Gang Starr

The Question Remains

Gang Starr


[Guru] 
The question remains.. which MC's will reign 
Which ones will gainhow many suckers will feel pain 
"Ask yourself the same question" 
"What is it.." 

Phrases I spit like slugs after I sip from my mug 
Life is buggedthe bassline groove is my drug 
Now that you feel meyo here's some advice 
All you foul niggaz gonna pay the fuckin price 
So take that phony hardcore look off your grill 
Cause I be stompin ya still with the intent to kill 
This is a battle rhyme in case you haven't noticed 
You get replaced you get demoted 
I give chumps cranium lumps just like Louisville 
I stand tall, just like the Catskill Mountains 
Preyin like a cougar ready to pounce and 
denouncin, all the unrealistic fake gangsters 
fake mystics; so let me make this specific 
You know we're nearest the original gifted 
Rhymes get twisted, brain cells dissolve 
As the world revolves, wack crews lick my balls 
They can't deal with the realism 
When they go for the mic, they better bring their steel with them 
They're gonna need crazy help 
When I get down for mine, murderin suckers for delf 

"Ask yourself the same question" 
"What is it.." 
The question remains.. which MC's will reign 
Which ones will gain, how many suckers will feel pain 
"Ask yourself the same question" 
"What is it.." 

So umm.. "THERE'S NO NEED TO WORRY!" 
My sight is never blurry, I hit you with the flurry 
of rhymes and laws, combined with raw style and grace 
You're just a pile of waste if you can't place in this rap race 
I've been here, I'm stayin, what, think I'm playin? 
I've been down, I came up, the hard way, I'm sayin 
Bless my Pops he's divine 
but what he owns is his, and what's mine is mine 
So God bless the child in the streets that's wild 
I can easily pull, a perpin MC's file 
You can study for years and be the world's top scholar 
Out here, life's a gamble, people scramble for dollars 
With the textbook sense, you can still be dense 
Rather master the game than dwell in sorrow and shame 
I'm a survivor, so I'ma always remain 
the little nigga with the voice to leave a stain on your brain 

"Ask yourself the same question" 
.. 
The question remains.. which MC's will reign 
Which ones will gain, how many suckers will feel pain 
"Ask yourself the same question" 
"What is it.." 
The question remains.. which MC's will reign 
Which ones will gain, how many suckers will feel pain 
"Ask yourself the same question" 
"What is it.." 

My microphone, is CALLIN 
So I'm one-two checkin, and yes yes y'allin 
Fallen, heroes are zeroes, I ain't down with the weirdos 
I'm true to the game, fuck fame, peep my concerto 
And yea though I walk through the valley, from Brooklyn to Cali 
Huh, I leave the real niggaz rallied 
Cause I ain't fakin no jax, MC's are taken aback 
Cause the songs they be makin crazy wack 
So I subtract them, I'm one ill black man 
I pack man, liable to cap when I'm rappin 
So all that's left is the bloodstains 
but still the question remains 

"Ask yourself the same question" 
"What is it.." 
The question remains.. which MC's will reign 
Which ones will gain, how many suckers will feel pain 
"Ask yourself the same question" 
"What is it.." 
The question remains.. which MC's will reign 
Which ones will gain, how many suckers will feel pain 
"Ask yourself the same question" 
"What is it.."