[00:00.00][Skit: Raekwon, Ghostface Killah & Dealer][00:01.25]So I sold it for the kid, know what I'm sayin'?[00:02.49]Right here, white top, yo, yo, hold on[00:04.35]I'ma go talk to this cat[00:05.33]Yo, kid, what' up, Starks? What up? (Hold on, hold on)[00:07.62]Ayo, yo (What's up, kid?), what up? (What's up, baby?)[00:10.04]Ayo, yo, I just seen this kid over there— over there, right over there by your— by— by your— building and shit[00:14.75]I know he ain't down with your team[00:16.14]Who?[00:17.00]I dunno, some skinny-lookin', big-head nigga, you know what I'm sayin'?[00:20.07]He ain't makin' no f**kin' sales, though (It's funny—)[00:21.68]Yo, son, I just seen five fiends around a nigga, son[00:24.22]F**k, we— we gotta— c'mon, f**k it, let's go over there[00:27.84]Lemme show you niggas, right, hold up— wait up, wait up[00:31.33]Three deep niggas, think niggas don't know what the f**k time it is[00:34.71]Come on, come on, right over there[00:37.23]There he go, right there[00:39.06]There he go, right there, kid[00:40.26]That cat? Word up[00:41.58]Ayo, kid (I'm right behind you)[00:43.49]What the f**k is you doin', man, huh? Huh?[00:45.89]The f**k you talking to?[00:46.58]I'm talking to you (Talkin' to you, what?)[00:48.45]You ain't talking to me[00:49.53]The f**k you talking about?[00:50.57]Open your hand, man, what the f**k is that in your hand, man? What?[00:52.49]Huh? What? The f**k— (Ayo, come here)[00:54.63]The f**k I say? (Oh, shit)[00:56.13]Come here! (Motherf**k—), oh, shit[00:57.38]This my shit, my shit (Get up!) Why? Why? Why?[00:59.76]Get up! Grab that nigga, grab him (Come here, come here)[01:01.53]*Gunshots*[01:02.41]F**k! Move, son! Move! Move, move! Damn, damn[01:05.23]Oh shit, oh shit, oh, shit, yo, yo[01:08.33]Yo, man, yo, son, I'm hit[01:09.90]Man, son, I'm hit (Yo, son)[01:11.55]Come here, son, check— (Damn, son), yo, oh, yo, yo[01:13.89]You bleedin' son, bad, son[01:14.72]Ayo, grab this, grab this, take this, take this[01:16.85]Take this, take this, go on[01:18.24]I'm going over to the God's house, go ahead before the cops come (I'ma throw this shit away, man)[01:20.30]Go ahead, go ahead, son, just go ahead, man, f**k that, man, seventeen[01:23.16]Man, get the f**k outta here, man[01:24.09]Go ahead, man, I'm dying, go ahead, son, go ahead, go ahead[01:26.29]Hold that shit, son[01:27.15]Go ahead, man, go ahead[01:28.26]Niggas tried to assassinate me, man (Damn)[01:29.76]Yo (We gon' get that cat, man)[01:32.21][Intro: Raekwon][01:33.70]It's the remix, son[01:35.60]Can it be, act like you know[01:37.84]Check it[01:39.82][Verse 1: Ghostface Killah][01:40.44]Yo, check what happened out of state[01:41.64]I'm knocking off a half-a-cake, cash rule, flying at a fast rate[01:45.01]I smoked the black dust, kept my hands clutched, I'm falling in lust[01:47.82]Spoiled plus I played my hand like a royal flush[01:50.34]Baggy jeans, Wallabee Clarks, pretty women[01:52.59]I put it in 'em, shot up in 'em, deadly venom[01:55.34]I hung around the big time bosses[01:57.30]Illegal force to exchange thoughts, showing love to all my sources[02:00.68]Spades tried to bag me, like Cagney and Lacey[02:03.20]Chef had that b***h Stacey slippin' in Macy's[02:05.80]I doze off, catch a flashback on how I got trapped[02:08.59]And got licked like Papsy in a mob flick, I got hit[02:11.17]Stumbling, holding my neck to the God's rest[02:13.74]Opened flesh, burgundy blood colored my Guess[02:16.33]Emergency trauma, black teen headed for surgery[02:18.97]Can it be an out of state nigga tried to murder me?[02:21.75]I should've stayed in Job Corp, and now I'm a outlaw[02:25.03]Ray Catena, carry a four-four, nigga[02:27.28][Chorus: Ghostface Killah & Raekwon][02:27.93]Can it be that it was all so simple then? (Dedicated to the Gods and Earths)[02:30.58]Dedicated to babies who came feet first[02:32.25]Can it be that it was all so simple then? (Dedicated to up north and down state)[02:35.54]Dedicated to rich niggas who sell weight[02:37.53]Can it be that it was all so simple then? (Dedicated to projects with black kids)[02:40.53]Dedicated to man who build pyramids[02:42.82][Interlude: Raekwon][02:43.47]Word up, what the f— yo[02:44.74]We taking you on another chamber[02:47.34]Word up, son, you know how we be on it[02:49.71]Yeah, it's real[02:51.11]Show these crabs how to rhyme, man[02:53.28]I think it's time to bless them, word up[02:55.46]B****tproof[02:56.75]First chamber (Hit 'em, Chef), yo, yo[02:58.69][Verse 2: Raekwon][02:59.26]It started off on the Island, AKA Shaolin[03:01.49]Niggas wilding, old folks scream, "Stop the violence!" (The violence)[03:04.29]True, laying up, yo, watching these crack niggas[03:06.80]Play enough crap games for what? See[03:08.98]Back in days, crime pays in mad ways[03:11.42]Sporting Tommy Hil' with caves, three-sixty waves[03:14.10]And no searching for loose ends, now I flex 300 Benz[03:17.37]Mad Timbs with mad diamonds[03:19.32]Now that's the life of the good life, some**mes niggas act trife[03:22.47]I paid the price throughout my hood life[03:24.63]Remember, I got blasted, now that's in the past kid[03:27.78]God forbid I lay in the casket[03:30.12]But now I'm all about G-notes, no time for weed mixed with coke[03:33.67]I wash my mouth out with soap[03:35.33]And got my act together, 'Lo sweaters and better[03:38.13]And phat leathers, so whatever, bring it on[03:40.62][Chorus: Raekwon][03:41.23]Can it be that it was all so simple then? (For real, murderous material stacked up)[03:45.50]Can it be that it was all so simple then? (Peace to mazes, for real)[03:50.63]Can it be that it was all so simple then? (Meditatin' off life)[03:55.80]Can it be that it was all so simple then? (Go)[04:01.36]Can it be that it was all— (Word up, y'all, crazy fly dedications to my people)[04:10.91](Word up, peace to all my brothers)[04:13.54]—all so simple then? (That I ain't gon' see no more)[04:16.94]Can it be that it was all so simple then? (Peace to all the brothers on the Island, up north, word up)[04:22.19]Can it be that it was all so simple then? (Straight up, love you, boy)[04:27.45]Can it be that it was all so simple then? (It's on like that, word up)[04:31.54][Outro: Raekwon][04:32.15]Peace to man, woman and child[04:35.75]Word up (We got you covered, baby)[04:38.66]Projects (We're here for you)[04:40.83]Projects peoples, one love[04:46.04]Keep your head clear, we outta here[04:49.86]Move in silence[04:52.80]Bad boys creatin' the murderous stacks for your headpiece[04:59.48]Bald heads, braids (For real, though)[05:04.89]Blowouts (The Island)[05:08.15]Yo, fly chicks[05:11.97]It's the remix, y'all, for real, the real side[05:18.75](The RZA, check it) Razor blade sharp[05:24.58]Peace to the Clan[05:26.64]No other producer can compare, boy[05:29.77]Word up[05:31.44]Bring it, battle, beats, all types of shit[05:36.19]For real, y'all