[Interlude]
Raekwon's vernacular infiltrated the English language
He brings something to rap that is a spice
He, he like embodies the, the whole street code
That we were livin' late '80s, early '90s
You know what I'm sayin'? He's the truth
And that all comes out in his art
He's a slang-ologist
So the way he slings the slang is like a— I know it sounds funny
But the way he does that is like a— is top tier, so
You know, gettin' on records with Rae is always a great time
Raekwon chose a song for me, uh 'cause he could hear me on it
I heard it and I went crazy
Just, just the way he jumped on it
The way his flow is, it's like a match made in heaven
Nobody can on, on beats the way Rae just gels with the beat, it becomes one
His, his voice is his instrument, it becomes one, his flow
So approachin' records with Raekwon is like a, a serious task
And you just have to let yourself flow
And what I did was I let myself flow
But that verse came out like ahead of its time
And it, it kind of changed the course of certain people's movement
Just because of what I said months before my name was brought up
Which is how things work, that's how things work
At the end of the day, I had so many verses for the beat that represented where I am really
That, you know what I mean? I wanted switch that out because
Some people didn't even deserve for them to think that I'm goin' at them
When I was just verbally killin' everything
You know? That's just what the beat called for, that's what Rae's energy called for
So I had so many other verses, the one that I actually put out
That Rae put out was not the one that leaked
The one he put out, I was paintin' pictures on that
I was paintin' pictures that was probably like a verse of the year candidate
You know? Definitely
But then the one that leaked was an instant verse of the year
So you can't lose, so we had to put this one out, official
The one that leaked is now no longer a leak
Here it is, "Omerta," haha
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