui
Rock for a fee not for free
Maybe I'll do it for charity
Now my employer or...
Intro: greg nice
Ah yeah, here's another gangstarr sure shot, featuring the one and
Only, uh heh heh heh handly handly boy, nice smooth, hey, hey,
Hey, hey
Ganstarr has got to be da sure shot
Nice smooth has got to be da sure shot
repeat 2x
[greg nice]
Greg nice greg n-i-c-e
Droppin dem basso, ah oui oui
Rock for a fee, not for free
Maybe I'll do it for charity
Now my employer or my employee
I...
[child's voice]
quot;word up kidquot;
[Premier]
Yeah L.B., Bryan Moier
I miss you man rest in peace
To Endeara Bishop
Rest in peace little lady
To Claira Stewart
I love you Aunt Ploute
To the coffe boy Arden Franklin
Rest in peace Res
My nigga Headquarters
Head up eyes and ears open
Word is bond
Jam Master J, Big L
Big Lee, Flamboyant for life
Aaliyah, Mad Mark
Boogie down Bronx
P. O., Left Ey...
Verse one
You know I used to be a player, fly girl layer and a heartbreaker,
Lovemaker, backbreaker but then I made a
Mistake yes I fell in love with this ill chick
Sweatin' me for money, my name and the dilsnick
My homeboys told me to drop her for it would be to my benefit
She used to say I'd better quit hanging with those derelects
Romancing is my thing but I can't swing with no scheming hoe...
I knew this chump see... he tried to play me
He was my right hand man, but he betrayed me
I let him chill at my crib, cause we were down and
I went to work everyday while he was loungin
He tried to backstab, he kept on jokin
He didn't know he could've got his back broken
I had to cut homeboy off for even tryin that
His game was mad weak, know what I'm sayin black?
Stepped to him quietly, he co...
F*** around, lay around, do or die 3x
quot;you figgedy f*** around, you lay aroundquot; --gt; das efx
[big shug]
Word to joe frazier, got ta do what pays ya
Give a nigga pain, like displasure
But close your hips in, nigga you can't win
I walk around, with a scowl and a grin
Parties try to rock me, chicks try to clock me
Niggaz try to block me, but they can't stop me
I'm a bad man, understand w...
Brave is the knave who steps up to be slayed
By the one who forgave him for his first mistakes
He'd best behave, or i'ma send him a wave
Of some shocking volts, he doesn't know what he's talkin about
He's kickin a bunch of crap so I'll be the judge of that
The boy lacks artistry but still he tries hard to be
An entertainer, but instead he's a waste of
My time and your time so I'll kick the pur...
dj premier cuts quot;intelligent but not yet equivalentquot; --gt; krs-one
[guru]
Tell me, do you have a clue of what to do
Can you groove to this smooth tune, you must presume
It's important, for you to follow this creation
And hey son, life is more than having fun
So run and get some help with the problems that you face
Take a taste of the bass put your perspective in place
Get real, deep, s...
Big L rest in peace
Do you wanna mess with this?
One of the best yet, we?ve got it
You can feel the realness, in this business of rap, go ahead
Fresh out the gate again, time to raise the stakes again
Fatten my plate again, you?ll cats know we always play to win
G and g, to the stars son, haters, took this shit to far son
So that's all for you I?m wipen out your whole team
I'll splatter your d...
[guru]
Here's the jam I slam to make it known that
I diagram, write out my own rap
Cast the line, watch me shine, I'll assign
You to do this, you can review this
Convention that comes from, combining sums from
Equations or phrases, cause I begun some
Exploratory digging, I'm thinking big and
I'm taking all your words, cause your site is blurred
And you're selfish, and rather immature
I've alwa...
Shit, it ain't go hold me back, I gotta go all out to get mine
A tech nine might come in handy for the next time
I'm frustrated, chumps are making me mad
Don't seem to understand that I'm just that bad
Too gold, too bold, too fly for them to stop
The man to respect 'cause I'm ripping up blocks
I gotta get the dough, gotta run the show
I'm flipping like a kilo, stash a million or so
Go for what...
Keith e.e. emcee on a spree I'm goin for this
Cause draws applause, yes I adore this
I'll reteach with speech, I can accomplish
I've got to flaunt this, I'm not a pessimist
Yo I'm an optimist, that's why I'm droppin this
I'm good I got style, cause I've stood for a while
In the shadows of the others gettin mellow with the brothers
Called the gang, and yes I can hang
Progressin with my lesson w...
Now I got you looking stiff you numbskull, you're at a stand still
Still faking that you're hard with your rhymes and got no hand skills
So I'll easily drop you and stop you from rhyming
Send you home to moms all bruised up and crying
Then if you want you can go call your people
You're gonna need a mob against me cause I'm lethal
Not that I'm a violent brother to the contrary
My vocals carry, ...
Many mc's are mislead
Mislead by the lies that they pump in their heads
The money and the fame that they're hoping to find
Will never come close to the scope of my rhyme
Now some have been succesful but really
And yo, these mc's are clearly not nearly
Up to this level or should I say caliber
Because I'm hype that the company's selling me
Because they'll take a dud, talk some crud and then push...
Panch of NYG's parodies The Clipse quot;Grindin'quot;
Nah you know what we gotta do? We gotta do - HINEY
The b**** said, quot;Panch stand behind me
And put that monster in my hiney,quot; HI-NEY
My d*** about killin, never been about game
When there wasn't pussy, there was always my haind
Nine and a half-'ll get you in a dame
Anything less is just a GOD DAMN SHAME
Check my balls, my shit got bl...
Verse one: guru
I say people people come on and check it out now
You see the mic in my hand now watch me wreck it now
What is a party if the crew ain't there?
[what's your name? ] call me guru that's my man premier
Now many attempts have been made to hold us back?
Slander the name and with-hold facts
But I'm the type of brother with much more game
I got a sure aim and if I find you're to blame...
I'm not sure about any of these names
Mami mary, mary coleman that is
I love you, rest in peace
You still here though
Word up
This goes out to you
Mary parker, loretta randall
Grandfather bill
Runy manuel, robert n'blangio
Uncle c, alicia elon
Giovanni
[guru]
To my man g.o.v., I remember how you used to be
You were the illest man alive now I'm reading your eulogy
Eyes so serious, you told me h...
all sung parts in [Chorus] performed by Uncle Reo
[DJ Premier]
Word up
Aiyyo Rome' yo
Yo life ain't what it's cracked up to be these days, y'knahmean?
[Rome]
Word Knahmsayin?
Life hard out this muh'f***er, y'knahmsayin?
[DJ Premier]
So you gotta make the best of a bad situation, and hold your head
[Rome]
Knahmsayin? You gotta progress through the struggle man
[Chorus]
[Guru] In this life.. ohh...
quot;we got news for yaquot; --gt; scratched by dj premier
Chorus: guru and hannibal
[guru] while they devise our demise, we grow wise
[hann] upset the set up, the element of surprise
[both] it'z a set up
[guru] it's time to upset the set up
Verse one: guru
Though they conspire, fake us to make us retire
With the burning desire we make it out of the crossfire
Thoughts are higher, elevating and...
[guru]
The music started in the hearts and drums, from another land
Played for everyone, by sons, of the motherland
Sendin out a message of peace, to everybody and
Came across the oceans in chains and shame
Easing the pain, and it was without name
Until some men in new orleans on rampart street
Put out the sounds, and then they gave it a beat
I'm talkin bout jelly roll, king, and satch
I'm tal...
Yo
Yo premier?
Yeah whassup g?
That trip to l.a., may be delayed
Why whassup I'm on my way to the airport now
Yeah well your boy guru got knocked
What?
I don't know what this is about, sounds crazy man
Somethin about a gun
quot;the court calls keith elam to the stand.
Please approach the bench.quot;
[guru]
Yo they got me handcuffed, I'm down in central booking
Things are f***ed up, the way my ...
Stick up kids is out to tax 2x
And this is how the story goes
Brothers are amused by others brother's reps
But the thing they know best is where the gun is kept
'cause in the night, you'll feel fright
And at the sight of a 4-5th, I guess you just might
Wanna do a dance or two
'cause they could maybe bust you for self or wit a crew
No matter is you or your brother's a star
He could pop you in c...
[guru]
Take your time, recline and make your mind up
I feel fine, so I'm gonna wind up
Here's the pitch, check the switch, now watch me
Hit you right to this, while I pursue this
Desire, to get you, on up to step to
Rhythms and rhymes, cause I respect you
Unless you're a biting one, a non-writing one
Reciting some of my lines, although you are blind
You'll see my shadow, rather my silhouette
B...
Verse 1
Strangely enough I've been struck
Affected by her smile
And yo, her style is worthwhile
And knowing that I'm deep like a river
I feel I should give her
Things that those others can't deliver
Contrary to what I had wished
It seems that I've been dissed
But hey, I don't want to miss this
Wonderful opportunity
My boys they try schoolin' me
But see I know what I want
Someone who'll be ther...
[guru]
First and foremost, some rappers are sweet like fructose
When I c*** back these lyrics, y'all punks best be ghost
I be the seven twenty-one, eighteen twenty-one
The illest one, I'm almost doper than anyone
Straight out the late nights of bed-stuy
Steppin up, y'all put your weapons up, I make heads fly
You're artificial like saccarhin
You're crazy fake, it's more than skills you be lacki...
I profess and I don't jest cause the words I manifest
They will take you, sedate you, and I will stress upon
You the need for, you all to feed your
Mind and soul, so you can lead your-self
To keep, I got a real objective here
I am effective here, cause I select a clear
Message to all, suckers I maul they fall from
Into the pit of purgatory
I go for glory, I take an inventory
Countin all the to...
Verse one: guru
No way you'll never make it
Come with the weak shit, I break kids
Step into my zone, mad rhymes will stifle ya
Lines like rifles go blast when I kick some ass
A lot of rappers be like one time wonders
Couldn't say a fly rhyme if there was one right under
Their noses, I hate those motherf***in posers
But I'm so real to them it's scary
And with my unique skills nag you can't comp...
[some jamaican gwal]
No matta wat we fyace
We mus face de moment of trut baybe
Chorus: guru
They say it's lonely at the top, in whatever you do
You always gotta watch motherf***ers around you
Nobody's invincible, no plan is foolproof
We all must meet our moment of truth
Verse one: guru
The same sheisty cats that you hang with, and do your thang with
Could set you up and wet you up, nigga peep ...
Refrain:
It's mostly tha voice, that gets you up
It's mostly tha voice, that makes you buck
A lot of rappers got flavor, and some got skills
But if your voice ain't dope then you need to [chill... chill... ]
Up steps one, and he gets done
Then up steps another, he gets smothered
That's word to mother, or should I say moms
I drop bombs, scorchin niggaz like napalm
Sucka, boy, get off my shit
Ge...
Verse one:
Other mcs in the place know I'm much too much
And I'll bust 'em all up without even cussing
All wannabe's are never ever gonna be nothin'
Gang starr's in the house and we're crushing
So suckers better be up on their p's and q's and
Competition come against me and you're losing
I'll use a simple style just to catch you snoozing
Wake up wake up kid read the news and
Take heed 'cause y...
Yo yo gu-rizzi, yo
Yo whassup son?
Yo man, youknowhatimean? I need this money man
Get up out in these, in these streets man
Yo, so what's the deal god?
I'm sayin, what you need though?
Yo let me have like, two or three, three g's man
I'm sayin, I'm sayin son man
You know what happened last time though
I gotta do what I gotta do man, I gotta eat man
Whassup man? oh your baby momma stressin you?...
[guru]
The dj's name is premier, and I'm the guru echoes
repeat 2x
music fades
sound of a large crowd cheering
Will you please
Will you please, take your seats and clear the aisles?
rapping sound, three times
quot;from new york straight talk, america's bestquot; 3x
quot;yo I'm not new to this I'm true to thisquot; quot;word upquot;
quot;from new york straight talk... america's bestquot;
[guru]
Yo, it doesn't make sense, for you to compete against
This new york vibe that gets your whole body tense
Calm down, listen to a brother who knows
Cause the rappers out here come up with mad different types of...
Intro: guru
Word is bond, these cats been on the mic fantasizing a lot
So called mc's, wannabe rappers and all that, whatever
You get your knot rocked kid, yo
Chorus: guru
You thought you brought your best lines, but they couldn't touch mine
I rocked you in your knot hope you have better luck next time
repeat 2x
Verse one: guru
So just perhaps, you wanna challenge my style of rap
Talkin bout y...
[Boy Big]
Just a nice girl, in the wrong place
Just a nice nice girl, in the wrong place
[Guru]
What's a nice girl like you doing in a place like this?
You wanna take my chips I wanna take you on trips
So you can help me get my money
Go ahead try it for me here's the story of my honey
I'm the owner and I do more than bone you
Maybe help advance like Prince did Apollonia
You looking right I see...
Punks will always scheme to, create a means
to take my kindness, for weakness, cause they don't seem to
respect my generosity, and what it's costin me
is headaches, I don't like fakes, or people bossin me around
You clown, it's time I beat you down
You tried to play me betray me and slay me, and now you'll drown
in the river, I'll give ya, reasons you should shiver
Cause when I get to wreckin ...
As I deliver rhymes with ease and walk around with my head up
I'm dead up serious so don't be getting too curious
Motherf***ers always wanna know what makes me tick
I'll pull a phrase out quick 'cause I'm dipped and I'm slick
You thought that I would slip 'cause you seen me drinking forty's
It shocked you then you told your friends you saw me
Well say what you want 'cause all of mine is in tac...
Guru:
Yo duke, you're dead wrong
You'll never have the skills like mine
I write the ill type rhymes
Now I'm reaching my prime
360 dunk in your face
You can't compete, you're just a basketcase
Let's separate the men from the boys
And put your money where your mouth is
No time for toys
Your game is weak, get it, so don't sleep
'cause I'll be checking and wrecking ya
When I start to creep
Through...
[DJ Premier]
Aiyyo, what the F*** is this shit that y'all are listenin to
nowadays on the radio man? You call that shit hip-hop?
THAT'S SOME FAGGOT B**** SHIT Y'ALL ARE LISTENIN TO
All you DJ's are lettin the program directors handcuff you
and sit there and tell you how to mix? YOU F***IN ROBOTS
F*** Y'ALL
[Guru]
Real talk, serious thoughts
True and livin with a youthful vengeance, yo
[Primo: ...
[scratching by Premier]
quot;Y'all cats know we always play to winquot; -gt; Guru
quot;Players get your pay upquot;
[Verse One: Guru]
For my respect, I just might have to shut you down
Hang your punk ass from a limb, they'll have to cut you down
See I'm tired of you faggots kickin dirt on my name
While you rap clone phonies only hurtin the game
I'm too persistant, plus I flow too vicious
Bout ...
quot;now let's get off this negative tip, and go positivequot; --gt; chubb rock
dj premier cuts n scratches
[guru]
Now is the chance to advance and get an outlook
Create the circumstance, because I doubt books
Can relay, words this way, so I'll portray
A new image, and let's begin as
Members who pledge to, look up ahead to
A beautiful world, though we've been led to
Believe it will not be and,...
quot;Now let's get off this negative tip, and go positivequot; --gt; Chubb Rock
DJ Premier cuts n scratches
[Guru]
Now is the chance to advance and get an outlook
Create the circumstance, because I doubt books
can relay, words this way, so I'll portray
a new image, and let's begin as
members who pledge to, look up ahead to
a beautiful world, though we've been led to
believe it will not be and,...
[guru]
My subject matter and context are blessed
Vocal inflection connects, it's a slugfest
Ladies approach to hear quotes from the spokesman
Thoughts are like oceans for my lyrics to float in
I'm absolutely astute so salute
You try to be cute, and you get tossed like a crap shoot
Don't misinterpret or slander
Just get with the words and the way I command ya
Cause you're in the right place, an...
premier scratches quot;the guruquot;
It's '89, mine, I'm keithy e. the guru
Premier is here with the flair, we're running to you
Bust your grill with skill, as we build and fulfill
I drop the wisom to quiz them, with precision we drill
We're kicking wannabes down cause we're gonna be down
We're moving on with the sound, see we're gonna be around
For a long time, I kick the strong rhymes
You're...
[Premier scratch: quot;This mic in my hand, I'm rulinquot;]
[Verse One: Guru]
Stupid, you know it's time to sit and think, before we hit the brink
Lockerroom, at a prize fight, before he hit the ring
Like when I tell these corporate leeches they can't get a thing
Or when I tell relentless rappers they had better sing
The position that anyone holds could be up to grabs
I'm waitin up the ave to ...
DJ Premier scratches children laughing and yelling
[Chorus: Guru]
Riot act, this is where we really prepare
Riot act, out here we show no fear
RIOT ACT, time to protect our communities
Riot act, real criminals get immunity
RIOT ACT, eye for an eye - so yo who want it?
RIOT ACT, rushin all you cowards who fronted
Riot act, let's bring the power to the people
RIOT ACT, no justice then we gotta c...
quot;Wh-wh-wh-what can I say? Let me explain this to you...quot;
[GangStarr]
Yo, I don't even wanna fight with you man
I'll lay you right where you stand
You can catch a few shells
One go right through your polo, man
Usually I'm dolo and I gotta crazy team
Car kissed the ride on you, watch for the laserbeam
Shit, it's that Ol' G Flavor
Remind you of a quarter bodega and that oldie behavior
All...
[Intro features Elijah Shabazz from Muhammad Mosque No. 7]
Peace Brother Elijah
Hey peace Guru, how you doin?
I'm maintainin
Just been thinkin though man
about the situation for today's youth man, the seeds man
What's your opinion on that?
Mmm that's strange I was thinkin the same thing
Somethin I read in the holy Qu'ran how it says
quot;Has thou seen him who belies religion?
That is one who i...
[intro features elijah shabazz from muhammad mosque no. 7]
Peace brother elijah
Hey peace guru, how you doin?
I'm maintainin
Just been thinkin though man
About the situation for today's youth man, the seeds man
What's your opinion on that?
Mmm that's strange I was thinkin the same thing
Somethin I read in the holy qu'ran how it says
quot;has thou seen him who belies religion?
That is one who i...
One of the meanest and the cleanest
And still Im kinda fiendish when Im at this
Been doin this for eons
Peons best to catch this
Vision of excellence
Precise rappin ability
Bout to make some dead presidents
Mackin a million g
The money though its got people actin funny yo
As soon as some niggas get some life
They be like dummies yo
Products and puppets and pawns
Gettin played out
When authenti...
[DJ Premier scratching]
quot;I want the public to know.. what goes onquot;
quot;I mean, look at the situation - be realquot;
[Verse One: Guru]
The names have been changed to protect the innocent
Each step is intricate, I rep magnificent
Knew this kid named Ronnie, used to make cash with Caesar
They made a lot of money back in the 80's crack fever
Caesar was an overachiever, a kingpin and 18-an...
NYG'z]
Yo, do the knowledge to the master build the blow and the spliff
The new millennium, hide them a beef
Gotta watch what I say to you niggaz so I calm my patience
'Cause the shit ain't really pass the statue of limitations
The streets still holler about how strong I am
Niggaz I hurt still holler about how wrong I am
As a little nigger broke, thinking soda and coke
Had me amazed how my ste...
So many things will happen that one can't explain
You find yourself saying quot;who mequot;, time and again
They say what goes around, comes around
Ahun, so think about it while you're messing up clown
A mother's love and a father's concern
Here is the reason you should listen and learn
'cause quick schemes and fast living can kill ya
I know how the excitement and danger can thrill ya
But take...
This jam is dedicated
To that woman that knows what she wants
And just how to get it, word up
She knows what she wants 2x
Yo, she knows what she wants
She knows what she wants and just how to get it
She knows what she wants
Yeah, she knows what she wants
She knows what she wants
She knows what she wants and just how to get it
She knows what she wants, she's bold so she flaunts
Her hourglass je...
Intro:
Skills, skills, skills
[DJ Premier Scratching]
"My Microphone"
"It's Skills"-KRS One
"The funky beat"
"It's skills"-KRS One
[Chorus: Guru]
Skills Top rank point blank we vital
Spit flows rip shows peep the recital
Skills Now, you feel it when we drop those
Hot beats stop phoes killin shit we got those
Skills It's, the music that the street love
Each thug, is now reppin this with deep lo...
5 carloads deep, time to go do a show
Got a massive crew and we're ready to roll
So I grab my gear hop in the whip and ride
Premier he's got the fly dope system inside
But my shit cranks too and we've got mad tapes
Of all the underground groups with the lyrics and bass
Off into the new york night we go
Dre large got the camera biggest, gord's got three rolls of film
So we can take the macked o...
Verse one: jeru the damaja
Last year record companies were chumpin me
But now like chicks they all be up on me
And me so horny, I hit em like a groupie
Snatch off my hat wash my d*** and keep it movin
Showing and proving on a day to day basis
I rip new york and a million different places
State to state country to country
My skills are legend in the style of poetry
I've paid my dues to this gam...
Verse one:
Get with this get with this
Get with this 'cause you got no choice
Rappers sometimes you'll find make dough
But yo you know they've got no voice
Get him off the podium he ain't no speaker
Yes he's just a phony and look at his sneakers
Played out of style out of rhymes
He's out his mind
Lost his way lost his pay
I'm takin' his props so call the cops
You can call 'em but I know 'em
Sw...
dj premier cuts the phrase quot;step up...quot; over and over
[guru]
Once you step in the arena, cheater; you're gonna be a-
Mazed when you gaze at the armor on this leader
Fully clad and glad to find a cause, I won't pause
Fear is a joke, slowpoke, I'm like claws
That'll rip 'cause your gift, is merely flesh
Superficial and I wish you, would give it a rest
But if you don't, I'll unsheath my e...
Presenting you with alternative music
'cause, yo, the struggle is tough, and we must learn to live through it
Pleasure and pain, pain and pleasure
We gotta maintain a balance to obtain the treasure
Not really preaching or teaching but just reaching
Out to a brother or sister who is keeping
The faith and trying hard to get straight
The time is crucial so I think we must congregate
Let's have a ...
Mc's be fakin' so now they get taken
Chorus:
Fake mc's, they always act hard
But won't walk the street without they bodyguard
I hate fake mc's, they always act hard
But won't walk the street without they bodyguard
Verse one:
Mc's I lay out like stiffs in the morgue
Praise the lord you're in awe when I'm grippin the mic cord
Rhymes I rip with swift execution
One verse to coerce your girl to pro...
quot;now what you hear is not a testquot; --gt; sugarhill gang
cut up 4x by dj premier
[guru]
Well goodness gracious, let me just take this
Time out to pull a rhyme out, and update this
For you and yours, simply because
Some mc's have luck but suck
So I pluck em like feathers on the back of a chicken
Cause I'm mad like a pit when my man says, quot;sick 'emquot;
Positive is the mindstate, but i...
I never thought that you would crab me
Undermine me, and backstab me
But I can see clearly now the rain is gone
The pain is gone but what you did was still wrong
There was a few times I needed your support
But you tried to play me like an indoor sport
Like racquetball, tennis, fool, whatever
All I know is you attempted to be clever
Nevertheless, cleverness can't impress
Cause now you've been e...
Intro/chorus:
Take two and pass 3x
So the blunt will last
Take two and pass so we can all get blunted
Don't smoke ciggarettes so my growth ain't stunted
We got at least five head so I rolled a white owl
It's the break of dawn and we're awake like night owls
Phillies are cool but they burn much quicker...
... hey yo come on pass that shit nigga
We lounge to the sounds as we leave from uptown
It...
- Aiiyo son, it seems like, everyday
more and more people begin to get more foul
Uhn, now dig..
Association breeze some relation
Let me tell you what happened
I'm driving the other night, these two faggots they pull me over
Talking like I got a broken taillight
They got a broken headlight
They shake me down, they tellin me
that they gon' come and see me tomorrow and have somethin' for them
- W...
Chorus:
Gotta be the illest brother to claim respect
It takes the illest brother just to get respect
Got to be the illest brother when it's time to get wreck
Got to be the illest brother when I get my mic check
I'm one of the illest brothers known to man
But if you don't understand, see I'm a grown man
And I stand 5'8quot; and 3 quarters
Giving orders to my sqaudron 'cause I'm like the sergean...
Intro/chorus: repeat 2x
Make money money -- go shoppin
Take money money -- go shoppin
No matter what the weather, winter spring or fall
We'll be doin it... quot;at the mallquot;
[g-dep]
Yo what the deal cousin, gave him a pound now we huggin
In the mall thuggin, buggin, spent a few hundred
Shorties must be lovin, shit, jigg to my wallow's
They watch like movado so I floss like I'm lotto
You ai...
The meaning of the name gangstarr, well I'll tell ya
It means I find my mind can excel to
A greater type of thought, brought by the things that I've been taught
In relation to things that I rebel to divine and combine
With a sense of confidence
Accomplishments, are achieved off lots of gifts
But slopiness, I could never tolerate it
Not the guru nor premier you don't know how long we've waited
...
quot;there's a bulletin - state police, princeton junctionquot;
quot;the militia...
Certain individuals of unidentified nature
Is now under complete controlquot;
quot;hip-hop is not, what it is today..quot;
quot;it's the real echoes... it's the militiaquot;
Verse one: big shug
If heads only knew how I felt about the rap game
They'd relocate, and change their f***in name
I eradicate movefakers,...
[DJ Premier]
quot;One-two..quot;
quot;One-two, shots to the chin.. knock you outquot;
quot;One-two..quot; quot;Devestatingquot; quot;On da micquot;
quot;One-two..quot; quot;The maker, ownerquot;
quot;Come on, now come onquot;
[Verse One: Guru]
Got you quiddear and ski-dared, fearin what we might do
And you can give me all mine in cash, that will suffice dude
In the streets deep, we roll throug...
Verse one:
New york, new york is where we live and we're thorough
Never taking shorts 'cause brooklyn's the borough
Peace to uptown, to queens and the bronx
Long island and jersey get as fly as they want
Where we rest is no joke
So let me break it down to sections for you slowpokes
Fort green, bedstuy, flatbush, brownsville
Crown heights and east new york will be down till
Medina takes respect...
[guru]
Boom bash dash, I had to break, I had to getaway
Packed my bags, to leave for good, it was a monday
Kissed my mother, gave my pops a pound
Then he hugged me, and then he turned around
I threw the duffelbag over my shoulder
It was time to get props kid, cause now I'm older
Time to fend for myself jack
So i'ma go for mine, and maybe never come back
Stopped at the lye spot before I hit the...
You do your first bid and dirt to get your name known
You never talk too much to get your spot blown
Now you're no longer just a face in the crowd
You're gettin so much respect that niggaz might as well bow
And movin up with your hustle like you planned it
Rakin dough like the world's greatest bandit
Always got one eye open, for the stick-up kids postin
So much cream chumps they can't understa...
Aiiyo son, it seems like, everyday
more and more people begin to get more foul
Uhn, now dig..
Association breeds similation
Let me tell you what happened
I'm driving the other night, these two faggots they pull me over
Talking like I got a broken taillight
They got a broken headlight
They shake me down, they tellin me
that they gon' come and see me tomorrow and have somethin' for them
- Word, ...
Tons o' guns everybody's getting strapped
Tons o' guns got to watch the way you act
Tons o' guns real easy to get
Tons o' guns bringing nothing but death
Tons o' guns are in the streets nowadays
It's big money and you know crime pays
Check your nearest overpopulated ghetto
They greet you with a pistol not trying to say hello
Mad kids packed 'cos the neighbourhood's like that
Want some shit tha...
[Smiley] Aiyyo I got the dimes that I get, I got the dimes that I bring
[Preem'] Yo, yo yo
[Smiley] Yo Preem', what's good?
[Preem'] What's good man - you still f***in with that shit son?
[Smiley] Yo, don't even come at me with that bullshit man, whassup?
[Preem'] I'm sayin man, you said you was gonna leave this shit alone
[Preem'] You still on that bullshit nigga
[Smiley] Son.. SON I'll leave...
quot;tell the people what you're here forquot;
Intro/chorus: guru
It's the message in the song that makes you rock on
Some people go to places where they don't belong
Whether wrong or right, a lot of people fight
But I'm here to bless this mic, aight?
Verse one: guru
I take action the minute that the crowd gets hype
I'm type crashin, down like a meteorite
I'm bogart-ing, mics and whole stages
...
Verse 1
[Scratch: Telephone ringing]
quot;Who's this? Juanita? Fatima? Solika? Oh, it's Freda?
Look, I have a question, just what is it that you need
A man, a lover, maybe someone to talk to?
Or could it be you're schemin'? Oh, not you
Well listen, I got this phone installed for business
And who gave you our number? Seriously, what is this?
The new fad? Now you wanna kick it to a rapper,
DJ or...
[Fat Joe]
yeah uh, GangStarr
Crack Man, M.O.P. uh, BX, Brooknam, haha come on
living legends, ya heard me?
yeah uh yo uh
I got seven Mac 11s about eight .38
Nine nines, Mac 10s
man this shit never end
Even if the apple won't spin
I reach in my back pocket and blast you and his twin
Niggaz yellin out the window quot;Joe's at it againquot;
But this bastard's got lawyers, keep him outta the pen
I...
Intro
quot;knowledge is power, and knowledge can be the difference between life
Or death...you should know the truth and the truth shall set you
Free.quot;
Verse 1
I was raised like a muslim
Prayin' to the east
Nature of my life relates rhymes I release
Like a cannon
'cause I been plannin' to be rammin' what I wrote
Straight on a plate down your throat
So digest as I suggest we take a good loo...
Sick thoughts on my mind with no self-control
Uplift your soul and make the brothers wanna roll
Sixteen years old with heart that's gold
Yo check it check it out like this, here we go
Run around the streets cold strapped like an alley rat
But now I'm gettin much props like a fat cat
A young mack but I don't think I'm all that
I just can't sweat another brother's bozack
So what the f***, y'all ...
Are you working?
What kind of work do you do?
Uhh...
quot;boy, what is it you want to do when you grow up?
Aiyyo I'm gonna be on ti-dop, that's all my eyes can see
Victory is mine, yeah surprisingly
I've been laying, waiting for your next mistake
I put in work, and watch my status escalate
Now i'ma start collectin props, connectin plots
Networkin like a conference, cause the nonsense is yet to...
[Guru]
That makes me know that, we we we we're doin
We had the right idea in the beginning
And and we just need to maintain our focus, and elevate
We what we do we update our formulas
We have certain formulas but we update em oh right
with the times, and everything y'know
And and so.. y'know
The rhyme style is elevated
The style of beats is elevated
but it's still Guru and Premier
And it's alw...
inhaling and coughing
[Premier] Yo, you alright man? .. You zonin?
scratched: quot;I.. I speak that..quot;
[Premier] what's the deal?
scratched: quot;I speak that re-real shit, just listenquot;
[Verse One: Guru]
Yo I pop your lid, I got to live
I ain't tall but I can show y'all what a problem is
I like to zone, I'm nice with chrome
I keep a vast stash of Magnums cause I like to bone
I play the...
Albums
Daily Operation |
Verse one
I'm 2 deep and yes much too complicated
My lines when stated are quite often underrated
So consider it a privilege to hear this
Those weak-minded opinions could never come near this
For my outlook on life is a profound view
Whil the suckers act down thinking that they sound new
Only a few sound true
Me and the crew know who
'cause you see me and the fellas have been waiting for a whi...
You can't tell me life was meant to be like this
A black man in a world dominated by whiteness
Ever since the declaration of independence
We've been easily brainwashed by just one sentence
It goes: all men are created equal
That's why corrupt governments kill innocent people
With chemical warfare they created crack and aids
Got the public thinking these were things that black folks made
And ev...
Brave is the knave who steps up to be slayed
By the one who forgave him for his first mistakes
He'd best behave, or i'ma send him a wave
Of some shocking volts, he doesn't know what he's talkin about
He's kickin a bunch of crap so I'll be the judge of that
The boy lacks artistry but still he tries hard to be
An entertainer, but instead he's a waste of
My time and your time so I'll kick the pur...
Now I got you looking stiff you numbskull, you're at a stand still
Still faking that you're hard with your rhymes and got no hand skills
So I'll easily drop you and stop you from rhyming
Send you home to moms all bruised up and crying
Then if you want you can go call your people
You're gonna need a mob against me cause I'm lethal
Not that I'm a violent brother to the contrary
My vocals carry, ...
Verse one:
Other mcs in the place know I'm much too much
And I'll bust 'em all up without even cussing
All wannabe's are never ever gonna be nothin'
Gang starr's in the house and we're crushing
So suckers better be up on their p's and q's and
Competition come against me and you're losing
I'll use a simple style just to catch you snoozing
Wake up wake up kid read the news and
Take heed 'cause y...
As I deliver rhymes with ease and walk around with my head up
I'm dead up serious so don't be getting too curious
Motherf***ers always wanna know what makes me tick
I'll pull a phrase out quick 'cause I'm dipped and I'm slick
You thought that I would slip 'cause you seen me drinking forty's
It shocked you then you told your friends you saw me
Well say what you want 'cause all of mine is in tac...
Verse one:
Get with this get with this
Get with this 'cause you got no choice
Rappers sometimes you'll find make dough
But yo you know they've got no voice
Get him off the podium he ain't no speaker
Yes he's just a phony and look at his sneakers
Played out of style out of rhymes
He's out his mind
Lost his way lost his pay
I'm takin' his props so call the cops
You can call 'em but I know 'em
Sw...
Chorus:
Gotta be the illest brother to claim respect
It takes the illest brother just to get respect
Got to be the illest brother when it's time to get wreck
Got to be the illest brother when I get my mic check
I'm one of the illest brothers known to man
But if you don't understand, see I'm a grown man
And I stand 5'8quot; and 3 quarters
Giving orders to my sqaudron 'cause I'm like the sergean...
Verse one:
New york, new york is where we live and we're thorough
Never taking shorts 'cause brooklyn's the borough
Peace to uptown, to queens and the bronx
Long island and jersey get as fly as they want
Where we rest is no joke
So let me break it down to sections for you slowpokes
Fort green, bedstuy, flatbush, brownsville
Crown heights and east new york will be down till
Medina takes respect...
|
Full Clip: A Decade Of Gang Starr |
I'm like a sniper rhymes'll strike ya when I'm rockin
Mad chicks be jockin' when the g starr's talking
And that's because my word is bond
I get much fan mail and I always respond
So tell your hon to write me too
Make sure she puts attention mr. guru
Brothers know the flow is unique
I got 100 wild styles in my black valise
Mc's wanna be me so they keep askin
For me to teach 'em methods both slo...
Verse one
You know I used to be a player, fly girl layer and a heartbreaker,
Lovemaker, backbreaker but then I made a
Mistake yes I fell in love with this ill chick
Sweatin' me for money, my name and the dilsnick
My homeboys told me to drop her for it would be to my benefit
She used to say I'd better quit hanging with those derelects
Romancing is my thing but I can't swing with no scheming hoe...
Big L rest in peace
Do you wanna mess with this?
One of the best yet, we?ve got it
You can feel the realness, in this business of rap, go ahead
Fresh out the gate again, time to raise the stakes again
Fatten my plate again, you?ll cats know we always play to win
G and g, to the stars son, haters, took this shit to far son
So that's all for you I?m wipen out your whole team
I'll splatter your d...
5 carloads deep, time to go do a show
Got a massive crew and we're ready to roll
So I grab my gear hop in the whip and ride
Premier he's got the fly dope system inside
But my shit cranks too and we've got mad tapes
Of all the underground groups with the lyrics and bass
Off into the new york night we go
Dre large got the camera biggest, gord's got three rolls of film
So we can take the macked o...
I never thought that you would crab me
Undermine me, and backstab me
But I can see clearly now the rain is gone
The pain is gone but what you did was still wrong
There was a few times I needed your support
But you tried to play me like an indoor sport
Like racquetball, tennis, fool, whatever
All I know is you attempted to be clever
Nevertheless, cleverness can't impress
Cause now you've been e...
|
Hard To Earn |
phife from quot;check the rhimequot;now here's a funky introduction
scratching
Guru: chorus 12x:
It's alongwaytogo, when you don't know where you're going
You don't know where you're going when you're lost lost
Guru:
What you need is more direction and get yourself some protection
I thought by now that you have learned your lesson
I'm stressin points and slammin all joints you call the real sh...
quot;get on itquot; --gt; dj premier cuts 'n' scratchs lovely
[guru]
One two checka, get, down and dirty
And my sounds are worthy of respect
So i'ma flex my text just like a, major takeover
Chumps pass the mic over
Growin more and more nervous when I serve this ass whoopin
Comin straight out of brooklyn, baldhead from the old school
Born to rule with more class than billy dee
To a pussy emcee,...
Take this for example young brothers want rep
Cause in the life they're living, you can't half step
It starts with the young ones doing crime for fun
And if you ain't down, you'll get played out son
So let's get a car, you know, a fly whip
Get a dent, pull a screwdriver, and be off quick
With a dope ride, yeah, and a rowdy crew
We can bag us a benz and an audi, too
Even a jeep or a van, goddam...
Verse one: guru
No way you'll never make it
Come with the weak shit, I break kids
Step into my zone, mad rhymes will stifle ya
Lines like rifles go blast when I kick some ass
A lot of rappers be like one time wonders
Couldn't say a fly rhyme if there was one right under
Their noses, I hate those motherf***in posers
But I'm so real to them it's scary
And with my unique skills nag you can't comp...
Refrain:
It's mostly tha voice, that gets you up
It's mostly tha voice, that makes you buck
A lot of rappers got flavor, and some got skills
But if your voice ain't dope then you need to [chill... chill... ]
Up steps one, and he gets done
Then up steps another, he gets smothered
That's word to mother, or should I say moms
I drop bombs, scorchin niggaz like napalm
Sucka, boy, get off my shit
Ge...
|
Moment Of Truth |
Introphone conversation:
Yo what up son?
-yo what up kid?
Yo, you holdin your head up?
-i'm tryin to man, but the system is shady
Word man they always man, they always tryin
To keep a good brother down, but I'm sayin
We still, you know we got love for you son
And we prayin for you and we, you know
We tryin to hold it down wh
You know while you in there man
-no question
Hopefully they won't kee...
I'm not sure about any of these names
Mami mary, mary coleman that is
I love you, rest in peace
You still here though
Word up
This goes out to you
Mary parker, loretta randall
Grandfather bill
Runy manuel, robert n'blangio
Uncle c, alicia elon
Giovanni
[guru]
To my man g.o.v., I remember how you used to be
You were the illest man alive now I'm reading your eulogy
Eyes so serious, you told me h...
Yo
Yo premier?
Yeah whassup g?
That trip to l.a., may be delayed
Why whassup I'm on my way to the airport now
Yeah well your boy guru got knocked
What?
I don't know what this is about, sounds crazy man
Somethin about a gun
quot;the court calls keith elam to the stand.
Please approach the bench.quot;
[guru]
Yo they got me handcuffed, I'm down in central booking
Things are f***ed up, the way my ...
[some jamaican gwal]
No matta wat we fyace
We mus face de moment of trut baybe
Chorus: guru
They say it's lonely at the top, in whatever you do
You always gotta watch motherf***ers around you
Nobody's invincible, no plan is foolproof
We all must meet our moment of truth
Verse one: guru
The same sheisty cats that you hang with, and do your thang with
Could set you up and wet you up, nigga peep ...
Yo yo gu-rizzi, yo
Yo whassup son?
Yo man, youknowhatimean? I need this money man
Get up out in these, in these streets man
Yo, so what's the deal god?
I'm sayin, what you need though?
Yo let me have like, two or three, three g's man
I'm sayin, I'm sayin son man
You know what happened last time though
I gotta do what I gotta do man, I gotta eat man
Whassup man? oh your baby momma stressin you?...
quot;from new york straight talk, america's bestquot; 3x
quot;yo I'm not new to this I'm true to thisquot; quot;word upquot;
quot;from new york straight talk... america's bestquot;
[guru]
Yo, it doesn't make sense, for you to compete against
This new york vibe that gets your whole body tense
Calm down, listen to a brother who knows
Cause the rappers out here come up with mad different types of...
Intro: guru
Word is bond, these cats been on the mic fantasizing a lot
So called mc's, wannabe rappers and all that, whatever
You get your knot rocked kid, yo
Chorus: guru
You thought you brought your best lines, but they couldn't touch mine
I rocked you in your knot hope you have better luck next time
repeat 2x
Verse one: guru
So just perhaps, you wanna challenge my style of rap
Talkin bout y...
Are you working?
What kind of work do you do?
Uhh...
quot;boy, what is it you want to do when you grow up?
Aiyyo I'm gonna be on ti-dop, that's all my eyes can see
Victory is mine, yeah surprisingly
I've been laying, waiting for your next mistake
I put in work, and watch my status escalate
Now i'ma start collectin props, connectin plots
Networkin like a conference, cause the nonsense is yet to...
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No More Mr. Nice Guy |
[guru]
Chumps tryin me, but when they eyein me
I build in skills, and to enhance my chances
I'm thrilled, to be involved with solvin
All the problems, with the way that the sound
Has gone down, so I frown at the scene
Where you be takin it, and like the winds of change
I'll be breakin it up, shakin it up
Clearing it out, airing it out, and bearing the clout
On my chest, like a crest that rests...
[guru]
All, all.. let's get together now
This is the time for gettin fresh for the weather now
Seek the sheik speakin, and those keepin the faith
We won't have to hesitate
We just skate, straight, into the heart of it
This is the scene and I'm the dean and here's the start of it
So see how things should be, and come along with me
Agree with this decree, and let your conscience be free
quot;let...
[guru]
Here's the jam I slam to make it known that
I diagram, write out my own rap
Cast the line, watch me shine, I'll assign
You to do this, you can review this
Convention that comes from, combining sums from
Equations or phrases, cause I begun some
Exploratory digging, I'm thinking big and
I'm taking all your words, cause your site is blurred
And you're selfish, and rather immature
I've alwa...
Keith e.e. emcee on a spree I'm goin for this
Cause draws applause, yes I adore this
I'll reteach with speech, I can accomplish
I've got to flaunt this, I'm not a pessimist
Yo I'm an optimist, that's why I'm droppin this
I'm good I got style, cause I've stood for a while
In the shadows of the others gettin mellow with the brothers
Called the gang, and yes I can hang
Progressin with my lesson w...
[guru]
The music started in the hearts and drums, from another land
Played for everyone, by sons, of the motherland
Sendin out a message of peace, to everybody and
Came across the oceans in chains and shame
Easing the pain, and it was without name
Until some men in new orleans on rampart street
Put out the sounds, and then they gave it a beat
I'm talkin bout jelly roll, king, and satch
I'm tal...
I profess and I don't jest cause the words I manifest
They will take you, sedate you, and I will stress upon
You the need for, you all to feed your
Mind and soul, so you can lead your-self
To keep, I got a real objective here
I am effective here, cause I select a clear
Message to all, suckers I maul they fall from
Into the pit of purgatory
I go for glory, I take an inventory
Countin all the to...
quot;now let's get off this negative tip, and go positivequot; --gt; chubb rock
dj premier cuts n scratches
[guru]
Now is the chance to advance and get an outlook
Create the circumstance, because I doubt books
Can relay, words this way, so I'll portray
A new image, and let's begin as
Members who pledge to, look up ahead to
A beautiful world, though we've been led to
Believe it will not be and,...
premier scratches quot;the guruquot;
It's '89, mine, I'm keithy e. the guru
Premier is here with the flair, we're running to you
Bust your grill with skill, as we build and fulfill
I drop the wisom to quiz them, with precision we drill
We're kicking wannabes down cause we're gonna be down
We're moving on with the sound, see we're gonna be around
For a long time, I kick the strong rhymes
You're...
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Step In The Arena |
dj premier scratches quot;at this time I have the honor to present to youquot;
[guru]
Parahraphs, portraying my viewpoint
So stay attentive, cause this is a new joint
From the g-a-n-g with the info
Lyrical elements emerge from the intro
Forming a poetic mass over pathetic trash
Other writers are outclassed
Surpassed by the words and the wit
Rhymes fit and hit cause that's how we designed it
Pa...
Expanding the depth of your brainpower
Ours is a better gift, not to be bragging nor lolligagging
I can see dimensions of sound and light around my mic
Transmitting lyrics like teletype
Reacting to a beat in a whisper
And like a transistor, I'm sounding dope when I'm crisper
The shortest length between two points is a straight line
I've gotta take mine, I heard it through the grapevine
That so...
[guru]
You puny protozoa, you're so minute you didn't know the
Gang has been watchin but instead of just squashin you
I'm scoopin you up out of the muck you wallow in
Like a cheif chemist, other scientists are followin
Plannin to examine you, on a petrie dish
Sticking you and frickin you, just a teenie bit
I'm clever, with science, but never relyin
On false words from cowards who forever be tr...
dj premier cuts quot;intelligent but not yet equivalentquot; --gt; krs-one
[guru]
Tell me, do you have a clue of what to do
Can you groove to this smooth tune, you must presume
It's important, for you to follow this creation
And hey son, life is more than having fun
So run and get some help with the problems that you face
Take a taste of the bass put your perspective in place
Get real, deep, s...
Many mc's are mislead
Mislead by the lies that they pump in their heads
The money and the fame that they're hoping to find
Will never come close to the scope of my rhyme
Now some have been succesful but really
And yo, these mc's are clearly not nearly
Up to this level or should I say caliber
Because I'm hype that the company's selling me
Because they'll take a dud, talk some crud and then push...
Stick up kids is out to tax 2x
And this is how the story goes
Brothers are amused by others brother's reps
But the thing they know best is where the gun is kept
'cause in the night, you'll feel fright
And at the sight of a 4-5th, I guess you just might
Wanna do a dance or two
'cause they could maybe bust you for self or wit a crew
No matter is you or your brother's a star
He could pop you in c...
Verse 1
Strangely enough I've been struck
Affected by her smile
And yo, her style is worthwhile
And knowing that I'm deep like a river
I feel I should give her
Things that those others can't deliver
Contrary to what I had wished
It seems that I've been dissed
But hey, I don't want to miss this
Wonderful opportunity
My boys they try schoolin' me
But see I know what I want
Someone who'll be ther...
[guru]
My subject matter and context are blessed
Vocal inflection connects, it's a slugfest
Ladies approach to hear quotes from the spokesman
Thoughts are like oceans for my lyrics to float in
I'm absolutely astute so salute
You try to be cute, and you get tossed like a crap shoot
Don't misinterpret or slander
Just get with the words and the way I command ya
Cause you're in the right place, an...
So many things will happen that one can't explain
You find yourself saying quot;who mequot;, time and again
They say what goes around, comes around
Ahun, so think about it while you're messing up clown
A mother's love and a father's concern
Here is the reason you should listen and learn
'cause quick schemes and fast living can kill ya
I know how the excitement and danger can thrill ya
But take...
dj premier cuts the phrase quot;step up...quot; over and over
[guru]
Once you step in the arena, cheater; you're gonna be a-
Mazed when you gaze at the armor on this leader
Fully clad and glad to find a cause, I won't pause
Fear is a joke, slowpoke, I'm like claws
That'll rip 'cause your gift, is merely flesh
Superficial and I wish you, would give it a rest
But if you don't, I'll unsheath my e...
Presenting you with alternative music
'cause, yo, the struggle is tough, and we must learn to live through it
Pleasure and pain, pain and pleasure
We gotta maintain a balance to obtain the treasure
Not really preaching or teaching but just reaching
Out to a brother or sister who is keeping
The faith and trying hard to get straight
The time is crucial so I think we must congregate
Let's have a ...
quot;now what you hear is not a testquot; --gt; sugarhill gang
cut up 4x by dj premier
[guru]
Well goodness gracious, let me just take this
Time out to pull a rhyme out, and update this
For you and yours, simply because
Some mc's have luck but suck
So I pluck em like feathers on the back of a chicken
Cause I'm mad like a pit when my man says, quot;sick 'emquot;
Positive is the mindstate, but i...
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The Ownerz |
Intro:
Skills, skills, skills
[DJ Premier Scratching]
"My Microphone"
"It's Skills"-KRS One
"The funky beat"
"It's skills"-KRS One
[Chorus: Guru]
Skills Top rank point blank we vital
Spit flows rip shows peep the recital
Skills Now, you feel it when we drop those
Hot beats stop phoes killin shit we got those
Skills It's, the music that the street love
Each thug, is now reppin this with deep lo...
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