intro:word i miss you,i the god word....a brother,man, he was live Raekwon:he was a general,the smell from his breathe was ballantine this it was the year 89' He stayed the freshest, polo boots, wallies them colorful low goose from Medina, we boost we up in A&S, and dipping to bedstuy Native, he used to beatbox, thousands'll yo, thats before, the wu got on, him and just' and RZA, came to the one morn' A nigga could dance to music, outdrink any nigga on the benches, we hitting reefer, he sold loosies five foot seven a was born, Russel "ason" Jones I know for his braids and a with knowledge 120, kept a flag on his chest a right hand, you quick, serving you Yo, lets toadt to the fallen, forgotten aiyo, if niggas could hear me, roll up some broccoli ason, the of a lion, a purified mind the way he did it, a mic and some wine i never forget the days we used to sit back days i be all up in the crib, listening, holding, align him and yo i just this nigga and now i understand the meaning of love when i the nigga dirty bastard (sample) My name is ol 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 womb i was on welfare,youknowhatimsaying so so so its like you got to keep it nahwhatimean?
He had a heart of gold, intelligent soul day one Loud as the ferry, friend was momma Cherry lady, BK baby, she taught Dirty How to cook, clean, the songs, say the Old school and O.E., Ballantine, the wine We sip, while we sat the O.G.'s Knowledge of self, health The fortunes that came with the game, had my brother It's like wealth ain't enough to for But if you got love in heart, just believe in yourself That was the black man rap, Jesus in the black 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, that's a
[Interlude: ~Ol' Bastard Sample~] See, it's like, ok, I come from In my neighborhood, my people me See, if I try to come any different They ain't gon' respect me no Youknowhatimsaying? they -- you know people Got their thing about themselves, you If you come the neighborhood, youknowhatimsaying You couldn't, you couldn't get out the But you could take the neighborhood out of the people Youknowhatimsaying, but if you try to like and crossover To the other side, people that, and they don't like that That's why they don't be people music See, we keeps it real, and we always keep it real You can't knock what's real, youknowhatimsaying? We the truth, man