Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Guru
Guru
Vocals
DJ Premier
DJ Premier
Scratches
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Keith Elam
Keith Elam
Songwriter
Chris Martin
Chris Martin
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
DJ Premier
DJ Premier
Producer
Guru
Guru
Producer
Dexter Thibou
Dexter Thibou
Assistant Engineer
Eddie Sancho
Eddie Sancho
Engineer
Tony Dawsey
Tony Dawsey
Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

The real Hip Hop
MCin' and DJin'
From your own mind, you know?
I guess right now, we should start the show
Who's the suspicious character, strapped with the sounds profound?
Similar to rounds spit by Derringers
"You're in the Terrordome", like my man Chuck D said
It's time to dethrone you clones and all you knuckleheads
'Cause MCs have used up extended warranties
While real MCs and DJs are a minority
But right about now, I use my authority
'Cause I'm like the wizard, and you lost like Dorothy
The horror be when I return for my real people
Words that split wigs, hittin' like some double Desert Eagles
Sportin' caps pulled low and baggy slacks
Subtractin' all the rappers who lack over Premier's tracks
Severe facts have brought this rap game to near collapse
So, as I have in the past, I whoop ass
Droppin' lyrics that be hotter than sex and candlewax
And one-dimensional MCs can't handle that
While the world's revolvin' on its axis
I come with mad love and, plus, the illest warlike tacatics
The wilderness is filled with this
So many people searchin' for false bliss
I'm here with the skills you've missed
The rejected stone is now the cornerstone
Sorta like the master builder when I make my way home
You know my steez
You know my steez
Let 'em know, do your thing, God
Keep it live, to the beat y'all
The beat is sinister, Primo makes you relax
I'm like the minister, when I be lacin' the wax
I be bringin' salvation through the way that I rap
And you know and I know, I'm nice like that
Work through worldly problems, I got the healing power
When the mics within my reach, I'm feelin' more power
Stealin' at least three minutes of every rap radio hour
It's often easier for one to give advice
Than it is for a person to run one's own life
That's why I can't be caught up in all the hype
I keep my soul tight and let these lines take flight
The apparatus gets blessed and suckers get put to rest
No more of the unpure, I got the cure for this mess
The wackness is spreadin' like the plague
MCs lucked up and got paid, but still can't make the fuckin' grade
How many times are wannabes gonna lie?
Yo, they must wanna fry, they can't touch the knowledge I personify
I travel through the darkness carryin' my torch
The illest soldier, when I'm holdin' down the fort
You know my steez
Let 'em know, do your thing, God
Keep it live
You know my steez
Let 'em know, do your thing, God
Keep it live
You know my steez
Let 'em know, do your thing, God
Keep it live
You know my steez
Let 'em know, do your thing, God
Keep it live (The mic)
On the microphone, you know that I'm one of the best yet
Some punks ain't paid all of their debts yet
Tryna be fly, ridin' high on the jet-set
With juvenile rhymes, makin' fake ass death threats
Big deal, like in Vogue, here's somethin' you can feel
Styles more tangible, and image more real
For some time now, I've held the scrolls and manuscripts
When it's time to go all out, you be like, "Damn, you flipped"
Now I'm sick, fed up with the bullshit
Got the lyrical full clip givin' you a verbal asswhip
Don't trip, it's the gifted prolific one
Known as Bald Head Slick
Why is the press all on my d-dick?
My style be wilder than a kamikaze pilot
Don't try it, I'm about to start more than a friggin' riot
Styles unsurpassable and nuccas that's suckas
Yo, them mothafuckas are harassable
For I be speakin' from my parables and carry you beyond
The mic's either a magic wand or it gets tragic like the havoc of a nuclear bomb
Then I grab your palm, no pulse, you're gone
And if you thought we'd lose our niche in this rap shit, you way wrong
I stay up, I stay on, shine bright like neon
Your song's pathetic, synthetic like Rayon
Fat beats, they play on, want dope rhymes, put me on
Word is bond
You know my steez
Written by: C. Martin, Keith Elam, Ricardo Brown, Robin Allen
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