G.U.R.U. (Explicit)-Marco Polo/DJ Premier/Talib Kweli

[ti:G.U.R.U. ] [ar:Marco Polo] [al:G.U.R.U. (feat. DJ Premier & Talib Kweli) - Single] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]G.U.R.U. - Marco Polo/DJ Premier/Talib Kweli [00:02.30]I remember Bahamadia told me once [00:04.66]When she was rollin' around with Guru [00:06.22]That he rolled up on this wack MC and said [00:08.57]You cannot test the lyrical manifestations of the Guru [00:12.40] [00:14.84]Rest in peace [00:15.65] [00:16.76]Keith E [00:17.52] [00:20.65]It's the gifted his presence was so influential [00:23.02]Unlimited that was his reach and his potential [00:25.79]Rhymes gonna keep you alive you live through universal [00:28.98]Love and respect go out to Guru [00:31.10]It's the gifted his presence was so influential [00:33.21]Unlimited that was his reach and his potential [00:35.97]Rhymes gonna keep you alive you live through universal [00:39.20]Love and respect go out to Guru [00:41.25]It's a brand new year you can tell when you hear the cannons [00:43.74]Brooklyn is the heart of the city from where I'm standing [00:46.34]Watching Ralph McDaniels kept me up on my music [00:48.87]Friday afternoon 4 o'clock you catch the new sh*t [00:51.67]A day I will never forget when I heard Premier cut [00:54.22]''These are the words that I manifest'' [00:56.46]Blew my mind I'm like ''I bet this album fresh'' [00:59.00]Premier was dressed like King Guru was Malcolm X [01:01.46]In the video for "Who's Gonna Take The Weight " [01:04.10]I came from the same place I can straight relate [01:06.49]I mean one was from Boston the other one was from Texas [01:09.35]But when they got together in Brooklyn it was the next sh*t [01:12.05]''No More Mr Nice Guy'' was good [01:13.54]They got a greater next album stepped in the arena like gladiators [01:16.80]It's a daily operation no opponents for these dudes [01:19.65]Respect is hard to earn without a moment of truth [01:22.07]It's the gifted his presence was so influential [01:24.46]Unlimited that was his reach and his potential [01:27.28]Rhymes gonna keep you alive you live through universal [01:30.63]Love and respect go out to Guru [01:32.48]It's the gifted his presence was so influential [01:34.84]Unlimited that was his reach and his potential [01:37.46]Rhymes gonna keep you alive you live through universal [01:40.89]Love and respect go out to Guru [01:43.03]You always reminded me of what I'm rhyming for [01:45.51]Got me in a New Music Seminar back in '94 [01:48.24]You and Black I was with Rubix JuJu and Forté [01:50.72]We was snot-nosed kids but you showed us love all day [01:53.10]Then we got the pleasure to tour you was the realest [01:55.67]You showed us love it was us Bahamadia and Slum Village [01:58.63]Rest in peace Dilla R I P Guru [02:00.76]I rocked with the greats backed up by The Roots crew [02:03.69]Blowing a tree with Tariq overseas we would speak [02:06.44]It was mostly the voice so unique [02:08.36]I could hear you put your host to the beat so complete [02:10.96]No matter how big you got you was close to the street [02:13.48]Me and Baldhead Slick would sit down over a beer [02:16.11]We'd laugh about how people said I look like Premier [02:18.62]At the end of the day all you wanted was respect [02:21.20]And when people fronted it was just to get a rep [02:23.39]It's the gifted his presence was so influential [02:26.01]Unlimited that was his reach and his potential [02:28.90]Rhymes gonna keep you alive you live through universal [02:32.17]Love and respect go out to Guru [02:34.12]It's the gifted his presence was so influential [02:36.44]Unlimited that was his reach and his potential [02:39.16]Rhymes gonna keep you alive you live through universal [02:42.46]Love and respect go out to Guru [02:44.36] [02:45.05]Life is just a dream and what you make of it [02:47.36]People never understood you and Solar's relationship [02:49.68]But who am I to question it [02:51.12]If you say that's your peoples that's your peoples [02:52.82]It ain't transparent for me to see through [02:54.78]But all I know is that you showed me love [02:56.50]When you was with us [02:57.40]You lived for the music your life was what you gave us [02:59.83]Hear your style your influence your life it still hit us [03:02.28]With the right document the fight is still in us [03:05.26]I will never stop cause whether or not if radio play us [03:07.74]My ability should display a soliloquy of chaos [03:10.17]Painting the perfect picture [03:11.35]Trust me when I say that we miss ya [03:13.23]I felt like getting Freddie Foxxx and Big Shug [03:15.24]Reforming the militia swarming on these niggas [03:17.82]Threw on Jazzmatazz and let my thoughts simmer then [03:20.57]A storm started blowing in my eyes I want to eulogize [03:23.11]The truest rhymes gonna keep Guru alive [03:25.63]Some things in this industry sh*t be so fake [03:27.99]Make no mistake one of the best of all time [03:30.39]The God Universal Ruler Universal [03:33.06]The seventh letter man ain't got no time for petty speakin' [03:35.68]Some things in this industry sh*t be so fake [03:38.25]Make no mistake one of the best of all time [03:40.63]The God Universal Ruler Universal [03:43.56]The seventh letter man ain't got no time for petty speakin' [03:46.03]It's the gifted his presence was so influential [03:48.27]Unlimited that was his reach and his potential [03:51.02]Rhymes gonna keep you alive you live through universal [03:54.35]Love and respect go out to Guru [03:56.20]It's the gifted his presence was so influential [03:58.56]Unlimited that was his reach and his potential [04:01.27]Rhymes gonna keep you alive you live through universal [04:04.54]Love and respect go out to Guru