Audiobiography

[Intro: Hell Razah] I was... like I pay homage to the old school You know due credit to all the niggas out there before me Like... youknowwhatI'msayin'? That paved the way To hold this microphone I'm holdin' right now We like young veterans... knowwhatI'msayin'? So it's like, we came, we come in the game around the Biggies And the fuckin' Jay-Z's and the 2Pac's and shit... youknowI'msayin'? [Verse 1: Hell Razah] It all started with Preme Back in '91, fresh on the scene Mad Mob was the team of our Red Hook dream We used to gun sling to get CREAM off of crack fiends In the hallway, rollin' weed, the sunflower seeds Thirteen when I lost my moms Fourteen I got locked with Twin, we went to Spofford then Fifteen they took one of my men, Big Glen In the building, back then my pain began Traybag had the fame of the pen, he must've seen I could win I used to breakdance, the mad little spins So he taught me and Sunny to write Up in my lab late nights, rollin' dice, him, Supreme and Mike We was live and direct to Da Last Future For my first rhyme, and now 4th my producer Had a style that my projects wasn't used to Started hangin' with them drug dealers and them boosters Up in John J rappin' in the school hallway I got mad ass, even ask Foxy and Gav Had the hood on smash then I linked with Bazz We used to build and front, dazz' about fuckin' with Wu Me and 7th did "Livin' In Hell" Pressed up it independent, not knowin' if a record would sell Rae and Ghost made "Heaven & Hell", while we was hearin' it Meanwhile we thinkin' it was all coincidence "Mental Combat", the b-side, the style: battle rap I was rated X, next heard 'Meth vs. Chef' Not to notice we was snake bitten Sunz of Man did this track with the RZA "As It Was Written" And then Nas came out with "It Was Written" Same time "Verbal Intercourse" started hittin' [Interlude: Hell Razah] Basically I see it like... you know? Like when we reflect light... youknowI'msayin'? I expected to shine... youknowI'msayin'? So, what it is is like a reflection of what we did, knowI'msayin'? So like those was like little seeds of shit that we did We planted and they didn't even know that we was plantin' You know this beautful harvest... [Interlude: Shabazz the Disciple] I see it, me and Preme back, young enough I see it... [Verse 2: Shabazz the Disciple] It all began at the age of sixteen Me and my brothers Rah and Sha had a million dollar scheme Runnin' with Kline at the time, we was gettin' that CREAM Goin' hard under the buildings with Black and Supreme When the scheme failed a teen went to jail, Rah got murdered I was facin' three to nine when the jury read the verdict On trial for a hundred and forty-four crack vials Suited up in court, wiz pregnant with my first child Beat the case, felt rap and started pursuin' my dream I was the nicest in the hood, journey brought me the CREAM The first song I recorded was "Make it or Die Trying" In '91, way before "Get Rich or Die Trying" We formed the Mad Mob, I filmed "Party With a Tec" In all my videos I always rocked a bulletproof vest Of course my Pops, Uncle Mookie got shot in the head And Kline Sr. and Supreme just got locked in the feds The late eighties was Hades hip-hop, save a nigga Got discovered by the RZA, debuted with Gravediggaz Platinum out the gate for my first verse on "Diary" Number one on Hot 9 for three weeks, the world admired me Toured the Holy West with the Clan, was well respected Me and Priest got a demo deal with Atlantic Records We both had a plan to introduce the fam We featured Prodigal and Razah, the birth of the Sunz of Man Rae and Ghost gave my style to the enemy I left the situation, signed a contract with Penalty After "Crime Saga" and "Death'll be the Penalty" I left the label, released "Street Parables" independently Was crowned the underground king of Europe for my show Big Pun told me "Crime Saga" inspired his flow In '96 I told Big Lez I'm God Son on RapCity In '98, Nas tattooed the shit across his belly [Outro: Hell Razah] They knew what they was doin', like... We wanted to be different, that's what made us who we was KnowwhatI'msayin'? We didn't wanna do the shit that the program said to do KnowI'msayin'? So we went against the system Everybody went with the system That's what brought Sunz of Man together as a group Every last individual spit some intellectual street shit Some deep true poetic project crazy shit [Outro 2: samples, repeat to fade] "Since a seed" "I have a dream" -] KRS-One "The battles, the tears" -] Guru "It's in the streets" "Since a seed" "I have a dream" -] KRS-One "The battles, the tears, licenses and promises" -] Guru