featuring Total [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...

* originally the b side to "Suckas Need Bodyguards" off of +Hard to Earn+ [Guru] The question remains.. which MC's will reign Which ones will gain how many suckers will feel pain "Ask yourself the same question"...

"Take the money never have to run" (3X) "Here's how it goes.." [Guru] All for the cash man niggaz'll be ready to blast man Mad hoes 'll be quick to give up the***man Traitors they'll be robbing your stash man...

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...

(DJ Premier cuts "Intelligent but not yet equivalent" > 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...

(DJ Premier scratches "at this time I have the honor to present to you") [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...

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...

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...

So many things will happen that one can't explain You find yourself saying "who me" 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...

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...

[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...

featuring Big Shug Freddie Fo*** "There's a bulletin state police Princeton Junction" "The militia... Certain individuals of unidentified nature is now under complete control" "Hip hop is not what it is today.."...

featuring Krumb Snatcha [Guru] First and foremost some rappers are sweet like fructose When I cock back these lyrics y'all punks best be ghost I be the seven twenty one eighteen twenty one The illest one I'm...

[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...

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...

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...

featuring M.O.P. *GangStarr's "Who's Gonna Take the Weight?" 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;...

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...

Verse One: Get with this get with this get with this cuz 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...

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...

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...

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...

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 Mother***ers always wanna know what makes me tick I'll pull a phrase out quick cuz I'm dipped and I'm...

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...

"Here we come here we come here we kiddy come come" > 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...

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...

[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...

(Phife from "Check the Rhime")Now here's a funky introduction (scratching) Guru: chorus 1(2X): 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:...

[Featuring Big Shug] *** Around Lay Around do or die (3X) "You figgedy *** around you lay around" > Das EFX [Big Shug] Word to Joe Frazier got ta do what pays ya Give a nigga pain like displasure But close...

"Get on it" > 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...

[Featuring Jeru The Damaja Lil Dap] 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...

[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...

[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...

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...

[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...

"Now let's get off this negative tip and go positive" > 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...

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...