Snakes

[Intro: Killah Priest] Now number two practiced the snake style He was known as the snake spirit He had the speed of a snake Niggas is like serpents out there Snake style, no one could compete Serpents will bite Lay outside and then they roll back into their holes They slither in the streets of Brooklyn, New York Slither in the streets of Manhattan In the streets of Queens, streets of the Bronx Streets of Staten Island Wherever you see 'em they slither Whoever, yo Fearsome shit, check it out Yo, yo [Verse 1: Killah Priest] It broke me up when they pat me on my shoulder Said, "Stay strong 'cause his life is now over" I flash back to the heathens that he roll with They shot him up and now nobody knows shit My peers, little ears He came up to me with a eye full of tears Last night, we was shootin' dice and gettin' nice Kid rolled us, played us for our merchandise We were in the hallway all day Me, Steve, and Little Ray Probably at first they tried to rob me Back me in the lobby, pull out the shotty Then came Scotty, fragile body My first impression, he returned from a party He would just stagger, smellin' like Bacardi The dragon, braggin' how he was fuckin' mad hotties Pressed on the elevator button and all of a sudden He licked off about a dozen Slugs from the cannon, that ripped through my cousin And no one was standing when the nigga started bustin' Blood started to flood the floors by the elevator door That's the last thing that I saw Damn, we planned to make grands and buy a home [Interlude] Number two [Verse 2: RZA] Jagged edge, rock-headed god, hard as Stonehenge Pledged whoever crossed his path get scrapped with a sledge Hammer, he didn't give a damn about the manner And on the block he was called by the mamas and the grandmas Indecent, heathen, juvenile delinquent His weekends was frequently locked inside the precinct His most recent cape for catchin' papes Was snatchin' up snakes on a roof butt-naked, hang 'em off like drapes Then ask what's the combination to the safe, with the brace And those who didn't reply, they fell straight to their face Razor blade sharp who invades the dark And raid more spots than Spays and NARCS Iron heart like Tony Starks A fierce lion who never leave the crib without the iron And on the block, he be slingin' rocks and duckin' from the sirens Greetin' niggas he loved with a pound and a bear hug Those who wanted life, they catch a slug from the snub A Five Percent, all he knew was one to ten He loved the gods with his heart but his brain was filled with sin And when he came through niggas be lookin' out Hopin' he gets shot or tooken out or locked the fuck up in Brooklyn House In PC on a liquid diet, but he was louder than a riot [Interlude] Number two, the snake [Verse 3: Masta Killa] Do the knowledge to a nigga named Trigga Bad rudeboy from the lands of Jamaica With visions to venture to the U.S To receive the gold that he couldn't achieve in his country Even though he sold mad weed for the next man Who was the Don of the clan Niggas acting like they got the block locked Like I can't sling drug raps and eat food But I be the rudest, bad boy, stepping, gun toting Shots lash out like a violent explosion At the nigga who tries to stop my production Intervene the scene and slow up the cream None of that black, East New York, gun talk Niggas I extort from Baltic to Boardwalk Memories of injuries, wounds and burns Walking through the streets of Medina I stand firm 'Cause I know this, which means I can hold mine down Without a doubt, niggas who front get snuffed out Justice must be born there's no escape 'Cause a snake can't be reformed so why wait Coming in the name to proclaim your fame for protection And you don't know no fuckin' lessons? [Interlude] Number two, the snake [Verse 4: Ol' Dirty Bastard] Bad, bad Leroy Brown Baddest man in the whole damn town Badder than the deep blue sea Badder than you and me Niggas coming through the trees like a salamander Biting like a piranha, but I'm biting you back like a black panther The style I'm ampin' the Fuck my name, who I be? Fuck the game, it's all about the money Sometimes I get high with the meth, then I turn to the killer priest When it comes 12 o'clock, I turned into the demon beast [Interlude: Ol' Dirty Bastard] Yo, yo, fuck that shit Number two, the snake Yo, show these motherfuckers what time it is Number two, the snake Who's the badass? Who's the badass? Now number two He practiced the snake style Who? Who? He was known as the snake spirit Yeah [Verse 5: Buddha Monk] Lyrics, never waiting, twelve days penetrated When I come with the roughness, mad niggas try to rush this Slip into my killings, then I slays into your pelvics When I try to stay sick, it's Yakub grafted six Calm for the kill, knowing the style that's ill When I drop the greatest skills, brothers say, "Buddha chill!" [Outro: Ol' Dirty Bastard] I don't need to rhyme no more, niggas know, yo To all the Wu-Tang Clan members The Ghostface Killah, the GZA, the RZA, the Ol' Dirty Bastard The Method Man, the Chef Raekwon Inspectah Deck, U-God Yo