Artist: Gang Starr

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Credit Is Due

* originally the b-side to "Love Sick" off of +Step in the Arena+

[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" *

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Other Songs by this Artist

1. 1/2 And 1/2
2. 2 Deep
3. 2 Steps Ahead
4. Above Clouds
5. Above the Clouds
6. All 4 Tha Cash
7. Alongwaytogo
8. As I Read My S-a
9. B.i. Vs. Friendship
10. B.y.s.
11. Battle
12. Betrayal
13. Beyond Comprehension
14. Blowin’ Up The Spot
15. Brainstorm
16. Capture (Militia Part 3)
17. Cause And Effect
18. Check The Technique
19. Code Of The Streets
20. Comin’ For Datazz
21. Conscience Be Free
22. Conspiracy
23. Credit Is Due
24. Deadly Habitz
25. Discipline
26. Doe in Advance
27. Dwyck
28. Eulogy
29. Ex Girl To The Next Girl
30. Execution Of A Chump (no More Mr. Nice Guy Pt. 2)
31. F.a.l.a.
32. Flip The Script
33. Form Of Intellect
34. Full Clip
35. Gotch U
36. Gotta Get Over (Takin Loot)
37. Gusto
38. Hardcore Composer
39. Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
40. Hiney
41. I’m The Man
42. In Memory Of...
43. In This Life...
44. It’s Gettin Hectic
45. It’z A Set Up
46. Jazz Music
47. Jazz Thing (Video Version)
48. JFK 2 LAX
49. Just To Get A Rep
50. Knowledge
51. Lovesick
52. Make ’em Pay
53. Manifest
54. Mass Appeal
55. Moment Of Truth
56. Mostly Tha Voice
57. Much Too Much (mack A Mil)
58. My Advice 2 You
59. Name Tag (premier & The Guru)
60. Natural
61. New York Strait Talk
62. Next Time
63. Nice Girl, Wrong Place
64. No More Mr. Nice Guy
65. No Shame In My Game
66. Now You’re Mine
67. Peace of Mine
68. PLAYTAWIN
69. Positivity
70. Positivity (Remix)
71. Precisely The Right Rhymes
72. Premier & The Guru
73. Put Up or Shut Up
74. Remainez
75. Riot Akt
76. Robbin Hood Theory
77. Royalty
78. Sabotage
79. Same Team, No Games
80. Say Your Prayers
81. She Knowz What She Wants
82. Skills
83. So Wassup
84. Soliloquy Of Chaos
85. Speak Ya Clout
86. Stay Tuned
87. Step In The Arena
88. Street Ministry
89. Suckaz Need Bodyguards
90. Take A Rest
91. Take It Personal
92. Take Two And Pass
93. The Illest Brother
94. The Mall
95. The Meaning Of The Name
96. The Militia
97. The Militia II (Remix)
98. The Ownerz
99. The Place Where We Dwell
100. The Planet
101. The Rep Grows Bigga
102. The Squeeze
103. Tons O Guns
104. Werdz From the Ghetto Child
105. What I’m Here 4
106. What You Want This Time
107. Who Got Guns
108. Who’s Gonna Take The Weight
109. Words from the Nutcracker
110. Work
111. Work Remix
112. You Know My Steez
113. You Know My Steez (3 Men and a Lady Remix)
114. Zonin’