[Intro: Raekwon]
And the best has just begun
Yeah (Yeah), uh-huh
Huh (Turn my kicks up real quick, man, hold on)
(Big Snipe Beatz)
[Verse 1: Conway the Machine]
Yeah, we young, gifted, and Black (Uh-huh)
He tried to run, fifty-round drum rippin' his back (Brrt)
Stand over 'em, couple more sit in his hat
When shit gettin' real in the hood, where you niggas was at? Huh? (Haha)
Probably somewhere hidin' your hand
Let them fuck niggas come through and ride on your man (Shh)
But I been knew you was pussy, so I understand
So your head, it's really hollows that'll fire and land (Boom-boom)
I prefer the MAC, when the TEC fire, it jam
Tearin' down thе BAPE store when I fly to Japan (Ha)
350s on the pеdal when I'm fly in the Lamb'
Squeeze blicky, lettin' metal shit fire and blam
All these rap niggas do is just lie to the fans
Talkin' 'bout they buyin' birds, they ain't buyin' a gram
I'm here forever, I ain't got no retirement plans
'Bout to kill 'em, Rae, I'm tired of playin', it's Griselda
[Verse 2: Benny the Butcher]
Too many questions, my answer was, "Runnin' streets"
Provider for his fam where the man should wanna be
'Fore you talk that shit to us, hope your plan, it come with receipts (Fuck you talkin' 'bout?)
You the type of nigga couldn't handle a one-to-three
Not understandable, 'cause I been a animal on a leash (Nigga)
In the dope game, I made some friends you gon' wanna keep (Yeah)
Brick a month, when I knew I could handle like one a week
Skip steps when I up and demanded I want a piece (I need some work)
But who am I to ever bring y'all personal problems up?
On real-nigga time, but that might serve us the obvious
You know how this ice work, all my shirts the kind that
Make the room cold as a white person's thermometer
Legendary cloth, ask anybody who signed us (Anybody)
Outlaws, got ten times more what they promised us
Million-dollar deal, they can't wait 'til my album done
They gon' burn candles for rap niggas like it's Hanukkah
[Chorus: Raekwon]
Feel me now? Potent raw like a brick of girl
Lose your life 'cause you ain't movin' right
Respect the feel, kid, it's rules to it
And God forbid I catch you forcin' my hand, make you lose fluid
Feel me now? Potent raw like a brick of girl
Lose your life 'cause you ain't movin' right
Respect the feel, kid, it's rules to it
And God forbid I catch you forcin' my hand, make you lose fluid
[Verse 3: Westside Gunn]
Ayo, the heavyweight, Hermès orange mask, you'd think it's Leatherface
Jewels messy (Brrt), Yay heard shots in every way (Brrt)
He just came home from doin' twenty
Rock the same chain from '01 and shot a nigga just for lookin' (Boom-boom-boom-boom-boom)
Stretch like a GS (Skrrt), fifty bricks past
Out on Teaneck, I'm on the cot layin' sleepless
Twenty-three-one recess, fiends countin' wrinkled money teethless (Ah)
I'ma die for my respect
[Verse 4: Raekwon]
Clear the scene and take names later, it's time to raise the stakes up
I bet you can't afford to pay the wager
Worthy of my bullets? Nah, some of you not, here's a razor
Let it slide on you, open your knot, yeah
Business man first, son, but don't get it fucked up
Taught you that other year and have you fillin' my trunk up
Must've forgot what my status is, rock shiny with more clarity
I dare you front on my academy
That's known for them casualties, I know I'm somethin' else
Women love the wealth, they praise me, they say I'm top shelf
Can't pronounce what I'm drivin' and blew through in somethin' else
Extraordinary, Capricorn born in January
Bigger bag of loot, ski groupies in Gucci
They beg 'fore me, they bring me designer, cock up in they coochie
I pass on 'em, nothin' but model mamis with ass on it
Put the word out and get you curved, your head got cash on it
[Chorus: Raekwon]
Feel me now? Potent raw like a brick of girl
Lose your life 'cause you ain't movin' right
Respect the feel, kid, it's rules to it
And God forbid I catch you forcin' my hand, make you lose fluid
Feel me now? Potent raw like a brick of girl
Lose your life 'cause you ain't movin' right
Respect the feel, kid, it's rules to it
And God forbid I catch you forcin' my hand, make you lose fluid
[Outro]
Young, gifted, and Black
Young, gifted, and Black
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