Gang Starr

Released: March 8, 1994

Songwriter: DJ Premier Guru

Producer: Guru DJ Premier

{* DJ Premier cutting "Get on it" *}

[Verse 1: Guru]
One two checka, get, down and dirty
And my sounds are worthy of respect
So I'mma flex my text just like a major takeover
Chumps pass the mic over
Growin' more and more nervous when I serve this ass whoopin'
Comin' straight out of Brooklyn, baldhead from the old school
Born to rule with more class than Billy Dee
To a pussy MC, you know a wuss MC
I'm like his worst nightmare when I'm on my killing spree
Pick the vic, who will it be?
Your vote may hold the key
It's up to you, tell us true
Who'll be herb of the day?
And when you fake, you break
When suckers choose, they lose
I'm like lethal to you and your people
It's like an outrage, when punks step on stage
With the weak show, weak flow, and still make dough
So I'mma take dough from 'em, and then son 'em
Teach 'em how to really get biz like this
Me and my gang's gonna swarm
Brainstorm

[Verse 2: Guru]
It takes at least two to tango, so you can get strangled
From any angle, as I get buck on ducks
All the sexy girlies wanna push up close to
The man with the most who don't flaunt his ego
Some motherfuckers ain't as gifted
Not everyone can move the crowd and uplift it
I'm swift with the shit like a bullet's trajectory
So don't stand next to me
It's like a warm sensation when my shells hit
You were wrong, you know what you did, so you fell quick
To the pavement, no signs of body movement
See I knew it, yo I had to do it
And it's cool to duel but don't slip up fool
'Cause I'mma leave you dead and stinkin' like a cesspool
And all the chicks know what's goin' on
'Cause baby, there ain't no sunshine when I'm gone
And you can beg for me to stay and parlay
But sorry, I gots to go, got bills to pay
See by nature I'm godly
When I touch the mic, it's never too hard for me
To let out, a mass amount of mad clout
Huh, me and my gang's gonna swarm
Brainstorm

[Verse 3: Guru]
I'm gonna get ya
You might be bigger than me, so I'mma wet ya
Coming to your house to douse it with the
Molotov cocktail, I won't fail
Burn out your eyeballs, and leave a note in braille
So what the fuck you gonna do?
Yeah I know I used to act relaxed but now I'm cuckoo
Come into my darkest, deepest thoughts
We fought I won, and now you're caught and bein' tortured
Water pellets dripped upon your forehead
But you can't move, because you're tied up
Your time's up...

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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