* originally the b side to "love sick" off of in the arena+ now i'm about to get funky. to somethin that plays funky. we gonna do it way i'm gettin funky. to that premier plays i'm the and we'll do it this way now give the credit. it is due give the y'all. where it's due now the credit. where it is due the credit y'all. where it's due I'm heated up, i'm seein folks that are so phony they didn't me when i was broke and i was lonely only a few came to check me, so they first. . and yo our come next g we'd go to a club, the milky way or the the outlaw spots, where the music was hot and you wasn't there, the underrated, real mc's equipped. and used to kick slick lyrics all live, no lipsync to a crate, building skills from instinct i'm tired of people, all excited i'm not trippin on a thing, but i'm delighted to let you know, that some be flim-flammin let you know, that all this time, we been jammin so give up the props hobbes, a flaw if the man deserves it, earns it, it should be law so let him pass through because you got to give the credit where it is due * dj premier up "give it to me" * you know you got to the credit. where it is due give the y'all. where it's due give the credit. it is due the credit y'all. where it's due Some of the dopest mc's don't really get light cause record companies don't really market them right most of the signin acts, they ain't from the street yo they come from the sweet. . soft of town while they be sweatin and pretendin that they know a real rap but i know some guys, and some ladies, that can fill spots mate to promote the greats and educate, and get it and mobilizin the imitators, exposin the core i to explore of remedies for your wack rap sickness as i convey relay, rap quickness in business, i witness trickyness mc's are into stickyness but i'm sayin this, from experience, i'm i didn't get this far overnight, and there's nothin the real thing, the real swing right? (real right?) ("on and on." -> biz) i'm takin things that are so won't you give the credit where it is due * dj cuts up "give it to me" * so yo i'm fed, cause people to talk too much they're misled, and yo they like to too much but let me tell you baby you can't front on twenty-four track mix, with the deep-ass the objective, is to demolish the of the wack takin all the dollars support the brothers who are truly this way, the odds, could be shifted my man, you know he works real hard he's good at he does and now he lives real large so why envy him, or anyone in his just sit and give the credit y'all where it is due Give the credit. where due the credit y'all. where it is due give the credit. where due just the credit y'all. where it is due * dj premier up "give it to me" *