Released on November 16, 1999

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[Introduction: Raekwon]

Take it off, sho' 'nuff, kid

Take it off

We gon' take it from the East to the West

To the North to the South

Show y'all what it's about

Don't make me throw no gun in your mouth

You know?

How long is your cream? This long?


[Verse 1: Raekwon]

Eh yo, his belt got karats in it

Swift description, E-320 nigga pitchin'

Rock a raw dinosaur chain, hang to his thing

It's like he pump isolated, still cashing in cream

Niggas in the hood hate him, drew a face of him

Blaze 'em, he acting like Shallah raisin' him

This is hydrogen, son ain't live as him

He like MacGyver in the chin, four spies with him

Roll relentless, desert that he hold is a gift wish

Smash the list, give his miss dick

Technique, 'Operation: TEC Scream'

About to bet cream, them alligators jet like a vet's wing

Nigga like Nicolas Cage, with the gauge in your braids

Two cannons that'll spray, rockin' banana suede

Suck this drunk alcohol dick

Fuck y'all niggas with hits, we 'bout to shit on y'all shit


[Verse 2: Baby Thad]

Y'all brothas wanna call us out?

Name names, otherwise it'd be wise to shut the fuck up

Get pimp-slapped up, jacked up, and macked up

You're scared and froze of bein’ exposed

I own Harlem, I bone Harlem

Call me the mayor, it's my borough, you don't want no problems

I'm on now, you dead, pop, all jokes aside

I ride the top, you glide the bottom

Pitfall, 5 foot 9, my dick, balls

Shit y'all, leave flat lines and stiff jaws

We flip off basic and brace it

8 kills, 47 ways to taste it

Never understand what you've never been told

You did your book bitin' off of my scrolls

We hit man, Colombo, coats and hats to match

Bust off quick and then guns go back


[Verse 3: Superb]

Ayo, I move like Arthur Ash against God

Four racquets, eight balls, and no practice

Every cypher's a heated discussion

The industry was like a beat that needed percussion

I brung the music, shit that make crews flip

State that I'm the illest, this is Q.U. shit

I used to heat-hold, now I'm takin over like the repo'

Know bitches that roll cee-lo that'll sniff a kilo

We went from franks and beans to shanks and greens

Now we drive our Navigators to banks in Queens

Y'all can't fuck around, your words ain't right

Every time I touch the mic, they say, "'Perb ain't right"

But that's the truth though, d'oh, infact that's it

When they drop this shit, I'm gon' cop that shit

This the new star, you want me? I'm at the juice bar

Y'all once-hap' niggas, give me two stars


[Verse 4: Chip Banks]

Yo, I hear what y'all rapping about, but bring your stash out

You shouldn't throw rocks if you live in a glass house

Sneaking weak shit at us, on the low though

Where these cats come from? Speaking about po'

We got cash to cop it and crash it {*car crashing*}

But half of y'all cats just catching up to Rae' last shit

Got guns in the jungle, call 'em Jurassic

The chrome, the steel, the 22-shot plastic

While y'all niggas cop jars, me and my niggas cop bars

Getting head from rock stars

We blowing everything apart, I'm smashing the charts

How I see it? (Yo, how you see it?)


[Chorus: Raekwon]

Ayo, ayo, what you wanna be when you grow up?

Yo, I wanna be a leader

Slow your speed up and stop tryin' to be us

Say somethin' always

Got a future? Stay out the hallways

And get yourself right, a hundred more ways


[Verse 5: Rhyme Recca]

Fly like Iceberg, nice with verbs, precise words

Bentley swerve, hit the curb, jump out, cock back, spit out

Shut your block down, get out, criminal route

Gangsta shit, can't talk now, gun in your mouth

Cream Team killas, cacoon cats like caterpillars

Giant size gorillas, break niggas' backs for the skrilla

Scratch, greenback track, Feds berserk

That's my word – disrespect Recca, get what you deserve

Inferno melt down mic's, millionaire in my afterlife

Broke bread with Christ on the last night

Apocalypse, sleep with 4-5th, two clips

Passport, cell phone with the removable micro-chip

Specialist, 40-karat Sicilian necklace, matching bracelet

Cream Team crisp the basic