intro:word i you,i miss 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 from Medina, we boost we up in A&S, slipping and 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 dance to slow music, outdrink any nigga on the benches, while we hitting reefer, he sold five foot seven a was born, Russel "ason" Jones I know for his and lessons a wiseman with knowledge 120, a flag on his chest a hand, you quick, serving you remy Yo, lets toadt to the fallen, forgotten aiyo, if niggas could hear me, then roll up some 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 used to sit days i be all up in the crib, listening, holding, align him and yo i just miss nigga and now i understand the of love when i kissed the nigga Interlude:ol dirty (sample) My is ol dirty bastard, youknowhatimsayin? 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 you got to keep it real nahwhatimean?
He had a of gold, intelligent soul from day one as the ferry, best friend was momma Cherry Sweet lady, BK baby, she Dirty 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 that came with the game, had my brother insane It's like ain't enough to live for But if you got love in your heart, just in yourself That was the black man rap, baby Jesus in the black Few jewelry pieces with his 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 Allah, that's a blessing
[Interlude: ~Ol' Dirty Sample~] See, it's like, ok, I come from In my neighborhood, my people me Youknowhatimsaying? See, if I try to come any They gon' respect me no more Because they -- you know people Got their thing about themselves, you If you from the neighborhood, youknowhatimsaying You couldn't, you couldn't get out the But you could take the neighborhood out of the people Youknowhatimsaying, but if you try to like jump and To the side, people understand that, and they don't like that That's why they be buying people music See, we keeps it real, and we always gon' it real You knock what's real, youknowhatimsaying? We telling the truth, man