Assassination Day

By Ghostface Killah

On Ironman

Released on October 29, 1996

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[Intro: Ghostface Killah, The Usual Suspects sample]

What? Ayo...

"There's no coke!"

"What?!"

"You heard me, you dumb fuck, there's no coke!"

"What the fuck do you mean there's no coke?!?"

"I've been up and down this ship

I've been in every fucking room"

"There's gotta be coke!"

"There is nothing! Nothing!"

{*heavy panting*} "Help, please!"

{*panting continues*} "Help me...!"

[Chorus: Masta Killa & Inspectah Deck]

"It's assassination day, I—"

"Help me!" {*gunshot*} (Madman)

"It's assassination day, I—" (In the cut)

"It's assassination day, I—" (RZArector)

"It's assassination day, I—" (Uh, uh)

"It's assassination day, I—" (Yo, uh)


[Verse 1: Inspectah Deck]

I move through the Third World, my third eye's the guidin' light

Invite the fight, we all die tonight!

The life I live's a 25-to-life bid

Parole reneged, I stroll the globe fugitive

Cream is short, Cee-Cipher-Power stalk, plus the fiend talk

3G's the cost in Supreme Court

White lies and blackmail land me back in jail

Where all for sale, a stolen goal, but it fail

Stranded on the front line, I shine to the dumb and blind

It comes time I take back what was once mine

Crunch time in the first quarter, from the worst slaughter

Devils poisonin' the birth water

The Earth daughter rest her head on my chest

Through the struggle, we cuddle under half-moon crest

While the press plant fear and exploit the gun blastin'

Central broadcastin' is shacklin', nerves are unfastened

Trapped in deep water, gaspin'

I clash with the titans for my half on the action


[Verse 2: RZA]

Yo, I stop producers' careers, the weak spot was their ears

Scorpion darts hits the mark, pierce the heart with silver spears

You're bewildered, my unsaturated, low-filtered

Devils still feel this, shielded lyric built tilted

MCs upon their axis, their body hazard tactic

Lactic acid, desert dry cactus practice

You can never match this, invincible, Wu-Tang indispensable

One Nation Under God, indivisible

With liberty and justice, the mic is in my clutches

Thug who bring ruckus, leave in crutches

Unforgivable snakes face the double-edged sword, starts to swivel

Decapitates the head, makes the projects more livable

Interchangeable, caution: flammable

My chamber is ninety-nine plus one unnameable angles

And strangles, microphone cord starts to dangle

Silent as the gases that pass throughout your anal

We creep through your doors, seep out like sweat through the pores

Destroy your internal organs with the biological warfare

"It's assassination day, I—"


[Verse 3: Raekwon]

First of all, before we move on

This shit is like a Yukon, don

Spread it out like Grey Poupon

Splurgin', mergin' in the suburbs

Usin' this just like an adverb

Action word, flowin' like a blackbird

God came in, aimin' like Terry Bradshaw

He hit the crash bar

Stay relaxed, God, his shit is smashed, pah

You handle this just like algebra

U.F.O., spot 'em like Galaga

Holdin' like bullet-proof Acuras

"You so fly" – Yeah, right!

You wanna get me high

Yo, Bobby, you hear how I'm shootin' it like they blue-tops?

No, you won't play me like your lady

Pay me 380, spit it at you like a baby

Final destination Haiti


[Verse 4: Masta Killa]

War's extremely serious, and it saddens me

To have to take t'ings to deadly measures

And have you measured and shot for no pay

It's assassination day, I stalk my enemy like prey

Tranqued by deceptional sounds that deceives

And lures MCs to the lair

With a mic-like bait, then awaits to be bitten by greed

Temptation tempts my victim to proceed

Forward, ignorance wouldn't allow retreat

You'd rather pursue death than admit defeat

Now, who's best to describe for what I specialize in?

Murderous rhymin', constantly inclinin'

My mind spits with an enormous kickback

Your brain then absorbs the impact

Disorderly conduct from the crowd is the feedback

[Chorus: Masta Killa]

"It's assassination day, I—"

"It's assassination day"

"It's assassination day"

"It's assassination day, I stalk my enemy—"

"It's assassination day, I stalk my enemy—"