Gang Starr 2 Steps Ahead lyrics

Chumps tryin' me but when they eyein' me
I build in skills and to enhance my chances
I'm thrilled to be involved with solvin' all the problems
With the way that the sound has gone down
So I frown at the scene

Where you be takin' it and like the winds of change
I'll be breakin' it up, shakin' it up
Clearing it out, airing it out, and bearing the clout

On my chest, like a crest that rests
On a tidal wave, only the good I'll save
When I plunge and engulf the ones
Who aren't sons, who converse with [unverified] and make friends

Yo, I recommend that you get back there
And sit back there, contemplate, calculate
And concentrate on these rhymes that I picked to stick
To your mind and then I'll raise you straight

To the next phase 'cause I will amaze
With much force and like the power that comes
From the source which is greater and stronger
Of course if you didn't know, I will tell you
That all the blind, no minds, I give Hell to

And if you comprehend what is said
Then you'll be stayin' two steps ahead

One, two steps ahead
One, two steps ahead
One, two

I can't work with those jerks who front
With the mic, 'cause I never liked fabrications
Wack creations that lack authenticity
For some time in my mind I've been wishin'
The fiends who do would just yield

And at the foot of my bed, I have kneeled
Thus revealed as a gift, I have nurtured
And I hurt ya if you're not knowin'
That the musical need is now growin'

And like a man obsessed
I must go all out, show all out, blow all out
Throw all out, get on out of my path
'Cause I laugh at the ones with no gas


I surpass the class to get geesed
Like the way the ballistic's released
And I won't cease til' I cap them
Or slap the saps with my rappin'

Continue on with my journey
All the negative ones don't concern me
My eyes are wise, I got 'cause to live
Positive

Have to give every way
Every day of my life so I fight for the right
And get hype, so heed what I feed
And get fed then you'll be livin' two steps ahead

One, two steps ahead
One, two steps ahead
One, two

I'm way ahead of you, yes, I'm on top
It's me instead of you with the lyrics
You fear it, so get near it and then you'll hear it
Clear and concise, 'cause I paid the price to be
Talking here, rocking there, shocking here

Stop and stare, then compare if you wish
Because the others fess, I insist
So I will assist you to blend with this
Bend with this, tend with this, fend with this

As I ascend with my orals
You define and defy with high morals
And at the spot, I will stop to throw darts
At the ones who proclaim with no aim

'Cause they don't hold the fame, they're on mine
And since I'm well inclined and divine
I will have to ask you to come in
Move along with the tongue and the drummin'

Progress and let the blessings be read
And you'll be staying two steps ahead

One, two steps ahead
One, two steps ahead
One, two