intro:word i you,i miss the god word....a powerful brother,man, he was was a powerfull general,the smell from his breathe was ballantine this it was the year 89' He stayed the freshest, boots, wallies with them colorful low goose coming Medina, we boost we up in A&S, and dipping to bedstuy Native, he used to beatbox, listen yo, before, the wu got on, him and allah just' and RZA, came to the island one A nigga could to slow music, outdrink any nigga on the benches, while we hitting reefer, he loosies foot seven a legend was born, Russel "ason" Jones I know for his and lessons a wiseman with knowledge 120, kept a flag on his a right hand, you quick, you remy Yo, lets to the fallen, lost forgotten aiyo, if niggas could hear me, then up some broccoli ason, the of a lion, a purified mind the way he did it, with a mic and some i never forget the days we used to sit back i be all up in the crib, listening, holding, align him and yo i just miss this nigga and now i understand the meaning of love i kissed the nigga Interlude:ol 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 of gold, intelligent soul from day one Loud as the ferry, best 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 Knowledge of self, health The fortunes that came with the game, had my brother It's like ain't enough to live for But if you got love in your heart, believe in yourself That was the black man rap, baby Jesus in the black Few jewelry 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 Allah, that's a blessing
[Interlude: ~Ol' Dirty Sample~] See, like, ok, where I come from In my neighborhood, my people me Youknowhatimsaying? See, if I try to come any They ain't gon' me no more Youknowhatimsaying? Because they -- you people Got their thing themselves, you know If you from the neighborhood, youknowhatimsaying You couldn't, you get out the neighborhood But you could take the neighborhood out of the people Youknowhatimsaying, but if you try to like and crossover To the other side, understand that, and they don't like that That's why they don't be people music See, we it real, and we always gon' keep it real You can't knock what's real, We telling the truth, man