intro:word i you,i miss the god word....a powerful brother,man, he was Raekwon:he was a powerfull general,the from his breathe was ballantine this it was the year 89' He stayed the freshest, polo boots, wallies with them colorful low from Medina, we boost we up in A&S, and dipping to bedstuy Native, he to beatbox, thousands'll listen yo, thats before, the wu got on, him and allah and RZA, came to the island one A nigga could dance to music, outdrink any nigga on the benches, we hitting reefer, he sold loosies five foot seven a legend was born, "ason" Jones I know for his braids and a wiseman 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, then roll up broccoli ason, the heart of a lion, a 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 of love when 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? When i came out my womb i was on welfare,youknowhatimsaying so so so its like you got to it real nahwhatimean?
He had a of gold, intelligent soul from day one Loud as the ferry, best friend was Cherry Sweet lady, BK baby, she Dirty How to cook, clean, the songs, say the Old school dances and O.E., Ballantine, the We sip, we sat with the O.G.'s Knowledge of self, good The fortunes that came with the game, had my brother like wealth ain't enough to live for But if you got love in your heart, believe in yourself That was the black man rap, baby in the black Land' Few jewelry with 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: ~Ol' Dirty Sample~] See, like, ok, where I come from In my neighborhood, my know me Youknowhatimsaying? See, if I try to any different ain't gon' respect me no more Youknowhatimsaying? they -- you know people Got their about themselves, you know If you from the neighborhood, youknowhatimsaying 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 jump and crossover To the other side, people understand that, and they like that why they don't be buying people music See, we keeps it real, and we always gon' it real You can't knock what's real, We telling the truth, man