intro:word i you,i miss the god word....a brother,man, he was live Raekwon:he was a powerfull general,the 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 to beatbox, thousands'll listen yo, before, the wu got on, him and allah just' and RZA, came to the island one A nigga could dance to slow music, any nigga on the benches, while we reefer, he sold loosies five foot a legend was born, Russel "ason" Jones I know for his and lessons a wiseman with knowledge 120, kept a on his chest a hand, you quick, serving you remy Yo, lets toadt to the fallen, lost aiyo, if niggas could hear me, roll 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 days i be all up in the crib, listening, holding, him and yo i just miss this nigga and now i understand the meaning of love i kissed the nigga dirty bastard (sample) My name is ol dirty bastard, i dont 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 soul 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, good The fortunes that with the game, had my brother insane like wealth ain't enough to live for But if you got love in your heart, just believe in 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 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 come 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 themselves, you know If you from the neighborhood, youknowhatimsaying You couldn't, you get out the neighborhood But you could never take the out of the people Youknowhatimsaying, but if you try to like jump and To the other side, people understand that, and they don't that That's why they be buying people music See, we keeps it real, and we gon' keep it real You can't knock what's real, We telling the truth, man