Guru: Down the backstreets

(feat. Lonnie Liston Smith)[Guru]Down the backstreets, down the backstreetsDown the backstreets, down the backstreets(I'm walkin down the backstreets)Down the backstreets, down the backstreetsDown the backstreets, down the backstreets(I be walkin down the backstreets)Yo, here goes some info on my flow and how I moveto a def groove, I keep my rep smoothOn the down-low, I travel with my mind to the streetConcrete, like the gravel I'm in deepSo I gotta hit ya from a real perspectiveCause anyone who's talkin that crap, will surely get hisI'm not the one to act flashyCause man where I be at, we don't have to be classyDown the backstreets, down the backstreetsDown the backstreets, down the backstreets(I'm walkin down the backstreets)Down the backstreets, down the backstreetsDown the backstreets, down the backstreets(I be walkin down the backstreets)Down the backstreets, down the backstreetsDown the backstreets, down the backstreets(Walkin down the backstreets)Down the backstreets, down the backstreetsDown the backstreets, down the backstreets(I be walkin down the backstreets)Check it stupidWhile you're out there, on the main streets frontinYour game's week, so I'm huntin you down clownCause you need to learn somethinAll that bluffin, won't get you nothin but killedNo mission fulfilled, because there's others who willget jealous, hell if they can take clout from you, they'll do itSo that's what I'm about to do, I'll step to itand strip you of your pride (your pride)And then I'll stick and I'll rip you up from all sidesor possibly I'll let you slide, slimeCause you'll set your own death in just a matter of timeYeah, and I'll be somewhere on the sidelines, y'knowDown the backstreets, down the backstreetsDown the backstreets, down the backstreets(Walkin down the backstreets)Down the backstreets, down the backstreetsDown the backstreets, down the backstreets(I be walkin down the backstreets)So when you're lookin for me, here's where I'll beI'll be walkin down the backstreets in your vicinityCause I been out here for a fewSo all that you're doin, ain't really nothin new (nothin new)I peeped the way you always perpetrateYou're so phony, you make me wanna regurgitateSince you're ridin so high, you're bound to fallwhile I stand tall, and you don't get no props at all out hereDown the backstreets, down the backstreetsDown the backstreets, down the backstreets(walkin down the backstreets)Down the backstreets, down the backstreetsDown the backstreets, down the backstreets(I be walkin down the backstreets)Down the backstreets, down the backstreetsDown the backstreets, down the backstreets(Walkin down the backstreets)Down the backstreets, down the backstreets(It's the backstreets)Down the backstreets, down the backstreets(In your backstreets)Down the backstreets, is a mind stateCause I don't have to be a pop star to rhyme greatI've been out here observin thingsSo now all fake gangsters and pranksters I'm servinYouknowhatI'msayin? I'm the kingCome down the backstreets where it's darkI'ma snatch your heartSo get a handle on life and quit livin so trifeOr else we're gonna have to run up, and SMACK all the weakComin straight from the backstreetsAnd I'm out, ninety-three, it's all me