Full Clip: A Decade Of Gang Starr lyrics

* originally the b-side to "Love Sick" off of +Step in the Arena+

[Guru]

Now I'm about to get funky.. to somethin that Premier plays

Funky.. we gonna do it this way
I'm gettin funky.. to somethin that Premier plays

I'm the Guru and we'll do it this way

Now give the credit.. where it is due

Give the credit y'all.. where it's due

Now give the credit.. where it is due

featuring Total

[Total]
Mmm
You gotta hold your head up..
Oahh eahh oh ahh oahh eahh oh ahh
Oahh eahh ahh ahh
Oahh eahh oh ahh oh ahh oh ahh ahhhh
Oahh eahh oh ahh oahh eahh oh ahh
Oahh eahh oh ahh

[Guru]
Yo.. just because I want to it don't mean I will
And just because I'm angry it don't mean I'd kill
And just because she looks good it don't mean I'd hit it

DJ Premier: Big L Rest In Peace

Intro: samples
Feel the realness
In this business of rep
Go ahead

[Guru]
Fresh out the gate again time to raise the stakes again
Fatten my plate again y'all cats know we always play to win
G A N G to the Starr's son
Haters took this shit too far son
So thats all for you I'm whiping out your whole team

f/ Branford Marsalis (instrumentally only)

* original version appeared on the "Mo' Better Blues" soundtrack

"I would like to play a.. little tune I just composed not so long ago"
"Ms. Billie, Ms. Billie, Ms. Billie Holiday"

*HORNS*

*drum roll* *piano keys played*

*HORNS*

"Byrd..?" *trumpet solo* *group horns*

f/ Rakim, W.C.

* also appears on _The Militia Remix_ 12" and the Belly soundtrack

"A special guest"  "It's the militia... It's the militia"

[Guru]

This is a conquest, so I suggest you take a rest

Or keep a breath, but definitely keep a vest on that chest

Rymes I'm packin, just like a thug at a car-jackin'

* originally the b side to "Suckas Need Bodyguards" off of +Hard to Earn+

[Guru]
The question remains.. which MC's will reign
Which ones will gain how many suckers will feel pain
"Ask yourself the same question"
"What is it.."

Phrases I spit like slugs after I sip from my mug
Life is bugged the bassline groove is my drug

f/ The Lady of Rage, Kurupt the Kingpin

[DJ Premier]

The real....remix

More MCing, and DJing
From your own mind, ya know?

"I-I guess right now we should start the show"

[Guru]

Please baby, we gettin G's, you know the steez baby

Ain't no if's, no and's, no but's or no maybe's

The vibe'll drive you crazy, almost break your neck