intro:word i miss you,i the god word....a brother,man, he was live 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 coming from Medina, we we up in A&S, slipping and dipping to Native, he used to beatbox, thousands'll yo, thats before, the wu got on, him and just' and RZA, came to the island one A nigga dance to slow music, outdrink any nigga on the benches, while we hitting reefer, he loosies five foot seven a legend was born, Russel "ason" I know for his and lessons a wiseman knowledge 120, kept a flag on his chest a right hand, you quick, you remy Yo, lets toadt to the fallen, lost aiyo, if niggas could hear me, then roll up some 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 miss this nigga and now i the meaning of love when i kissed the nigga Interlude:ol dirty (sample) My is ol dirty bastard, youknowhatimsayin? i hide nothing back, i barely, i mean, i come from a family,man of poor welfare, youknowhatimsaying? When i came out my mother i was on welfare,youknowhatimsaying so so so its like you got to keep it real
He had a heart of gold, intelligent from day one Loud as the ferry, friend was momma Cherry Sweet lady, BK baby, she Dirty 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 of self, good health The that came with the game, had my brother insane It's wealth ain't enough to live for But if you got love in heart, just believe in yourself That was the black man rap, baby Jesus in the Land' Few pieces with his gold fangs, his fam (Brooklyn Zu) you know my was ill The first dude to say, "Yo, it real" Yeah, the lover, the father, the hustler, the rap Now he with Allah, a blessing
[Interlude: ~Ol' Dirty Bastard See, it's like, ok, where I from In my neighborhood, my people me Youknowhatimsaying? See, if I try to any different They gon' respect me no more Youknowhatimsaying? Because -- you know people Got their thing themselves, you know If you come from the neighborhood, You couldn't, you couldn't get out the But you could never take the out of the people Youknowhatimsaying, but if you try to like and crossover To the other side, people understand that, and don't like that That's why they don't be buying people See, we it real, and we always gon' keep it real You can't knock real, youknowhatimsaying? We telling the truth, man