[00:00:00] You Know My Steez - Gang Starr [00:00:00] Written by:Keith Elam [00:00:01] The real [00:00:04] Hip hop [00:00:05] Mcing and djing from your own mind ya know [00:00:10] I I guess right now we should start the show [00:00:13] Who's the suspicious character strapped with the sounds profound [00:00:16] Similar to rounds spit by derringers [00:00:18] You're in the terrordome like my man chuck d said [00:00:21] It's time to dethrone you clones and all you knuckleheads [00:00:24] 'Cause mc's have used up extended warranties [00:00:26] While real mc's and dj's are a minority [00:00:29] But right about now I use my authority [00:00:32] 'Cause I'm like the wizard and you look lost like dorothy [00:00:35] The horror be when I return for my real people [00:00:37] Words that split wigs hittin' like some double desert eagles [00:00:40] Sportin' caps pulled low and baggy slacks [00:00:42] Subtractin' all the rappers who lack over premier's tracks [00:00:45] Severe facts have brought this rap game to near collapse [00:00:48] So as I have in the past I whup ass [00:00:50] Droppin' lyrics that be hotter than s*x and candlewax [00:00:53] And one dimensional mc's can't handle that [00:00:56] While the world's revolvin' on it's axis [00:00:58] I come with mad love and plus the illest warlike tactics [00:01:01] The wilderness is filled with this so many people [00:01:04] Searching for false lift I'm here with the skills you've missed [00:01:07] The rejected stone is now the cornerstone [00:01:09] Sort of like the master builder when I make my way home [00:01:11] You know my steez [00:01:15] You know my steez [00:01:17] Let 'em know do your thing y'all keep it live [00:01:21] To the beat y'all [00:01:22] The beat is sinister primo makes you relax [00:01:25] I'm like the minister when I be lacin' the wax [00:01:28] I be bringin' salvation through the way that I rap [00:01:30] And you know and I know I'm nice like that [00:01:33] Work through worldly problems I got the healing power [00:01:35] When the mic's within my reach I'm feelin' more power [00:01:38] Stealing at least three minutes of every rap radio hour [00:01:41] It's often easier for one to give advice [00:01:44] Than it is for a person to run one's own life [00:01:47] That's why I can't be caught up in all the hype [00:01:49] I keep my soul tight and let these lines takes flight [00:01:52] The apparatus gets blessed and suckers get put to rest [00:01:54] No more of the unpure I got the cure for this mess [00:01:57] The wackness is spreadin' like the plague [00:01:59] Mc's lucked up and got paid but still [00:02:01] Can't make the f**kin' grade [00:02:03] How many times are wannabe's gonna lie [00:02:05] Yo they must wanna fry they [00:02:06] Can't touch the knowledge I personify [00:02:09] I travel through the darkness carrying my torch [00:02:11] The illest soldier when I'm holding down the fort [00:02:14] You know my steez [00:02:16] Let 'em know do your thing y'all keep it live [00:02:19] You know my steez [00:02:21] Let 'em know do your thing y'all keep it live [00:02:24] You know my steez [00:02:26] Let 'em know do your thing y'all keep it live [00:02:29] You know my steez [00:02:32] Let 'em know do your thing y'all keep it live [00:02:36] The mic [00:02:37] On the microphone you know that I'm one of the best yet [00:02:40] Some punks ain't paid all of their debts yet [00:02:42] Tryin' to be fly ridin' high on the jet set [00:02:45] With juvenile rhymes makin' fake ass death threats [00:02:48] Big deal like en vogue here's something you can feel [00:02:51] Styles more tangible and image more real [00:02:53] For some time now I've held the scrolls and manuscripts [00:02:55] When it's time to go all out you be like damn he flipped [00:02:58] Now I'm sick fed up with the bullsh*t [00:03:00] Got the lyrical full clip giving you a verbal asswhip [00:03:04] Don't trip it's the gifted prolific one [00:03:06] Known as bald head slick why is the press all on my di d*ck [00:03:09] My style be wilder than a kamikaze pilot [00:03:12] Don't try it I'm about to start more than a friggin riot