Gravediggaz

Released: January 1, 1994

Songwriter: Poetic RZA Frukwan

Producer: Prince Paul

[Intro]
Ladies and gentlemen give it up to the top notch
Stepping up not merely stepping over
Let’s hear it for the “Gravediggaz”

[Hook 1: Frukwan]
Yo we going to dig ya grave (4x)

[Verse 1: Poetic]
Boo, you little bastards, rappers are in a casket
Situation is drastic, you’re under the plastic
Compound fracture, huh, my skill a sing
I’m rugged as the cross on a hill far away
As you react and shake to the track
I make rappers will evacuate
Cause I pack weight like
When bad I bury my vocabulary is, hahahaha, mad scary
The Grym Reaper appears I drink Redrum
Dead bones will cover the stage like bread crumbs
All I gonna say to ya’ll brave niggas is
(Ahhh!) I’m a Gravedigga

[Hook: RZA]
Yo, it ain’t safe, it ain’t safe no more
Yo, it ain’t safe no more
Oh, it ain’t safe, it ain’t safe no more
Yo, it ain’t safe no more

[Verse 2: RZA]
I was born deep in the valley of death where I stay hard
A buck mad child was raised in the graveyard
Straight from the darkness, I strike you regardless
Of who? It’s obvious, my crew can demolish
Lounge in a burial ground point my death spot
I built my house on top of Salem’s Lot
Crazier than Hitler, boy how could you figure
Yaaaaah! That you could mess with a Gravedigga

[Hook 1: Frukwan]
Yo, we going to dig ya grave (4x)

[Verse 3: Frukwan]
The homicidal Gatekeeper, death is my speaker
I live in the dead zone, my graves getting deeper
The killer my gates, are closed for those basing
The Undertaker chase niggas like Jason
Master of death, I hold your breath
Like a ghost, G-Drink more blood than Bela Lugosi
Been in more dreams than Freddy prepare to get ready
Lilly was my mother and my brothers name is Eddie Monster
I’m liver than the hell raiser
Sport a black long blazer, chilling in the morgue
I’m insane with the trigger, raaaaaaaha! The Gravedigga

[Outro]
Meanwhile back in a jungle

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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