Marco Polo, DJ Premier, Talib Kweli - G.U.R.U. lyrics

I remember Bahamadia told me once
When she was rollin' around with
Guru that he rolled up on
This wack MC and said
"You cannot test the lyrical
Manifestations of the Guru" rest in peace!
Keith EE!

It's the gifted
His presence was so influential
Unlimited, that was his reach
And his potential
Rhymes gonna keep you alive, you live through
Universal - love and respect go out to Guru
It's the gifted
His presence was so influential
Unlimited, that was his reach
And his potential
Rhymes gonna keep you alive, you live through
Universal - love and respect go out to Guru

It's a brand new year
You can tell when you hear the cannons
Brooklyn is the heart of the
City from where I'm standing
Watching Ralph McDaniels kept me
Up on my music friday afternoon 4 o'clock
You catch the new shit
A day I will never forget
When I heard Premier cut
''These are the words that I manifest''
Blew my mind
I'm like ''I bet this album fresh''
Premier was dressed like King
Guru was Malcolm X in the video for "Who's
Gonna Take The Weight?"
I came from the same place
I can straight relate
I mean one was from Boston
The other one was from Texas
But when they got together in Brooklyn
It was the next shit
''No More Mr nice Guy'' was good
They got a greater next album
Stepped in the arena like gladiators
It's a daily operation
No opponents for these dudes
Respect is hard to earn without
A moment of truth

It's the gifted
His presence was so influential
Unlimited, that was his reach
And his potential
Rhymes gonna keep you alive, you live through
Universal - love and respect go out to Guru
It's the gifted
His presence was so influential
Unlimited, that was his reach
And his potential
Rhymes gonna keep you alive, you live through
Universal - love and respect go out to Guru

You always reminded me of
What I'm rhyming for
Got me in a New Music Seminar back in '94
You and Black, I was with Rubix, JuJu
And Forté we was snot nosed kids
But you showed us love all day
Then we got the pleasure to tour
You was the realest
You showed us love, it was us, Bahamadia
And Slum Village
Rest in peace Dilla, RIP guru
I rocked with the greats backed
Up by The Roots crew
Blowing a tree with Tariq
Overseas we would speak
It was mostly the voice, so unique
I could hear you put your most to the beat
So complete no matter how big you got you
Was close to the street
Me and Baldhead Slick would sit
Down over a beer
We'd laugh about how people said
I look like Premier at the end of the day
All you wanted was respect
And when people fronted it was
Just to get a rep

It's the gifted
His presence was so influential
Unlimited, that was his reach
And his potential
Rhymes gonna keep you alive, you live through
Universal - love and respect go out to Guru
It's the gifted
His presence was so influential
Unlimited, that was his reach
And his potential
Rhymes gonna keep you alive, you live through
Universal - love and respect go out to Guru

Life is just a dream and what you make of it
People never understood you
And Solaar's relationship
But who am I to question it?
If you say that's your
Peoples that's your peoples
It ain't transparent for me to see through
But all I know is that you showed
Me love when you was with us
You lived for the music
Your life was what you give us
Hear your style, your influence, your life
It still hit us
With the right document the fight
Is still in us i will never stop
Cause whether or not the radio play us
My ability should display a
Soliloquy of chaos
Painting the perfect picture
Trust me when I say that we miss ya
I felt like getting Freddie
Foxxx and Big Shug reforming the militia
Swarming on these niggas
I threw on a Jazzmatazz and
Let my thoughts simmer
Then a storm started blowing in my eyes
I want to eulogize
The truest rhymes gonna keep Guru alive

Some things in this industry, shit be so fake
Make no mistake, one of the best of all time
The God Universal, Ruler Universal
The seventh letter, man
Ain't got no time for petty speakin'
Some things in this industry, shit be so fake
Make no mistake, one of the best of all time
The God Universal, Ruler Universal
The seventh letter, man
Ain't got no time for petty speakin'

It's the gifted
His presence was so influential
Unlimited, that was his reach
And his potential
Rhymes gonna keep you alive, you live through
Universal - love and respect go out to Guru
It's the gifted
His presence was so influential
Unlimited, that was his reach
And his potential
Rhymes gonna keep you alive, you live through
Universal - love and respect go out to Guru