[00:00.472](AZ) Yeah, some Firm shit, you know what I mean?
[00:05.687]For all the niggas, in New York
[00:07.615]All across the motherfuckin' world
[00:10.326]Ain't nothin' changed yet, shit's still real
[00:15.746]Yo, major large niggas get they grind on cash
[00:18.240]While the crab thinkin' niggas keep they mind on ass
[00:20.978]I guess most motherfuckers ain't designed to last
[00:23.506]Whatever happened to the realness from back in the past
[00:26.336]Whatever happened to the realness from back in the past
[00:28.884]Whatever happened to the realness from back in the past
[00:31.628]You know the routine - fast cars, rings, get a crew scene
[00:34.641]We true fiends, old school style that's how we do things
[00:37.401]Born and destined, hands on many investments
[00:39.931]Strong, reflect this 'til I'm drawn back to the essence
[00:42.869]Street wise, 36 waist, small feet size
[00:45.555]The C.I.'s quick to slide off, once the heat rise
[00:48.103]Detour, poverty zone, police war
[00:50.505]Going through each dawn
[00:51.745]Searchin' new ways for me to eat more
[00:53.583]Fast learner, Quiet Storm, play the back burner
[00:56.507]Bureaucrats, I react like Nat Turner
[00:58.900]Hold weight, used to rock kicks with no lace
[01:01.536]Fuck a soul mate, low heart pace, pulse at a slow rate
[01:04.400]Runnin' rapid, while others play as if they captive
[01:07.006]Brain's inactive, bein' subjected to this crab shit
[01:09.506]To each his own, fuck the foulness need a week alone
[01:12.338]We can zone all day long on the speaker phone
[01:15.001]600, nine five North stay blunted, stress I came from it
[01:19.054]Sex got drained from it
[01:20.418]The new breed star gazin', raisin' two seeds
[01:22.704]To be free the franchise is all a whole crew need, indeed
[01:25.350]Whatever happened to the realness from back in the past
[01:28.156]Whatever happened to the realness from back in the past
[01:31.240](RZA) Whips and full clips and pussy lips
[01:33.297]Rubber grips attached to hips
[01:34.948]Past the journey to the crib, the purest sickness curer
[01:37.939]Holy Quran Sura, leaves man to understand
[01:40.060]I stand up a rough briva
[01:41.618]Heart is bleedin', stress got my hair line receedin'
[01:44.308]God look we feedin' leadin' my seeds, back to Eden
[01:47.221]And stay suspicious of promiscuous bitches
[01:49.524]Who don't wash and do dish and too big for your britches
[01:52.022]Lustin' riches, fuckin' the next man mistress
[01:54.627]You wonder why your pussy itches
[01:56.258]Fat ass sample wit out the glitches
[01:58.106]Shatter your mental, split your bean up like a lentel
[02:00.883]Disfigure your face you recognize him by the dental
[02:03.206]Hot lead from raw heat, left in store meat
[02:05.806]Lay it out on Broadstreet, before he
[02:08.583]Left all he heard was the echo from the shot
[02:10.651]Cops autopsy revealed he was stopped by the Glock
[02:14.014]Devils lettin' off SCUDS
[02:15.537]Thugs trapped up in HUD houses
[02:17.354]New York been infested by Bloods
[02:19.226]Lusting for colors of red
[02:20.843]More black lies done shed through
[02:22.400]Yet the blood travelin' through veins remain blue
[02:24.702]Boned out until we zone out, no doubt
[02:27.077]Chickenheads beg for the nine inch Applehead
[02:29.406]Their legs open like fallopian, lubricated by petroleum
[02:33.230]Nine months later comes the ovary explosion
[02:35.746]Bitch you stupid
[02:36.882]A hundred dollars you couldn't recoup it
[02:38.854]When I reign the truth on your brain you muted
[02:40.939]Ruler Zig-Zag, Zig Allah, plus Allah Zig, Zag-Zig
[02:44.367]We addin' more knowledge to your wig
[02:46.303](AZ) Yo, major large niggas get they grind on cash
[02:48.895]While the crab thinkin' niggas keep they mind on ass
[02:51.403]I guess most motherfuckers ain't designed to last
[02:54.050]Whatever happened to the realness from back in the past
[02:56.685]Whatever happened to the realness from back in the past
[02:59.367]Whatever happened to the realness from back in the past
[03:02.583](Word up, word up)
[03:03.763]Yeah (Wu-Tang, Firm up in this piece know what I mean)
[03:07.324]Holdin' it down stamp of approval, you know
[03:10.445](Get ya brain washed, you know what I'm sayin')
[03:12.246](Get your muscle tendered and straight)
[03:13.758]No doubt, no doubt (Word up)
[03:15.205](The black God exists in the physical form, you know)
[03:17.758]The Firm baby, holdin' this, A to the Z, I know what time it is
[03:23.080](Aight) Armageddon