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Now I'm about to get funky.. to somethin that Premier plays |
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Funky.. we gonna do it this way |
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I'm gettin funky.. to somethin that Premier plays |
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I'm the Guru and we'll do it this way |
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Now give the credit.. where it is due |
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Give the credit y'all.. where it's due |
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Now give the credit.. where it is due |
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Give the credit y'all.. where it's due |
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I'm heated up, cause I'm seein folks that are so phony |
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They didn't know me when I was broke and I was lonely |
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Only a few came to check me, so they come first.. |
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.. and yo our people come next G |
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We'd go to a club, the Milky Way or the Payday |
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The outlaw spots, where the music was real hot |
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And you wasn't there, when the underrated, real MC's |
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Came equipped.. and used to kick slick lyrics |
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All live, without no lipsync |
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To a dope crate, building skills from instinct |
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I'm tired of people, gettin all excited |
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I'm not trippin on just a thing, but I'm delighted |
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To let you know, that some others be flim-flammin |
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I'll let you know, that all this time, we been jammin |
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So give up the props Hobbes, jealousy's a flaw |
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If the next man deserves it, earns it, it should be law |
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So let him pass right through |
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Because you got to give the credit y'all where it is due |
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[DJ Premier cuts up "give it to me"] |
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[Guru] |
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You know you got to give the credit.. where it is due |
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Give the credit y'all.. where it's due |
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Give the credit.. where it is due |
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Give the credit y'all.. where it's due |
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Some of the dopest MC's don't really get enough light |
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Cause their record companies don't really market them right |
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Most of the people signin acts, they ain't from the street |
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Cause yo they come from the sweet.. |
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.. soft section of town |
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While they be sweatin and pretendin that they know a real rap sound |
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But I know some guys, and some ladies, that can fill those spots mate |
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To promote the real greats |
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And educate, and get it straight |
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And mobilizin the imitators, exposin the explosive core |
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I hope to explore |
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Galaxies of remedies for your wack rap sickness |
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As I convey relay, mack rap quickness |
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In this business, I witness trickyness |
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Some MC's are into stickyness |
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But I'm sayin this, from experience, I'm furious |
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I didn't get this far overnight, and there's nothin like |
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The real thing, the real swing right? (real swing right?) |
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([Biz] "On and on..") I'm takin things that are true |
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So won't you give the credit y'all where it is due |
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[DJ Premier cuts up "give it to me"] |
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[Guru] |
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So yo I'm fed, cause people like to talk too much |
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They're misled, and yo they like to sqwak too much |
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But let me tell you baby you can't front on this |
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Twenty-four track mix, with the deep-ass kick |
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The objective, is to surely demolish |
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The chances of the wack takin all the dollars |
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Support the brothers who are truly gifted |
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This way, the odds, could never be shifted |
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Like my man, you know he works real hard |
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He's good at what he does and now he lives real large |
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So why envy him, or anyone in his crew |
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Just sit back and give the credit y'all where it is due |
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Give the credit.. where it's due |
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Give the credit y'all.. where it is due |
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Give the credit.. where it's due |
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Just give the credit y'all.. where it is due |
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[DJ Premier cuts up "give it to me"] |
