Itz a Set Up

<br>&quot;we got news for ya&quot; --&gt; scratched by dj premier<br><br><br><br>Chorus: guru and hannibal<br><br><br><br>[guru] while they devise our demise, we grow wise<br><br>[hann] upset the set up, the element of surprise<br><br>[both] itz a set up<br><br>[guru] its time to upset the set up<br><br><br><br>Verse one: guru<br><br><br><br>Though they conspire, fake us to make us retire<br><br>With the burning desire we make it out of the crossfire<br><br>Thoughts are higher, elevating and focused<br><br>While the path is narrow, for those like us<br><br>Primo beats provoke us to meditate like zen<br><br>With the will and the strength, of a million men<br><br>While they introspect, where nothing is met<br><br>Its been that way for a while so much has come and then went<br><br>But Im confident, a few, are due to redeem<br><br>Their respective kingdoms, with an abundance of cream<br><br>So if I were to scheme, it would be on a realer dream<br><br>Like formin effective teams to filter the smokescreens<br><br>You totin in jeans, dont even know the true envy<br><br>The man Im pickin apart, and plus they both were friends to me<br><br>Past trivial pursuits like east and west coast feuds<br><br>Come against me on the mic, many and most will lose<br><br>Like most dudes, I love this hip-hop, and this rap stuff<br><br>But I dont like the shows, where the ignorant act up<br><br>While somell be rippin it, they be in the crowd wildin<br><br>Flippin on kids, for the chains and medallions<br><br>Or the kid they dont like, from a beef from way back<br><br>And decide thats the night, perfect time for payback<br><br>Its wack for the group, plus the others who came<br><br>To see a fat ass show, instead theres bullets aflame<br><br><br><br>Chorus<br><br><br><br>Verse two: hannibal<br><br><br><br>Still waters run deep this is leagues in depth<br><br>Quiet as kept they slept we crept<br><br>Society puts the squeeze on mcs like iron grips of death<br><br>From here on in peace and blessings long cherish your breath<br><br>Gifted and rhyme u now how we do, stay true<br><br>Follow through lay down the law, cause its probable and overdue<br><br>All systems overdue, my guns know me<br><br>I only hold a few my nigga for only a few hold me<br><br>Never forget the ones before me, my momma told me<br><br>Sacrifice for the ones behind me leadin the seeds<br><br>Blind leads, black on black, crime to me<br><br>Inclined to refine my creed I eat thinkin lead<br><br>Conceive to make the beast bleed, enhance thoughts<br><br>Like tossed trees cross the earth three-fourths<br><br>Let my offspring feed all three, corpus delectis cost me<br><br>Lost and found on enemy ground, quoted although<br><br>They dont know how we get down at sound speed we breed<br><br>Mo more confined to blind greed and self destructive deeds<br><br>Heed my freedom war cry, of course Im n.y.<br><br>Hug my peeps that died, the loved ones alive<br><br>Reinforce and fly high as I lie so shall i<br><br>From new I to cali next plateau u.n.i.versal<br><br>Unleash the black rain<br><br>Show em who in control, electro-magnetic<br><br>Pull on the hole, ill as toters bang out<br><br>Til we sittin on swole the strongest way to grow<br><br>The only way I know, underground railroad on track<br><br>No physical or mental chain can shackle that<br><br><br><br>[answering machine messages]