As you can see: The Process of confusion to enlightenment
Artist: Ol' Dirty Bastard f/ Method Man, Raekwon
Album: Return to the 36 Chambers - The Dirty Version
Song: Raw Hide
Original lyrics will be presented in standard text
Translations will be presented in italics
Yeah!
I wanna let allllll y'all niggaz know in here tonight
that this is that Wu-Tang shit
This that shit that's gonna get you high... {*echoes*}
See when you stimulate your own mind, for one common cause
You see, who's the real motherfuckers
See what you see, is you what you see
(Can I say it? Wu-Tang a-run tings!)
Be the original G
Rhymin on timin and in the place to be
(Run blood claat tings!)
they love see meeeeeeee!
Rant: I would like to address all of my colleagues tonight. You should take note that this song is a production of Wu-Tang Inc. This song is very good, almost as good as when you do drugs and achieve a heightened state of awareness. You need to understand that when you transcend your reality for the good of the general populace, you are able to understand complex concepts and comprehend who is a professional and who is an amateur. Now, what you are seeing is yourself. You should strive to be your own individual. When rapping, your rhymes should always follow the beat of the music. I have used this technique when writing my rhymes and when I rap at a particular venue, people are always entertained.
[Ol' Dirty Bastard]
You're a crossbreed, I'm a knowledge seed
I want ACTION, that's what I need
I never put doubt in my mind
cause I know when I touch the mic there's the rhyme
see murder which is caused
when you fuck with the negative and positive charge
Then they came up, out my garage
with the hit that's gonna be LARGE
Tired of sittin on my fuckin ass
Niggaz I know, be runnin around with mad fuckin cash
Who the FUCK wanna be an emcee
if you can't get paid, to be a fuckin emcee?
I came out my momma pussy -- I'm on welfare
Twenty-six years old -- still on welfare!
so I gotta get paid fully
Whether it's truthfully or untruthfully
With my Boston bloodthirsty process
P-E-A-C-E
(Translate the first line yourself, I have no fuckin idea what he.s talking about). Forward progress is the only option for me, because I know when I pick up a microphone I know I am recording a rap song.
(Again, I have no idea what positive and negative charges have with murder.) Mysteriously a number of fellows materialized in my garage with my completed LP. I.m growing bored with sitting around all day without a job. My friends all have jobs and because of that they have legal tender which can be used to trade for goods and services. I don.t know anyone who wants to be a rapper unless they are getting paid to be a rapper.
When I was born, I was on welfare. I.m now 26 years old and I.m still on welfare. So, I need to find a way to make some money, and at this point whether legitimately or by illegal means. (Yet another mixture of words that makes no sense at all) P-E-A-C-E.
Chorus: Method Man
Move em in move em in
Move em out move em out
Stick it up {*whip sound*} raw hide!
(For those of us who don.t know, this is a theme song from a popular tv western from the 60.s)
[Ol' Dirty Bastard]
Yea, gotta come back to attack
Killin niggaz who said they got stacks, cause I don't give a fuck
{*inhales*} I wanna see blood, whether it's period blood
or bustin your fuckin face, some blood!!
I'm goin out my FUCKIN mind!!
Everytime I get around devils {*breathing hard*}
Let me calm down, you niggaz better start runnin
Cause I'm comin, I'm dope like fuckin heroin
Wu-Tang Bloodkin, a goblin, who come tough like lambskin
Imagine, gettin shot up with Ol Dirty insulin {*sucks air*}
You bound to catch AIDS or somethin
Not sayin I got it, but nigga if I got it you got it!!
WHAT?!? {*echoes*}
I feel like I may need to kill other fellows who have money. Not because I need the money, but because I.m psychotic and want to see blood. I am not partial to a particular kind of blood; it could be menstrual discharge or blood that is shed from me punching you in the face.
I feel that perhaps my mental stability has been compromised. Oh lord. I.m having a delusional episode. Satan is poisoning my mind. I need to take a moment to gather my thoughts. In the meantime, I suggest that you people start to flee. When my record comes out, it will be so good that you will grow a psychological dependence to hearing it. It.s comparable to a heroin addiction. Imagine, if you will, being injected with .Old Dirty Insulin.. I wouldn.t suggest it actually. You may get AIDS. I.m not sure if I have it, but if I do, clinical studies show that there is a chance that you may also contract it. Excuse me?
[Raekwon the Chef]
Yo, check the bulletproof fly shit, strong like thai stick
then I'll remain to tear your frame, while I freaks it
like some fly new sneaks and shit
Now EAT my shit, bitch tried to creep and got hit
Now regulate, and I'll be out to set up a date
Wu-Tang, is bangin like a Ron G tape
RZA pump the shit just like a shotty
Watch me run it John Gotti
Collidin on the track, like gin and watty
Check the calender, I warn any challenger
to step up {*whoosh*} feel the blast from the silencer
Hey, look at how impressive my lyrical style is. My style is so innovative that it may metaphorically cause you bodily harm. My style is fresh and new, much like a pair of shoes right out of the box. Other fellows attempted to use my style, but I caught them. At this time I.m attempting to organize a release date for my full-length album. It.s sounds as good as a Ron G tape (whoever he is). RZA has a spectacular way of adding his own personal element to songs. I am a frontrunner in the genre of rap music. (I don.t know what a watty is. Furthermore, I have no clue what John Gotti has to do with trains.) Hey. Set a time and we will have a freestyle battle, but I warn you that my lyrical superiority will surely best yours.
Chorus
[Method Man]
Comin soon to a theatre near you it be the Wu
Yeah find yourself in the square and see it's true
Actual facts to snack on and chew
My positive energy sounds peace to you
A wise man killed one horse and made glue
Wicked women puttin period blood in stew
Don't that make the stew witches brew?
I fear for the eighty-five that don't got a clue
How could he know what the fuck he never knew?
God-Cypher-Divine come to show and come to prove
A mystery god that's the work of Yacub
The Holy Ghost got you scared to death kid boo!!
Yes, Raekwon is correct. Soon we will all be releasing our own full-length LPs, please allow my good moral standing to vouch for the validity of his statements.
Once a horse was killed and used to make glue. Evil women were seen putting menstrual discharge in soup, that would make the stew .witches brew. get it. I made a funny. It upsets me that eighty-five percent of adult African Americans are uneducated. How can an individual exist without academic enrichment? Our lord and savior Jesus Christ will help these individuals attain greatness. In the name of the father, son, and the Holy Ghost. Amen.
Outro: Ol' Dirty Bastard
Yeah, we always gotta keep it fly
Fly for you to feel, what you wants to feel
See Wu-Tang like to thank, all the people across the country
All the people in America, all the people outside of America
for listenin to our music
We gotta keep it fly for ya
See this ain't somethin new
that's just gonna come out of nowhere, no!!!
This is somethin OLD, and DIRTY!!
and DIRTY!!
Yeah..
Yes. Now You see that we always write the best sounding rap songs. We write them for you so that you can feel good, because music makes people feel good.
I would like to take the time to thank all the people across the country and all the people in America. I know that means the same thing, but I have to say it twice. Thank you for supporting the Wu-Tang Clan.