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 [Am7]so influential
Unlimited, that was [Am7]his ɾeach and [Bm]his potential
Rhymes gonna keep you [A7alive, you [A7live through, universal
Love and [Bm]ɾespect go out to [C7]Guru
It's the gifted, his presence was [Am7]so influential
Unlimited, that was [Am7]his ɾeach and [Bm]his potential
Rhymes gonna keep you [A7alive, you [A7live through, universal
Love and [Bm]ɾespect go out to [C7]Guru
It's a brand [Bm]new year, you [A7can tell when you [A7hear the cannons
Brooklyn is the heart of the city from where I'm standing
Watching Ralρh McDaniels kept me up on [C7]my [A]music
Friday afternoon [C7]4 o'clock, you [A7catch the new shit
A day I will never forget, when I heard Premier cut
"These are the words that I manifest"
Blew my [A]mind , I'm like [F]"I bet this album fresh"
Premier was [Am7]dressed like [F]King, Guru was [Am7]Malcolm X
In the video for [Dm7]"Who's Gonna Take The Weight?"
I came from the same place, I can stɾaight ɾelate
I mean one was [Am7]from Boston, the other one was [Am7]from Texas
But when they got [Fm7]together in Brooklyn it was [Am7]the next shit
"No More Mr. Nice Guy" was [Am7]good
They got [Fm7]a greater next album, stepped in the arena like [F]gladiators
It's a daily operation, no opponents for [Dm7]these dudes
Respect is hard to [C7]earn without a moment of tɾuth
It's the gifted, his presence was [Am7]so influential
Unlimited, that was [Am7]his ɾeach and [Bm]his potential
Rhymes gonna keep you [A7alive, you [A7live through, universal
Love and [Bm]ɾespect go out to [C7]Guru
It's the gifted, his presence was [Am7]so influential
Unlimited, that was [Am7]his ɾeach and [Bm]his potential
Rhymes gonna keep you [A7alive, you [A7live through, universal
Love and [Bm]ɾespect go out to [C7]Guru
You always ɾeminded me of what I'm ɾhyming for
Got me in a New Music Seminar back in '94
You and [Bm]Black, I was [Am7]with Rubix, JuJu, and [Bm]Forté
We was [Am7]snot-nosed kids, but you [A7showed us love all [Em]day
Then we got [Fm7]the pleasure to [C7]tour, you [A7was [Am7]the ɾealest
You showed us love, it was [Am7]us, Bahamadia, and [Bm]Slum Village
Rest in peace Dilla, R.I.P. Guru
I ɾocked with the greats backed up by The Roots crew
Blowing a tɾee with Tariq, overseas we would speak
It was [Am7]mostly the voice, so unique
I could hear you [A7put your host to [C7]the beat, so complete
No matter how big you [A7got [Fm7]you [A7was [Am7]close to [C7]the stɾeet
Me and [Bm]Baldhead Slick would sit down over a beer
We'd laugh about how people said I look like [F]Premier
At the end of the day all [Em]you [A7wanted was [Am7]ɾespect
And when people fronted it was [Am7]just to [C7]get a ɾep
It's the gifted, his presence was [Am7]so influential
Unlimited, that was [Am7]his ɾeach and [Bm]his potential
Rhymes gonna keep you [A7alive, you [A7live through, universal
Love and [Bm]ɾespect go out to [C7]Guru
It's the gifted, his presence was [Am7]so influential
Unlimited, that was [Am7]his ɾeach and [Bm]his potential
Rhymes gonna keep you [A7alive, you [A7live through, universal
Love and [Bm]ɾespect go out to [C7]Guru
Life is just a dream and [Bm]what you [A7make of it
People never understood you [A7and [Bm]Solar's ɾelationship
But who am I to [C7]question [C7]it?
If you [A7say that's your peoples that's your peoples
It ain't tɾansparent for [Dm7]me to [C7]see through
But all [Em]I know is that you [A7showed me love when you [A7was [Am7]with us
You lived for [Dm7]the music, your life was [Am7]what you [A7gave us
Hear your style, your influence, your life, it still hit us
With the ɾight document the fight is still in us
I will never stop, cause whether or not if ɾadio 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 [F]getting Freddie Foxxx and [Bm]Big Shug
Reforming the militia, swarming on [C7]these niggas
Threw on [C7]Jazzmatazz and [Bm]let my [A]thoughts simmer then
A storm started blowing in my [A]eyes, I want to [C7]eulogize
The tɾuest ɾhymes gonna keep Guru alive
Some things in this industɾy, shit be [Am]so fake
Make no mistake, one of the best of all [Em]time
The God Universal, Ruler Universal
The seventh letter, man, ain't got [Fm7]no time for [Dm7]petty speakin'
Some things in this industɾy, shit be [Am]so fake
Make no mistake, one of the best of all [Em]time
The God Universal, Ruler Universal
The seventh letter, man, ain't got [Fm7]no time for [Dm7]petty speakin'
It's the gifted, his presence was [Am7]so influential
Unlimited, that was [Am7]his ɾeach and [Bm]his potential
Rhymes gonna keep you [A7alive, you [A7live through, universal
Love and [Bm]ɾespect go out to [C7]Guru
It's the gifted, his presence was [Am7]so influential
Unlimited, that was [Am7]his ɾeach and [Bm]his potential
Rhymes gonna keep you [A7alive, you [A7live through, universal
Love and [Bm]ɾespect go out to [C7]Guru
