G.u.r.u. Lyrics - Dj Premier

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 E.E.! 

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 

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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, R.I.P. 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 host 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 

Photos 

Life is just a dream and what you make of it 

People never understood you and Solar'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 gave 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 if 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 

Threw on 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'