Credit Is Due - GangStarr

* 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 gu