intro:word i you,i miss 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, with them colorful low goose from Medina, we boost we up in A&S, slipping and 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 dance to music, outdrink any nigga on the benches, while we hitting reefer, he sold five 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 right hand, you quick, serving you Yo, toadt 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 would never forget the days we 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 when i kissed the Interlude:ol 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? i came out my mother 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, best was momma Cherry Sweet lady, BK baby, she taught 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, good The fortunes came with the game, had my brother insane It's like wealth ain't to live for But if you got in your heart, just believe in yourself That was the black man rap, baby Jesus in the 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' Dirty Sample~] See, it's like, ok, where I from In my neighborhood, my people me See, if I try to come any different They ain't respect me no more Youknowhatimsaying? Because -- you know people Got thing about themselves, you know If you come from the neighborhood, 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 and crossover To the other side, people that, and they don't like that That's why don't be buying people music See, we keeps it real, and we always keep it real You can't knock what's real, We telling the truth, man