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 was ballantine this 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, and dipping to bedstuy Native, he used to beatbox, thousands'll yo, thats before, the wu got on, him and allah 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 five foot seven a was born, Russel "ason" Jones I for his braids and lessons a with knowledge 120, kept a flag on his chest a right hand, you quick, serving you Yo, lets to the fallen, lost forgotten aiyo, if niggas could hear me, roll up some broccoli ason, the heart of a lion, a purified the way he did it, with a mic and wine i would never forget the days we to sit back days i be all up in the crib, listening, holding, align him and yo i just miss nigga and now i understand the meaning of love i kissed the nigga Interlude:ol dirty (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? i came out my mother womb 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, best friend was momma lady, BK baby, she taught Dirty How to cook, clean, the songs, say the Old dances 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 insane It's wealth ain't enough to live for But if you got love in your heart, just in yourself That was the man rap, baby Jesus in the black Land' Few jewelry pieces his gold fangs, his fam (Brooklyn Zu) you my brother was ill The first to say, "Yo, keep it real" Yeah, the lover, the father, the hustler, the rap Now he with Allah, a blessing
[Interlude: Dirty Bastard Sample~] See, it's like, ok, 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 -- you know people Got their about themselves, you know If you come the neighborhood, youknowhatimsaying You couldn't, you get out the neighborhood But you could never the neighborhood out of the people Youknowhatimsaying, but if you try to like jump and To the other side, people that, and they don't like that That's why they be buying people music See, we keeps it real, and we gon' keep it real You can't knock real, youknowhatimsaying? We telling the truth, man