Raekwon

Released: January 17, 2020

Songwriter: Raekwon

Producer: TWhy

[Intro]
TWhy you did it, you heard
Yeah, uh huh, ayo, ayo

[Verse]
The architect of making classic albums
Front running gangsters
Run up in banks, quick to spank something
Basic killin' hills rockin' lenses
Licataa grown bottles, gasell's on leaning
Like a Rakim this is show business
All in my blow in the feel off in the Atlantic
These niggas is scramblers, quick to fool some men, shake hearts
Playing whisket back in the big pawns
Old niggas be lurkin' to snatch you when you workin'
Dice games with fixed dice
Fiends will come and ask for ice
Wanna try to jump the sixth floor knives
Baseheads, they say they take meds
Welcome to hell's kitchen, no they call it shells kitchen

[Interlude]
Ayo chill my nigga
Yo, you got your animal jacket on the floor, B
You got all your shit on
Yo just be easy walking around the block taking smooth aight
You know family, you know all that, it's all good but chill
Bring the bags over here
Let's get it going, boom, boom, boom
You already know
For real, uh huh

[Verse 2]
We like the Arabian nights and this is Dubai
The camels is the new five
I'm stuck in my ways, burning Haze, off to Egypt
They watching my street drip
They see when police flip
Y'all testing me to bring out the best in me
Carats, iced out rabbits, some tragic
Then put a trick on you, that's my magic
Make me savage, get the cabbage boy
Yeah, it's on in this madness
Rappers, I will eat you like crab sticks
You catfish the rollers, the hollers, the one [?]
The last ships to step up and skin you like rashes, Cassius as Ali
[?], my niggas ride with me
And come inside yo and vibe with me

[Outro]
Staten nigga
This shit is poison as shit man
This shit is hard dungeon shit
Dungeon music
TWhy you did it, you heard
Shit I'm talkin' about
Red Bull
Breathe

Corey Woods, or Raekwon, is a rapper and a member of the Wu-Tang Clan. He released his solo debut, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… in 1995, and has since recorded four solo albums, as well as work with Wu-Tang and an extensive amount of guest contributions with other hip hop artists.

Raekwon is often cited as one of the pioneers of the Mafioso rap sub-genre. In 2007, The editors of About.com placed him on their list of the Top 50 MCs of Our Time. The Miami New Times described Raekwon’s music as being “street epics” that are “straightforward yet linguistically rich universes not unlike a gangsta Illiad.

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