Gravediggaz

Released: August 9, 1994

Songwriter: Frukwan RZA Poetic

Producer: RZA

[Intro: The Grym Reaper]
Sup, this is the Gravedigga jam session (Add a little riff)
What's today's date? (Today's the 20th) (Friday)
The 20th of May, 1994
We chillin' in GLC studios
And we gonna go like this
Got my man BB Frukwan (look at the riff)

[Hook x2]
G-to-the-R-to-the-A-to-the-V
E-to-the-D-to-the-I-to-the-G
G-to-the-A-to-the-zig-zag-Z
Gravedigga, nigga, 6 feet deep

[Verse 1: The Grym Reaper]
I floss my teeth on a gospel track
I'm not an apostle, but I bring the axe to ya back
I chew and attack, like Crest on plaque
After that, your world is black
You drop into a hole
Your mold separates from your soul
Behold, the Gravediggaz told you 'Beware!'
But you didn't listen
So now we appear, eardrums glisten, ha ha

[Hook]

[Verse 2: The Gatekeeper]
When I wreck, I commence to detect
Ready to dissect, so come step alive and die
Next murder is mayhem
Diggin' graves is a regular
Treach-orous mangler
Tha Boston Strangler
Heated and trapped in a fury of hate
Daredevil, the rhyme rebel, my art terminates
Subduin' and pul-ver-i-zin' ya head
You bled, fell dead, and your tomb-stone read
Rza-to-the-recta, Grym-to-the-reap
Unda-to-the-taker, Gate-to-the-keep
Creepin' thru tha ghettos and the slums and streets
Gravedigga, nigga, 6 feet

[Verse 3: The RZArector]
Darkness shall fall upon y'all
Who slept on the styles that crept thru tha door
The grave, behave, we come to save
So don't be afraid of the dark
We spark like light in night
Excite, excite is right, is right
Come follow the light
And see what I see and be what I be
Tha G-to-the-R-to-the-A-to-the-V... E

[Hook]

[Verse 4: The Gatekeeper]
In the mind, I come with the sparks from the attic
Yet psychopathic brain tracks is tragic
Twist liftin' wrist like riff of a Taurus
Deep in tha forest, I slay for tha porridge
Yet it's cold, ya die slow like a tortoise
Deep in my chorus, ya result Diggamortis
Let me see, I'm castin' disease
Contrary, yet some fairy 'cause ya bleed

[Hook]

[Verse 5: The RZArector]
Demonic, the sonnet is bangin' like chronic
And niggas be Audi faster than Sonic
Bubonic, plutonic, ya best to hop on it
Beats bein' programmed - ASR Ensoniq
Styles compiled for miles and childs
Bodies in aisles and upside-down smiles
Deflect, catch wreck from sun-moon sect
Larynx shines light then thought reflects

[Hook]

[Verse 6: The Grym Reaper]
I came on the scene in a wheel that Ezekiel seen
To exploit your flaws like Philistines
Look in the sky, oh my, it is I
No alibi, so don't even try to feed me swine
And Grymreaper's mind is so refined
I'm deep, I'm deep, I'm deep
As a hill or a cliff or a steep
Incline at the bottom of an ocean reef

Gravediggaz is an American hip hop group from New York City, well known for its dark sense of humor and abrasive, menacing soundscapes. The group was formed in 1994 and was effectively a supergroup, bringing together Prince Paul (The Undertaker), Frukwan (The Gatekeeper), Poetic (The Grym Reaper) and RZA (The RZArector). Its inception was largely due to the efforts of Prince Paul. The group is widely credited as being one of the most influential and pioneering groups in the small hip-hop subgenre of horrorcore

According to Frukwan, the group’s name means “digging graves of the mentally dead, and it stood for resurrecting the mentally dead from their state of unawareness and ignorance."Gravediggaz is widely known as a pioneer in the genre of horrorcore, focusing primarily on issues presented as macabre black humor (such as suicide, death, killing, psychopathy, hell, etc..), as a way of presenting social criticism towards the music industry.

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