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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Gang Starr
Gang Starr
Performer
Krumbsnatcha
Krumbsnatcha
Vocals
DJ Premier
DJ Premier
Programming
Guru
Guru
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Chris Martin
Chris Martin
Composer
D. Gibbs
D. Gibbs
Composer
Keith Elam
Keith Elam
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
DJ Premier
DJ Premier
Producer
Guru
Guru
Producer

Lyrics

MC's beware
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 almost doper than anyone
Straight out the late nights of Bed-Sty
Steppin' up, y'all put your weapons up, I make heads fly
You're artificial like saccharin
You're crazy fake, it's more than skills you be lackin' in
Concepts you bite, 'cause your identity ain't tight
Tryin' to be somethin' you're not, like pullin' a knife at a gunfight
I'm troopin' on that airline flight number 1-0-6
And gettin' all up in your fuckin' mix
You got me upset, and I got you uptight
'Cause my committee's in your city tonight, aight?
We got seventeen million of us, plus two million Indians
That makes nineteen mill', lightin' shit up like Wild Bill
I be the supreme father plus the ill kid, with drama
My karma creates the Teflon to pierce your body armor
And make sure you check the shit before you walk to me, or talk to me
Steppin' to me improperly, you just may catch the weaponry
My specialty is tearin' tracks out the frame
You know my fuckin' name, I rule all game
I'm universal on all planes, what's your claim?
Make 'em pay
Make 'em pay
MC's beware
Your enemy's crazed
Make 'em pay
MC's beware
Yo, I be your highness, in slickness, you chumps bear witness
Tremendous trooper, verbal **** with the fitness
Drop you for your spot with the blazer, then I blast you
Slice precise like Benihana's when I come to bring the dramas
Styles so swift, that you can't peep the God
As your lyrics get buried six feet deep in my backyard
I laugh hard, while your mental I run through mazes
Dark stages of terror to shatter your dressin' room mirror
Your whole error gets crushed, your whole show gets bum-rushed
Too many dumb punks want to enter this rap scene
Kickin' Willie Bobo, but need to be slapped clean
Into oblivion, the true champion always rises
I bring surprises to the chief, plus their advisers
Size me up, and you will find nothing's larger
Catch more wreck on your dome than a deranged fuckin' barber
So what you made some dough? You best keep on scramblin'
All your vanity is instantly crushed when I start handlin'
Demandin' that you pay, for your weak rhyme display
Coast to coast, I break the fakes everyday
Make 'em pay
Make 'em pay
MC's beware
Your enemy's crazed
Make 'em pay
MC's beware
Your enemy's crazed
I see myself as the Black rap messiah
Colossal spreadin' my gospel through electrical wires
Spit fire through speech, so I can reach each Tom, Dick, and Jerry
Slippin' like petroleum jelly
Too busy in the limelight, can't rhyme tight
I got divine right to bring dark to light
Somethin' ain't right, to be an MC, you gotta thug
Or to thug you gotta be an MC, this shit is bugged
Show love but few, deal with crew and crew only
And think universal like Sony
Phony pounds and fake hugs is usually avoided
Give a fuck like Pizza Hut, I got to stay noyd-ed
'Cause that same **** you trust, could be that same cat behind that gat that bust
Quiet ya, with the silencer
Keep it hush, ashes to dust, then dust to ashes
Nowadays it's who pull out the fastest, imagine this
Rap shit without this gat shit, or the phony cat
In black talkin' 'bout how much his MAC spit
But this year, Gang Starr got changes bein' made
No wack shit bein' played, no fake macks gettin' paid
No Versace MC's with a mouth full of mo'
Soundin' like a ho spittin' at a fashion show flow
I bombshell that pastel Chanel rap through a maxwell
Ever since young Krumb was taught to rap well
Goin' deep, process of thought, when my eyes closes
Awaken with a tub and a robe and sandals like Moses
Travellin' high, sands and eastern lands for the answers
Ignorance is spreadin' through the streets like it was cancer
Too many drinkin', not thinkin', when behind that trigger
A .38 escalate the murder rate for us ****
It's like microphone roulette, 'cause nowadays MC's is gettin' wet
Over someone else's fake gangsta rep
Written by: Chris Martin, D. Gibbs, Keith Elam, Krumbsnatcha
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