Certified

[Intro: Guru, (Bilal)]

Niggas gotta know, we've been puttin' it down

This shit is certified right here (Whoo! Yes! Yes)

No games with this right here

Straight to the di-dome, like this (Uhh, uhh...)

[Hook: Bilal]

This right here has been certified

For years... ahhhahhh-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah

He's got soul up in his blueprint, and he's ready to vocalize

So we passin' the mic your way – come on, testify!

[Verse 1: Guru]

Prepare each element with raw street intelligence

Dig the soul, this is–complete elegance

Hot beat delegates, when I spit each melon's hit

Like to build ill, like–repeat felons get

Plus I'm jazzy and like to dress to impress

It's the Baldhead buddha, with the mic caress

And I might suggest, that you broaden your mind

You spend a lot of your time dancin' to fraudulent rhymes

Like a breath of fresh air, we gonna change the pace

Not a mental slave, so save the angry face

It's the return of the mellow voiced maestro, and my flow

Eliminates the comp like Geico

Insurance – just for your body's endurance

You get more for your money, all you partyin' purists

So don't start to get nervous, now that we up in the spot

We've been certified for years, you gonna love it a lot

[Hook: Bilal]

This right here has been certified

For years... ahhhahhh-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah

He's got soul up in his blueprint, and he's ready to vocalize

So we passin' the mic your way – come on, testify!

[Verse 2: Bilal, as Airtight Willie, (Guru)]

Who, me?

That nigga Jay Dee (Jay Dee)

Supplied the beat that I flow to (Uh huh)

Comin' through, with Guru (Guru)

As for me, I be the nigga Airtight, you got to seeeeeeee

In order for you to believeeeeeee

Singin' these words, with easeeeee

Talkin' 'bout – boom - a-shaka-laka

-a-laka-laka-BOOM!

Roll the weed and lose the seeds, asshole

You can breathe three-hundred-and-sixty degrees

Of HEAT, sing with the soul

Straight from the streets, of Illadelph

Move your feet – ahh-HAH, pimp shit (That pimp shit)

Big whips with full clips

Got mad chicks, on my dick

Ridin' by, so say it loud – in yo' face!

[Hook: Bilal]

This right here has been certified

For years... ahhhahhh-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah

He's got soul up in his blueprint, and he's ready to vocalize

So we passin' the mic your way – come on, testify!

[Verse 3: Guru]

Soulful

Tinted window whips, lots of chicks, lots of chips

Anything ain't right, then the brothers gotta flip

You "skinnydip, after a sip of Cognac" rap

Any wack wimp with whiskers, I bomb that cat

Alarm that cat, that when we slide through, abide to

The rules that's been laid down by macks, true like bibles

I'm liable, to come through, seven deep with wizzies

And ditch 'em, while other ladies whisper, "Who is he?"

Then later leave with eight new ones

Me an' Airtight Willie, 'bout to smack you silly with two guns

So hereby, I certify, don't care if you feel hurt if I

Testify, against your false words and lies

Word to God, this is my job, I'm workin' hard every minute

Movin' up in the rat race, city council to senate

So, what, you don't get it? You can't front no more

Been certified for years, can't speak to chumps no more

[Hook: Bilal, (Guru)]

This right here has been certified

For years... ahhhahhh-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah

He's got soul up in his blueprint, and he's ready to vocalize

So we passin' the mic your way – come on, testify!

This right here has been certified (This one right here... has been certified...)

For years... (For years...)

Ahhhahhh-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah (That's right)

He's got soul up in his blueprint (Soul up in his blueprint)

And he's ready to vocalize (Ready to vocalize)

So we passin' the mic your way (Pass the mic this way)

Come on, testify! (Testify)

[Outro: Guru, with Bilal on adlibs]

Heh, like they say, it doesn't hurt to try

This here–is bonafide, baby

Certified, baby – Jazzmatazz, third edition, ha-heh

Gifted Unlimited Rhymes Universal

No rehearsal, certified with virtue

Respect the circle

It's me and the B-I-L-A-L

YouknowhatI'msayin?

Jay Dee, from Pay Jay

Airtight Willie, heh

From Boston to New Yiddy

All the way to Philly

Now in The D, sittin' pretty

Certified