[00:08.43][Ka]Thought life rest in a .45, aim for head, chest fortified[00:14.73]Sons look for revenge, out of stress, daughters cry[00:17.97]Got to do it here, can't afford to try[00:20.16]Thought the gutter ended in the '[00:21.42]Ville, then[00:22.14]I saw the sky[00:23.46]They get wet daily, it's a live ***** water ride[00:26.07]Just slow and steady when the rain step inside, let the tortoise by[00:29.58]It's the hundred man street value, hundred grand[00:32.07]Instant, nothing planned, ripping **** you couldn't understand[00:35.25]Came heaven to warn,[00:36.57]I'm repping the lifeless[00:37.74]Weapon of[00:38.19]Christ is, you run out?[00:39.72]I'm steppin' in[00:40.53]Check with the seven deadly devices, living the real world[00:44.16]****, your love from a real girl, raised my sister[00:46.65]Amongst the slime and the crime, now she a ill pearl[00:49.59]Never seen nothing like me,[00:51.24]I'm for those who get it on nightly[00:53.16]You need a boost of strength, put it on, recite me[00:56.01]I tour with toast, cuz drama's always close[00:58.17]Feeling the waves, killa praise, applaud my folks[01:01.20]From the quarter most raw, absorb the quotes[01:03.93]For sure I'm the cure, and this more than those[01:06.48]Yeah, I'm from the bottom but[01:07.98]I look forward to gross[Chorus: GZA (Ka)][01:09.93]In the gutter, some ride, some chill (some chill)[01:12.60]I'm from the gutter, some '[01:13.80]Stuy, some '[01:14.58]Ville (some 'Ville)[01:15.51]Know many brothers, some cry, some build[01:18.15]Word to the mother, some lie, some steal (steal)[01:21.12]Some get popped, some die, some heal (some heal)[01:24.06]Some get knocked, some hide and some real(Some even bust shots, some live, some kill)(But that's gutter where Ka and them chill)[Ka][01:32.76]Slim ***** with the fat pound, back down[01:35.16]Most brolic dude, try to move, hit him in the face[01:38.52]Never again taste solid food, same ****[01:41.31]I'm in solitude, or with the wildest crew[01:44.01]Bulletproof down my coats, like[01:45.72]Ghost Wallets shoe[01:47.16]I run wit a crook or two, look who escaped out[01:49.92]Brooklyn Zoo[01:51.42]**** that queen,[01:52.14]I show you what a knight, and a rook'll do[01:54.57]New York City[01:55.38]Bronson, heat up quicker than[01:57.03]Vinnie Johnson[01:57.90]A block got[01:58.56]Bloods now, it's like a mini[02:00.72]ComptonTo have honey smiling, need money piling[02:04.05]Bundles, bundles, bundles, a hundred thousand[02:07.50]That's why with my gun[02:08.67]I'm browsing[02:09.54]On the hottest strip to see you,[02:11.19]I gotta hit the star running housing[02:13.74]I listen to my ear, respect my ego[02:16.08]If I need council, bounce through, check my people[02:18.96]The first on[02:19.68]Earth with the same thirst[02:20.91]I accept is equal[02:22.11]Never move with crews, you lose with the steps beneath you[02:25.26]I rep a lethal and beef, might elect to mosquite you[02:28.11]From where beef great you, do as much as dirt as us[02:31.14]But they preach lethal[02:32.43]The block is crashed, the blast from the heat teach you[02:35.61]If one lesson fail, oh well, the streets keep you[02:39.03]Had his dreams, one magazine, she sleep you[Chorus][Ka][03:05.22]Iron body, every ***** with cavity shotty[03:08.04]Forced to grow up quick, never sat on the potty[03:10.74]Went from crawl to run, we want all or none[03:13.68]Being fatherless bothered us, everybody who called me son[03:16.65]Block scholastic, sunny chips from the rock jurassic[03:19.77]For heavy glory, monk territory for a rotten casket[03:23.52]Thought our young committee was gon' run the city[03:25.65]When feds being unprepared, so[03:27.30]I bum the smitty[03:28.53]If you dare come and get me,[03:30.12]I'm from royalty[03:31.35]I represent myself, don't need no loyalty[03:33.99]People call on me, cuz[03:35.40]I'm ready when it's urgent[03:36.78]Too much grace to tremble, hand steady a surgeon