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 t...

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 opi...

[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...

"It has come to our attention that a mysterious force is LOOSE somewhere in outer space" "The mysteries of creation are there" "Up in the sky?" "Up in the sky...

It has come to our attention that a mysterious force is loose Somewhere in outer space, the mysteries of creation are there Up in the sky, up in the sky The moo...

Take the money, never have to run Take the money, never have to run Take the money, never have to run Here's how it goes All 4 the cash man, niggaz'll be ready...

(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 do...

(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 joi...

{*scratched: "What? You wanna battle ME?"* {*scratched: "Yo man, how much money you got?"* {*scratched: "What? You wanna battle ME?"* {*scratched: "Yo man, how ...

Intro(phone 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, th...

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 Transmit...

*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 conc...

[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...

"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 li...

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 an...

feat Big Shug, Freddie Foxxx [DJ Premier] "Give a nigga pain" -> Big Shug "Listen to a brother who knows" -> Guru "Give a nigga pain" -> Big Shug "It's the real...

[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 mean...

[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 wa...

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...

[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 t...

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 brai...

* originally the b side to "Love Sick" off of +Step in the Arena+ [Guru] Now I'm about to get funky to somethin that Premier plays Funky we gonna do it this w...

[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 fuck...

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...

Original bladhead Crooklynite rudeboy instructor I came back to lay down law motherfucker I'll crush you because you appear to be a sucker One more false mov...

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!!...

[child's voice] "word up kid!" [Premier] Yeah LB, Bryan Moier I miss you man rest in peace To Endeara Bishop Rest in peace little lady To Claira Stewart I lo...

You know I used to be a player, fly girl layer and a heart breaker Love maker, back breaker, but then I made a mistake Yes I fell in love with this ill chick Sw...

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 everyda...

Fuck around, lay around, do or die (3x) "you figgedy fuck around, you lay around" --> das efx [big shug] Word to joe frazier, got ta do what pays ya Give a ni...

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,...

(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 mu...

INTRO: 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 rep go ahead VERSE 1: Fre...

[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 th...

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 ...

Keith EE 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...

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...

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...

* uncredited GangStarr Foundation member parodies The Clipse "Grindin'" Nah you know what we gotta do? We gotta do - HINEY! The bitch said, "Pants stand behin...

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? ...

* 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 Par...

* 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? ...

"we got news for ya" --> scratched by dj premier Chorus: guru and hannibal [guru]while they devise our demise, we grow wise [hann]upset the set up, the elemen...

[Featuring Brand New Heavies] I set if off by letting you know that I can flow to many beats Similar to flu so freely And you can say I'm getting kind of greedy...

[Featuring Hannibal] "We got news for ya" --> scratched by DJ Premier Chorus: Guru and Hannibal [Guru] While they devise our demise, we grow wise [Hann] Upse...

featuring Branford Marsalis (instrumentally only) * original version appeared on the "Mo' Better Blues" soundtrack "I would like to play a little tune I just co...

Yo Yo Premier? Yeah whassup G? That trip to LA, 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 k...

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 k...

[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, ...

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...

[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 tw...

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 sou...

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 ...

[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 go...

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 ...

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...

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 say...

[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...

[after DJ Premier intro] [Guru] It's that wise older brother That mind-moldin brother Still that nine-holdin brother, spittin like no other I smother other ra...

"From New York straight talk, America's best" (3X) "Yo I'm not new to this I'm true to this" "Word up!" "From New York straight talk America's best" [Guru] Y...

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 ...

[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 w...

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 headac...

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 Motherfuckers always wanna know what makes me ...

Guru: Yo duke, you're dead wrong You'll never have the skills like mine I write the I'll type rhymes Now I'm reaching my prime 360 dunk in your face You can't ...

[DJ Premier] Aiyyo, what the FUCK is this shit that y'all are listenin to nowadays on the radio man? You call that shit hip-hop? THAT'S SOME FAGGOT BITCH SHIT...

[scratching by Premier] "Y'all cats know we always play to win" -> Guru "Players get your pay up" [Verse One: Guru] For my respect, I just might have to shut...

[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, a...

[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...

(Premier scratches "The Guru") 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 bui...

[Premier scratch: "This mic in my hand, I'm rulin!"] [Verse One: Guru] Stupid, you know it's time to sit and think, before we hit the brink Lockerroom, at a p...

* 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 suck...

{*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, ti...

"Wh-wh-wh-what can I say? Let me explain this to you" [GangStarr] Yo, I don't even wanna fight with you man I'll lay you right where you stand You can catch a...

[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 ...

"Gangstarr has gots to be the sure shot" --> Greg Nice "and it's like dat" (Primo scratching) "GangStarr" "Represent" [K-Ci and JoJo] Ohhh yeah [Guru] One ...

[DJ Premier scratching] "I want the public to know what goes on" "I mean, look at the situation - be real" [Verse One: Guru] The names have been changed to p...

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 p...

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...

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 She knows what she wants Yo, she knows w...

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) To...

So wassup? You know we can't be havin that Son there's rules you're supposed to go by and this is my habitat You say you're R E P R E S E N T I N G You're fro...

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...

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 ...

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 hi...

{DJ Premier cuts the phrase "Step up" 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 le...

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 main...

MC's be fakin' so now they get taken Fake MC's, they always act hard But won't walk the streets without they bodyguard I hate fake MC's, they always act hard B...

"Now what you hear is not a test" --> Sugarhill Gang (cut up 4X by DJ Premier) [Guru] Well goodness gracious, let me just take this time out to pull a rhyme 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 wron...

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 ...

- Aiiyo son, it seems like, everyday more and more people begin to get more foul Uhn, now dig Association breed assimilation Let me tell you what happened I'm d...

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 Go...

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 "at ...

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...

"There's a bulletin - state police, Princeton Junction" "The militia Certain individuals of unidentified nature is now under complete control" "Hip-hop is not...

[DJ Premier] "One-two" "One-two, shots to the chin knock you out" "One-two" "Devestating!" "On da mic" "One-two" "The maker, owner!" "Come on, now come on" ...

Verse one: New York, New york is where we live and we're thorough Never taking shorts cuz Brooklyn's the borough Peace to Uptown, to queens and the Bronx Long ...

* 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 suc...