Life Changes

[Intro: Method Man (Raekwon)]
 (Yeah, yeah) Aiyo, how much more for a fifth of Vodka? (Peace beloved)
 (Six bottles of Henny, six bottles of Henn) Word, word, let me get that
 Herb, yeah, yeah.. (bring that bucket here)
 Yeah (get some ice, man, two more bottles of Cru', man, word up)

[Chorus 2X: Freda Payne sample]
 I've gone through life pretending
 That time will change the ending

[Method Man]
 Peace to the God (peace God) pour out a little liquor
 Shame On A Nigga, I heard the reaper done came to get ya
 So I done copped a fifth of, Vodka, and in your honor
 I've grown this fetish for loose ladies and baby mommas
 Some say it's bad karma, what you do, man, it come back on ya
 Music got us up off them crack corners
 Now I'mma swallow this whole bottle for Ol' Dirty
 Damn, it's hurts me, I hate it when brother's go early

[Chorus 2X]

[Raekwon]
 Word to my son, he gon' remember you, rubbing on a statue
 In his lab, that resemble you, and what it meant to Wu
 Us forming like a family, you just blew
 You was the chess piece on the board, that made us look true
 Watching your pen swish, you love frying kingfish
 You the pearl in the ocean, I'm up on the land, pissed
 Now you moving more prestigious, me, hitting this reefer
 I know it's real, guess I slept with the Black Jesus

[Chorus 2X]

[GZA]
 I became weak when I heard, that his body expired
 It was hard for me to believe my brother retired
 Suddenly the clock stopped and the room started spinning
 How can he walk off the field during the first inning?
 I cried like a baby on the way to his place of death
 Hate not being there, the minutes before he left
 Now I'm in the booth, ten feet from where he lay dead
 I think about him on this song and what he might've said

[Chorus 2X]

[Masta Killa]
 When I first heard the word, I needed air to clear my head
 I know you didn't say what I thought you said, my brother's dead
 You crazy, another Dirty prank to get the family cranked
 Ya'll niggas shouldn't play like that, I know how you feel
 Lord, but it's real, and I still can't believe
 And my heart still grieves the loss, there's no pretending
 Ason Unique, loved wine and fine women
 We singing on tour, "ooh baby, we like it raw" (we like it raw)

[Chorus 2X]

[Interlude: Inspectah Deck - over hook]
 Can't pretend...
 Some day it gotta come to an end
 But I'ma keep you right here dog, real close to my heart
 Yeah...

[Inspectah Deck]
 I popped a bottle on your born day, God
 Tried hard not to cry, I still can't hide the scar
 And I still ask, why to God, analyzing your form
 As I stood there beside your mom
 And I share the blame, cuz you was calling for help, kid
 Should've, would've, could've, had the time, I was selfish
 I carry on your struggle, each day it really hurts me
 I really miss you Russell, hope you forgive me Dirty

[Chorus 2X]

[U-God]
 Yo, these walls I wanna crash, and put my fists through
 Shout out to Dirty, let the whole world miss you
 Reach out and kiss you in your coffin, my heart races
 I dropped tears and watch my nigga fall from greatness
 It's all wasted, flushed down the drain and
 Soon as the news hit me, I bust out with pain and
 Rivers I cried, my brother just died
 I'mma see you, my nigga, on the other side

[Chorus 2X]

[RZA]
 Ah, man, how do I say goodbye?
 It's always the good ones that have to die
 It's hard to live without you, God, I shouldn't have doubt you
 When you said that The Passion of Christ was all about you
 From the God Mobile, to Linden Plaza, to Brownsville
 Florida to Ohio, to Putnam, to Park Hill
 You interrupt the Grammy's said "Wu for the kids"
 Took four or five shots when they rushed in the crib
 Trey-five-seven cracked ya ribs, cops shot ya whip
 You've been chased by the pigs, sold the four year bid
 Crashed cars, still came out without a scar
 They tried to keep ya free spirit trapped in a jar
 So you'll keep ya mouth shut, and not tell the world
 Who's who and what's what, and probably go nuts
 How we treat them hoes? Dirt, how we treat them hoes?
 We fuck 'em in the butt, Dirt

[Chorus]

[Freda Payne sample]
 But those mistakes behind me
 Cast shadows to remind me

[gong bangs]
[man speaking Mandarin]