Gang Starr

Released: May 5, 1992

Songwriter: DJ Premier Guru

Producer: Guru DJ Premier

[Hook: Guru]
You better take two and pass
Take two and pass
Take two and pass
So the blunt will last

[Verse 1]
Take two and pass so we can all get blunted
Don't smoke cigarettes so my growth ain't stunted
We got at least five heads so I rolled a white owl
It's the break of dawn and we're awake like night owls
Phillies are cool but they burn much quicker
(Yeah yeah, just pass that blunt nigga)
We lounge to the sounds as we leave from Uptown
It's time to go downtown and make some more rounds
This city never sleeps that what Sinatra sang
For that fat fat blunt, you know I got this thing
So hand it over 'cause I wanna get charged
I'm in love with Mary Jane she keeps me large
So don't hog it, let's keep it moving real fast
Everybody just chill and take like two pulls and pass

[Pre-Hook: Premier x2]
I sit and write a rhyme, when I'm done get blunted

[Hook]

[Verse 2]
The club is crowded everyone's up in here
Heyo Premier what's that you got there?
It looks like a nice plump blunt in your hand
I just know you're gonna share it with me 'cause I'm your man
So bust it, I got one too and if you spark up yours
I'll light up mine when it's through
Oh shit, there goes my man the fat mack
We used to get blazed I know he's got a fat sack
Let's go upstairs grab a chair and unwind
So the la la can enhance our minds
The system booming let the bass increase
I find a seat so I can peep the chic
Ladies and maybe get my homeboys some ass
So all you gotta do is take like two pulls and pass

[Pre-hook + hook]

[Verse 3]
Even in the morning like the flavor of juice
A blunt adds spice and a blunt can spruce
Up your day but I'm not advertising, just telling of an aspect a part of our lives
And around the way there ain't no shame in our game
'Cause the fame is no thing, we get together and hang
And since you know I got dash and class
Then I'm after you so take two pulls and pass

[Outro: Premier]
I sit and write a rhyme, when I'm done get blunted x2
Get blunted x16

Gang Starr is the formidable hip-hop duo of MC Guru and producer DJ Premier.

The group was originally founded by two childhood friends, Big Shug and Guru, in Atlanta; coming up with the logo design and name of the group. Big Shug and Guru got separated when Shug got imprisoned and Guru moved to New York where he met Dj Premier.

While DJ Premier is from Texas and the monotone Guru is from Boston, they came together in Brooklyn, New York, and helped define the sound of East Coast hip-hop in the 1990s with their jazzy production on singles such as “Words I Manifest” and “Jazz Thing,” as well as their harder boom bap singles like “Just to Get a Rep” and “Take it Personal.”

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