Intro: Prince Rakeem/Ryzarector
It is written [manifest]
That all men are brothers [prophecy]
We come like blood brothers [word is bond]
Cause blood is thicker than water [ain't alike]
From the misty grounds [from the unknown]
The shadows [the deep]
The darkness [the triple darkness]
Gravediggaz [my blood brother]
The RZA
Verse One:
I grew up in the violent island of Shaolin
Fifty-five home and cease thoughts implore
When jackpot rot was hot, I was not
A rusty-a** child with tears and snots
Acquired the knowledge, how to master my thoughts
My skinny frail body couldn't f*** with the sports
Six feet two still wack on the court
So I stalked New York with a black pitchfork
My style date back to ninety-watt
cuttin the box, while I be clocks with no socks
Remember the days before your pants would sag
Puerto Ricans on the block just throwin up tags
Verse Two: Fruitkwan/Gatekeeper
Yo I was born with a rusty spoon as a mouthpiece
Life was hard cause the graves was my company
Hang with my problems just as trouble predicted
to cross the path, as I laugh at the vic-ted
No warmth for sure, the vents would spit average
watchin devils, fiend like a savage
Blood brothers need me call, ooh-OOH!!!
In a minute, a minute, Ghostface and all, check it
With the Grym and the Undertake
Devil's get baked I'll stiff your a** like an eighth
Tortures and screams building up my steam
Death to whoever b**rushes through the bloodstream
Yo somethin ain't right I don't get it
I feel a vibe blood brothers are you with it
If I have to choose one or the other
Back the f*** up spook, yo that's my blood brother
Chorus: Too Poetic/Grym Reaper
All, all, all and together
Blood brothers, rollin together
Repeat 4X
Verse Two: Too Poetic/Grym Reaper
Back in the days of Lee's and BVD's
I grew up deceived, by wicked enemies
My lifespan began to dim in the error
When you can't even trust the man in the mirror
Now Gravedigga n***** receive my trust
and like Christ, we walk among the thieves and the s****
I bring stress like skins on PMS
The street's a b***** mess, there ain't no EMF
in sight my thoughts are to leave the slums
I hustle with beats and drums not keys and guns
My feet are numb, as I walk my dogs
I cut off the fogs with the Gravedigga swords
Life parole, as me and my man is violated
Hookers are neutered and spay-ted
Snakes are decapitated, and castrated
n***** is lost your whole Ark is bein raided
Shows today are hectic, n*****'ll wreck s***
Lift off rounds and jet quick
This piece is gettin heated
Cause a rush, a stampedin
Devils are all defeated by the blood brothers
Chorus
Verse Three: Fruitkwan/Gatekeeper, Ryzarector
Yeahhh, as the earth erupts
I conduct to destruct your rucks when I big up
Catastrophes are blaspheme
Pour a container of brains on your grave through a strainer
I capsize your coffin, I wreck your morphin
Breakin devils down like Steve Austin
I gotta rip on a peel for a minute
Let's get some god degree, cause a blood brother's hard to be
Power equality
Allah sees equality, follow me
Law and order but I stick it in water
Many heads got slaughtered back in Latin Quarters
Like this brother named Rick was thick but got bit
by the same m*********** that he ran with
Band of the hand the Clan's my fam
Something mom duke could never understand
From the grave to the gutter
Death to another, who tries to f*** with my blood brothers
Chorus
It is written [manifest]
That all men are brothers [prophecy]
We come like blood brothers [word is bond]
Cause blood is thicker than water [ain't alike]
From the misty grounds [from the unknown]
The shadows [the deep]
The darkness [the triple darkness]
Gravediggaz [my blood brother]
The RZA
Verse One:
I grew up in the violent island of Shaolin
Fifty-five home and cease thoughts implore
When jackpot rot was hot, I was not
A rusty-a** child with tears and snots
Acquired the knowledge, how to master my thoughts
My skinny frail body couldn't f*** with the sports
Six feet two still wack on the court
So I stalked New York with a black pitchfork
My style date back to ninety-watt
cuttin the box, while I be clocks with no socks
Remember the days before your pants would sag
Puerto Ricans on the block just throwin up tags
Verse Two: Fruitkwan/Gatekeeper
Yo I was born with a rusty spoon as a mouthpiece
Life was hard cause the graves was my company
Hang with my problems just as trouble predicted
to cross the path, as I laugh at the vic-ted
No warmth for sure, the vents would spit average
watchin devils, fiend like a savage
Blood brothers need me call, ooh-OOH!!!
In a minute, a minute, Ghostface and all, check it
With the Grym and the Undertake
Devil's get baked I'll stiff your a** like an eighth
Tortures and screams building up my steam
Death to whoever b**rushes through the bloodstream
Yo somethin ain't right I don't get it
I feel a vibe blood brothers are you with it
If I have to choose one or the other
Back the f*** up spook, yo that's my blood brother
Chorus: Too Poetic/Grym Reaper
All, all, all and together
Blood brothers, rollin together
Repeat 4X
Verse Two: Too Poetic/Grym Reaper
Back in the days of Lee's and BVD's
I grew up deceived, by wicked enemies
My lifespan began to dim in the error
When you can't even trust the man in the mirror
Now Gravedigga n***** receive my trust
and like Christ, we walk among the thieves and the s****
I bring stress like skins on PMS
The street's a b***** mess, there ain't no EMF
in sight my thoughts are to leave the slums
I hustle with beats and drums not keys and guns
My feet are numb, as I walk my dogs
I cut off the fogs with the Gravedigga swords
Life parole, as me and my man is violated
Hookers are neutered and spay-ted
Snakes are decapitated, and castrated
n***** is lost your whole Ark is bein raided
Shows today are hectic, n*****'ll wreck s***
Lift off rounds and jet quick
This piece is gettin heated
Cause a rush, a stampedin
Devils are all defeated by the blood brothers
Chorus
Verse Three: Fruitkwan/Gatekeeper, Ryzarector
Yeahhh, as the earth erupts
I conduct to destruct your rucks when I big up
Catastrophes are blaspheme
Pour a container of brains on your grave through a strainer
I capsize your coffin, I wreck your morphin
Breakin devils down like Steve Austin
I gotta rip on a peel for a minute
Let's get some god degree, cause a blood brother's hard to be
Power equality
Allah sees equality, follow me
Law and order but I stick it in water
Many heads got slaughtered back in Latin Quarters
Like this brother named Rick was thick but got bit
by the same m*********** that he ran with
Band of the hand the Clan's my fam
Something mom duke could never understand
From the grave to the gutter
Death to another, who tries to f*** with my blood brothers
Chorus