intro:word i you,i miss the god word....a powerful brother,man, he was Raekwon:he was a powerfull general,the smell from his breathe was ballantine it was the year 89' He stayed the freshest, polo boots, wallies with them low goose from Medina, we boost we up in A&S, slipping and to bedstuy Native, he to beatbox, thousands'll listen yo, before, the wu got on, him and allah just' and RZA, to the island one morn' A nigga could to slow music, outdrink any nigga on the benches, we hitting reefer, he sold loosies foot seven a legend was born, Russel "ason" Jones I know for his braids and a wiseman with knowledge 120, kept a flag on his a hand, you quick, serving you remy Yo, lets toadt to the fallen, lost aiyo, if niggas could hear me, then up some broccoli ason, the heart of a lion, a purified the way he did it, with a mic and wine i would forget the days we used to sit back days i be all up in the crib, listening, holding, align him and yo i just miss this and now i understand the of love when i kissed the nigga dirty bastard (sample) My name is ol dirty bastard, i dont hide nothing back, i barely, i mean, i from a family,man of poor welfare, youknowhatimsaying? When i out my mother womb i was on welfare,youknowhatimsaying so so so its you got to keep it real nahwhatimean?
He had a heart of gold, soul from day one Loud as the ferry, best friend was momma Sweet lady, BK baby, she taught How to cook, clean, the songs, say the Old dances and O.E., Ballantine, the wine We sip, we sat with the O.G.'s Knowledge of self, good The fortunes that came with the game, had my insane It's like wealth ain't enough to for But if you got in your heart, just believe in yourself was the black man rap, baby Jesus in the black Land' Few jewelry pieces his gold fangs, his fam (Brooklyn Zu) you know my was ill The first to say, "Yo, keep it real" Yeah, the lover, the father, the hustler, the rap Now he Allah, that's a blessing
[Interlude: ~Ol' Bastard Sample~] See, it's like, ok, I come from In my neighborhood, my know me See, if I try to come any different They gon' respect me no more Youknowhatimsaying? they -- you know people Got their thing themselves, you know If you from the neighborhood, youknowhatimsaying You couldn't, you couldn't get out the But you could never the neighborhood out of the people Youknowhatimsaying, but if you try to like jump and To the other side, people understand that, and they like that That's why they be buying people music See, we it real, and we always gon' keep it real You can't knock what's real, youknowhatimsaying? We the truth, man