Gang Starr

Released: March 8, 1994

Featuring: Melachi the Nutcracker

Songwriter: DJ Premier Melachi the Nutcracker

Producer: Guru DJ Premier

[Verse: Melachi the Nutcracker]
Sick thoughts on my mind with no self control
Uplift your soul and make the brothers wanna roll
Sixteen years old with a heart that's gold
Yo check it check it out like this, here we go
Run around the streets cold strapped like an alley rat
But now I'm gettin' much props like a fat cat
A young mack, but I don't think I'm all that
I just can't sweat another brother's bozack
So what the fuck, y'all, movin' on up
Gonna swim in big bucks, like Scrooge McDuck
And if ya don't like it and you wanna step up
Then open your mouth, and suck my nuts
Melachi the Nutcracker, I'm always gettin blacker
Fatter, I bust a fat rhyme to make your head shatter
I'm from the Bronx, New York City
The big fuckin' Apple where the niggas get busy
God bless the dead, and God rest my pops
Peace to the niggas goin' out bustin' shots

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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