I split atoms crack codes
Took rap to a plateau
Did everything with words
But never got the plaque yo
Big Pun won best "Rap of the Year"
I gave 'em dap we both cheered
Said I shoulda got the
"Rap of the Atmosphere"
Pun showed me love
Both of our missiles were scuds
By the time Nas talked that pistol and glove
By the time Pac was official the Thug
He showed me love
He told me his favorite was
Basic Instruction Before Leaving Earth
He told me he loved GZA's verse
I just took it and smirked
RZA was convinced I had something powerful
Rhymes full of rocket fuel
Put me on the Gravediggaz
Got mad when I ain't spazz on the lyrics
F**k it give that one to Bazz
I never had feelings
Knowing what I could do with the number 2 pencil
Knew I was invincible I pretend to play cool
Told Ra I didn't really want it
I was cool just being a fan;
"Liquid Swords" was coming
Judge wisely Basic Instruction
My introduction it's on
I signed to Geffen my girl got pregnant
My mind's the weapon designed as a message
Implemented my life lessons
What sparked "Heavy Mental" was very simple
It's what I been thru nothin' to pretend to
When GZA snatched me
I was lookin' like one of the Isley's
Staff beside me braids
Never grew a beard lookin' weird
But when I write Brooklyn disappeared
I sought thru seven stratospheres
Rhymes the last thru millennium years
Him and RZA claimed me up
Tray gave me my first cut
I use to kill rappers used to lay in the cut
I traded the bucks from breaking them up
Gave me Mathematics
On top of Israelite books
When I rap the underground shook
Met a foe Canibus now I can admit
That when we battled we was throwin' planets
I was shocked for no man could
With stand a gigantic gift
We met later as Horsemen
We begin to talkin'
Bring Ras Kass from a whole another orbit
Kurupt beat them beats up
Now the Sunz of Man
Like all great crews
The things we gon' go thru
Just a part of the music biz
We all paid dues
Problems with egos and listen
To too many people
Yesterday that's your man
Tomorrow it's legal
The thing that bugged me up
We was just gettin' started
Barely finished the project
To be honest I didn't appreciate
Y'all pickin' Priest to be the target
Everything said in darkness
Came out of the closet
Though I never shouted
Out a comet cause I'm out in the cosmic
So in my house there's conflict
I got the brothers their first deal
Cat Jones was the backbone
Of just keepin' it real
Shabazz left P and Razah was cool
Me and 60 was old school
Marvin Gaye tapes Stevie Wonder greats
Al Green the moments Earth
Wind & Fire remakes
But than when shit didn't work out
Brothers blamed the Clan
Man we had to stand up and be our own man
It wasn't the Clan fault that we was at a halt
It's because brother didn't wanna revolt
I wanna chill make more music
But then here we got
With this deja vu shit plain stupid
But we still all brothers
It's all love I have no doubts
Cause every other day the sun might come out
