Wu-Tang Clan — Protect Ya Neck Shao Lin Version

[Intro: Ol' Dirty Bastard & RZA] Wu-Tang Clan coming at ya (Watch your step, kid, watch your step, kid) Protect ya neck, kid (Watch your step, kid, watch your step, kid) To set it off (Watch your step, kid, watch your step, kid) The Inspectah Deck [Verse 1: Inspectah Deck] I smoke on the mic like "Smokin' Joe" Frazier The hell raiser, raisin' hell with the flavor Terrorize the jam like troops in Pakistan Swingin' through your town like your neighborhood Spider-Man So uh, tick-tock and keep tickin' While I get ya flippin' off the shit that I'm kickin' The Lone Ranger, code red, danger Deep in the dark with the art to rip the charts apart The vandal, too hot to handle You battle, you're sayin' "Goodbye" like Tevin Campbell Roughneck, Inspectah Deck's on the set The Rebel, I make more noise than heavy metal [Verse 2: Raekwon] The way I make the crowd go wild, sit back, relax, won't smile Rae got it goin' on, pal, call me the rap assassinator Rhymes rugged and built like Schwarzenegger And I'ma get mad deep like a threat Blow up your project, then take all your assets 'Cause I came to shake the frame in half With the thoughts that bomb shit like math So if you wanna try to flip, go flip on the next man 'Cause I grab the clip and hit ya with sixteen shots and more, I got Goin' to war with the meltin' pot, ah [Verse 3: Method Man] It's the Method Man, for short Mr. Meth Movin' on your left, ah And set it off, get it off, let it off like a gat I wanna break full, cock me back Small change, they puttin' shame in the game I take aim and blow that nigga out the frame And like Fame my style'll live forever Niggas crossin' over, but they don't know no better But I do, true, can I get a "sue" Enough respect due to the one-six-ooh I mean O, yo, check out the flow Like the Hudson or PCP when I'm dustin' Niggas off because I'm hot like sauce The smoke from the lyrical blunt make me *cough* [Verse 4: U-God] Ooh, what, grab my nut, get screwed Ow, here comes my Shaolin style True B-A-ba-B-Y-U To my crew with the "sue" [Interlude: Ol' Dirty Bastard & RZA] Yeah, yeah, yeah (Watch your step, kid) (Watch your step, kid, watch your step, kid) Come on, baby, baby, come on, baby, baby (Protect ya neck) (Watch your step, kid, watch your step, kid) Come on, baby, baby, come on (Watch your step, kid, watch your step, kid) Yo, you best protect ya neck [Verse 5: Ol Dirty Bastard] First things first, man, you're fuckin' with the worst I'll be stickin' pins in your head like a fuckin' nurse I'll attack any nigga who's slack in his mack Come fully packed with a fat rugged stack Shame on you when you step through to The Ol' Dirty Bastard straight from the Brooklyn Zoo And I'll be damned if I let any man Come to my center, you enter the winter Straight up and down, that shit is packed jam You can't slam, don't let me get fool on him, man The Ol' Dirty Bastard is dirty and stinkin' Ason Unique rollin' with the night of the creeps Niggas be rollin' with a stash, ain't sayin' cash Bite my style, I'll bite your motherfuckin' ass [Verse 6: Ghostface Killah] For cryin' out loud, my style is wild, so book me Not long is how long that this rhyme took me Ejectin' styles from my lethal weapon My pen that rocks from here to Oregon Here's more again, catch it like a psycho flashback I love gats, if rap was a gun, you wouldn't bust back I come with shit in all types of shapes and sounds And where I lounge is my stompin' grounds I give an order to my peeps across the water To go and snatch up props all around the border And get far like a shootin' star 'Cause who I are is livin' the life of Pablo Escobar Point blank as I kick the square biz There it is, you're fuckin' with pros, and there it goes [Verse 7: RZA] Yo, chill with the feedback, black, we don't need that It's ten o'clock, ho, where the fuck's your seed at? Feelin' mad hostile, ran the apostle Flowin' like Christ when I speaks the gospel Stroll with the holy roll, then attack the globe with the buckus style The ruckus, ten times ten men committin' mad sin Turn the other cheek and I'll break your fuckin' chin Slayin' boom-bangs like African drums, we'll be Comin' around the mountain when I come Crazy flamboyant for the rap enjoyment My clan increase like black unemployment Yeah, another one dare, G-Gka-Genius Take us the fuck outta here [Verse 8: GZA] The Wu is too slammin' for these Cold Killin' labels Some ain't had hits since I seen Aunt Mabel Be doin' artists in like Cain did Abel Now they money's gettin' stuck to the gum under the table That's what you get when you misuse what I invent Your empire falls and you lose every cent For tryna blow up a scrub Now that thought was just as bright as a 20-watt light bulb Should've pumped it when I rocked it Niggas so stingy they got short arms and deep pockets This goes on in some companies With majors, they're scared to death to pump these First of all, who's your A&R? A mountain climber who plays an electric guitar? But he don't know the meanin' of dope When he's lookin' for a suit-and-tie rap That's cleaner than a bar of soap And I'm the dirtiest thing in sight Matter of fact, bring out the girls, and let's have a mud fight [Outro: RZA] You best protect ya neck You best protect ya neck You best protect ya neck You best protect ya neck