[Gladys Knight] Hey, you know, everybody´s talking about the "good old days," right? Everybody! The good old days Well, let´s talk about the good old days!
[Raekwon] Know what I´m sayin´? Take you on this lyrical high real quick 1993 exoticness, know what I´m sayin´? Let´s get technical; where´s your bone at? Get up on that shit, a´ight? Yo!
[Raekwon] Started off on the island, aka Shaolin Niggas wilin´, gun shots thrown, the phone diallin´ Back in the days, I´m 8 now Makin´ a tape now, Rae gotta get a plate now Ignorant and mad young, wanted to be the one ´Til I got (Blaow! Blaow! Blaow!) felt one Yeah, my pops was a fiend since 16 Shootin´ that "that´s that shit!" in his blood stream
That´s the life of a grimy, real-life crimey And niggas know that habit´s behind me Day one, yo, growin´ all up in the ghetto Now I´m a weed fiend jettin´ to Palmetto In Medina, yo, no doubt, the god got crazy clout Pushin´ the big joint from down South So if you´re filthy stacked up, better watch your back and duck ´Cause these fiends, they got it cracked up Now my man from up North, now he got the loft It´s solid as a rock and crazy salt No jokes, I´m not playin´, get his folks Desert Eagle his dick and put him in a yoke And to know for sure, I got reck and rip shop I pointed a gat at his mother´s knot (Yo, Rae, don´t do that shit, man! Don´t do that shit!) Fuck that!
[Raekwon + (Ghostface Killah)] Dedicated to the winners and the losers (Dedicated to all Jeeps and Land Cruisers) *Can it be that it was all so simple then?* Dedicated to the 5´s, 850i´s (Dedicated to niggas who do drive-by´s) *Can it be that it was all so simple then?* Dedicated to the Lexus and the Ac´s (Dedicated to MPV´s: phat!)
[Ghostface Killah (Raekwon)] Kickin´ the fly clichés, doin´ duets with Rae and A Happens to make my day Though I´m tired of bustin´ off shots, havin´ to rock knots Runnin´ up in spots and makin´ shit hot
I´d rather flip shows instead of those Hangin´ on my livin´ room wall, my first joint and it went gold! I want to lamp, I want to be in the shade Plus the spotlight, gettin´ my dick rode all night I want to have me a phat yacht And enough land to go and plant my own sess crops But for now it´s just a big dream ´Cause I find myself in a place where I´m last seen My thoughts must be relaxed, be able to maintain ´Cause times is changed and life is strange The glorious days is gone and everybody´s doin´ bad Yo, mad lives is up for grabs Brothers passin´ away, I gotta make wakes Receivin´ all types of calls from Upstate
Yo, I can´t cope with the pressure, settlin´ for lesser The God left lessons on my dresser So I can bloom and blossom, find a new way To continue to make more hits with Rae and A Sunshine plays a major part in the daytime Peace to mankind, Ghostface carry a black 9, nigga Word up, it´s all like that… yeah)
[ Interview]
[Method Man] It´s like this, I´ma start from the top Inspectah Deck, he´s like He´s like that dude that´ll sit back and watch you Play yourself and all that, right?
And see you sit there and know you lyin´ And he´ll take you to court after that ´Cause he the Inspectah, that´s why he the and And also he the Rebel I.N.S. You know what I´m sayin´? And Shallah Raekwon, he the Chef He cookin´ up some marvelous shit to get your mouth waterin´ On some "oh shit" Then, then it´s, then it´s the Method Man It´s like mad different methods to the way I do my shit
[Raekwon] You gotta smoke a bean in here, anyhow
[Method Man] And I´m tellin´ you, mine
Basically Method Man is like Roll that shit, light that shit, smoke it And then Baby U, he a psychopathic He a psychopathic thinker And and, then we got, then we got the Ol´ Dirty Bastard ´Cause there ain´t no father to his style That´s why he the Ol´ Dirty Bastard Ghostface Killah, you know what I´m sayin´? He on some "now you see me, now you don´t" Know what I´m sayin´? And and, the RZA He the sharpest motherfucka in the whole Clan He always on point, razor sharp With the beats, with the rhymes, whatever, any DJ
[Raekwon] And the GZA, the G is just the Genius He, he´s the backbone of the whole shit
[RZA] It´s self-explanatory, Genius, word
[Method Man] He the head, let´s put it that way We form like Voltron, and GZA happen to be the head You know what I´m sayin´?
[Interviewer] Yeah, yeah, that´s cool So what´s like, I mean what´s like Your ultimate goal against in this in this industry?
[Method Man] Domination, baby, fuck that
[Raekwon] Can I say this one? Can I say this one? Right now, right now, we still, we still Feel like we ain´t get what we want yet When we get, when we get, when we get a little props And really really get the way we gotta go That´s when you know it´s on You know what I´m sayin´? ´Cause right about now, I ain´t braggin´ or nothin´ But yo, the Wu, the Wu got somethin´ That I know that everybody wanna hear ´Cause I know I´ve been waitin´ to hear You know what I´m sayin´? But straight up and down, ´til we get the goal We gon´ keep goin´
[Method Man] Yeah, ´cause we tryin´ to do all this We tryin´ to make a business outta this, man We ain´t tryin´ to-- know what I´m sayin´? Affiliate ourselves with them fake-ass A&Rs and all that We tryin´ to make our own shit So that when our children, word So that when our children, all our seeds and whatever They got somethin´ for theyselves right there
[Ghostface Killah] We ain´t tryin´ to hop in and hop out right quick Know what I´m sayin´? We out for the Gusto, and we gon´ keep it raw You know what I´m sayin´? (Word)