[Guru]  
 Now I'm about to get funky.. to somethin that Premier plays  
 Funky.. we gonna do it this way  
 I'm gettin funky.. to somethin that Premier plays  
 I'm the Guru and we'll do it this way  
 Now give the credit.. where it is due  
 Give the credit y'all.. where it's due  
 Now give the credit.. where it is due  
 Give the credit y'all.. where it's due  
  
 I'm heated up, cause I'm seein folks that are so phony  
 They didn't know me when I was broke and I was lonely  
 Only a few came to check me, so they come first..  
 .. and yo our people come next G  
 We'd go to a club, the Milky Way or the Payday  
 The outlaw spots, where the music was real hot  
 And you wasn't there, when the underrated, real MC's  
 came equipped.. and used to kick slick lyrics  
 All live, without no lipsync  
 To a dope crate, building skills from instinct  
 I'm tired of people, gettin all excited  
 I'm not trippin on just a thing, but I'm delighted  
 to let you know, that some others be flim-flammin  
 I'll let you know, that all this time, we been jammin  
 So give up the props Hobbes, jealousy's a flaw  
 If the next man deserves it, earns it, it should be law  
 So let him pass right through  
 Because you got to give the credit y'all where it is due  
  
 * DJ Premier cuts up "give it to me" *  
  
 [Guru]  
 You know you got to give the credit.. where it is due  
 Give the credit y'all.. where it's due  
 Give the credit.. where it is due  
 Give the credit y'all.. where it's due  
  
 Some of the dopest MC's don't really get enough light  
 Cause their record companies don't really market them right  
 Most of the people signin acts, they ain't from the street  
 Cause yo they come from the sweet..  
 .. soft section of town  
 While they be sweatin and pretendin that they know a real rap sound  
 But I know some guys, and some ladies, that can fill those spots mate  
 to promote the real greats  
 and educate, and get it straight  
 And mobilizin the imitators, exposin the explosive core  
 I hope to explore  
 galaxies of remedies for your wack rap sickness  
 as I convey relay, mack rap quickness  
 In this business, I witness trickyness  
 Some MC's are into stickyness  
 But I'm sayin this, from experience, I'm furious  
 I didn't get this far overnight, and there's nothin like  
 the real thing, the real swing right? (real swing right?)  
 ("On and on.." -> Biz) I'm takin things that are true  
 So won't you give the credit y'all where it is due  
  
 * DJ Premier cuts up "give it to me" *  
  
 [Guru]  
 So yo I'm fed, cause people like to talk too much  
 They're misled, and yo they like to sqwak too much  
 But let me tell you baby you can't front on this  
 twenty-four track mix, with the deep-ass kick  
 The objective, is to surely demolish  
 the chances of the wack takin all the dollars  
 Support the brothers who are truly gifted  
 This way, the odds, could never be shifted  
 Like my man, you know he works real hard  
 He's good at what he does and now he lives real large  
 So why envy him, or anyone in his crew  
 Just sit back and give the credit y'all where it is due  
  
 Give the credit.. where it's due  
 Give the credit y'all.. where it is due  
 Give the credit.. where it's due  
 Just give the credit y'all.. where it is due  
  
 * DJ Premier cuts up "give it to me