Looptroop Rockers, DJ Premier, Timbuktu - Guru RIP Text (lyrics)

Guru, Rest in peace

Do you wanna mess with this
One of the best yet we've got it

You can feel the realness
Uh, uhin this business of rap, rap, rap
Go ahead

Fresh out the gate again, time
To sing the praises, yeah
Another too early fallen rapper
I still remember when
I used to listen to the
Words that he manifest
Used to stay up late by the
Radio and bang my desk
He made me wanna be a part of a movement
Start a foundation, I started a crew with
Embee, Cos, Supreme we banged Gang Starr
"Full clip" used to be the beat
We used for "Long Arm"
Back before we had it printed on vinyl
They embodied a decade till the
End of the 90's
And to this day when I reminisce
I still feel the same way I would never diss
Nah, nothing but love and
Respect to the elders
If we don't respect our past we
Won't respect ourselves in the future
That day when we must all
Face a moment of truth, ya! Guru

Do you wanna mess with this
Gang Starrone of the best yet
I'm nice like that
It's all good, in this business of rap
Full Clip do you wanna mess with this
Gang Starrone of the best yet
I'm nice like that

One of the meanest and the cleanest
Guru, you gone too soon
A big inspiration in the
Early days of Looptroop
When we used to hang at the gas station
Back when racking cans was a daily operation
And when you flipped it with
Jeru and Lil' Dap we took a bite of that and
Did it on a cypher track
But years before that
One day at City Records
Chilly White gave me a album
Said "You gotta get this, aiight?"
So I did and I loved it from the top
Then "Step in the arena" was poppin' non-stop
And all my neighbors could
Hear the record play
Especially my favorite track "Who's
Gonna take the weight?"
I got to know the meaning of the Gang Starr
You on the mic and Premier raised the anchor
The legacy of song, though you're not around
But I'm sure we can hear
Your sound above the clouds

Knowledge is Power
And knowledge can be the difference
Between life or death
You should know the truth and the
Truth shall set you free

I was raised on Gang Starr, in the magazines
Nature of my life when I was all but a teen
Like a cannon 'cause I was blasting every
Single thing you wrote
And rappin' along 'til the last note
It gave me something that
Bordered on euphoria
Guru in the walkman, I walked like a warrior
So much more than a cultural identity
Hip hop was it and those
Who disagreed were enemies
When I was 17 tryin' to get my skills down
Daily Operation, killed me with the ill sound
Of trueness
Knowledge and energetic dimension
20 years later and I still pay attention
The undying legacy is flowing
Through the veins
Of everyone who ever heardknows
The fucking name! And so
You would know the meaning of the Gang Starr
Guru with the mic and
Premier raised the anchor swift!
Rest in peace