GZA – LIQUID SWORDS

Lyrics

[Skit: Gibran Evans]
When I was little, my father was famous
He was the greatest samurai in the empire
And he was the Shogun's decapitator
He cut off the heads of 131 lords
It was a bad time for the empire
The Shogun just stayed inside his castle and he never came out
People said his brain was infected by devils
My father would come home, he would forget about the killings
He wasn't scared of the Shogun, but the Shogun was scared of him
Maybe that was the problem
Then, one night, the Shogun sent his ninja spies to our house
They were supposed to kill my father but they didn't
That was the night everything changed
[RZA]
See, sometimes
You gotta flash 'em back
See, niggas don't know where this shit started
Y'all know where it came from
I'm sayin', we gonna take y'all back to the source
Do the knowledge, yo
[RZA + GZA]
When the MCs came to live out the name
And to perform, some had
To snort cocaine, to act insane
Before Pete Rocked it on
Now on with the mental plane, to spark the brain
With the building to be born
Yo, RZA, flip the track with the what to cut
[GZA]
Fake niggas get flipped in mic fights
I swing swords and cut clowns
Shit is too swift to bite, you record and write it down
I flow like the blood on a murder scene
Like a syringe, on some wild out shit to insert a fiend
But it was your op. to shop stolen art
Catch a swollen heart from not rollin' smart
I put mad pressure on phony wack rhymes that get hurt
Shit's played like zodiac signs on sweatshirts
That's minimum and feminine like sandals
My minimum table stacks a verse on a gamble
Energy is felt once the cards are dealt
With the impact of roundhouse kicks from black belts
That attack, the mic-phones like cyclones or typhoon
I represent from midnight to high noon
I don't waste ink, nigga, I think
I drop megaton bombs more faster than you blink
'Cause rhyme thoughts travel at a tremendous speed
Through clouds of smoke of natural blends of weed
Only under one circumstance, that's if I'm blunted
Turn that shit up, my Clan in Da Front want it
Now, when the MCs came to live out the name
And to perform, some had
To snort cocaine, to act insane
Before Pete Rocked it on
Now on with the mental plane to spark the brain
With the building to be born
Yo, the RZA flip the track with the what to cut
[GZA]
I'm on a Mission that niggas say is Impossible
But when I swing my swords, they all choppable
I be the body dropper, the heartbeat stopper
Child educator, plus head amputator
'Cause niggas' styles are old like Mark 5 sneakers
Lyrics are weak like clock radio speakers
Don't even stop in my station and attack
While your plan failed, get derailed like Amtrak
What the fuck for? Down by law, I make law
I be justice, I sentence that ass two to four
'Round the clock, that state pen time, check it
But the pens I be stickin' with, you can't state the crime
Came through with the Wu, slid off on the DL
I'm low-key like seashells, I rock these bells
Now come aboard, it's Medina bound
Enter the chamber, and it's a whole different sound
It's a wide entrance, small exit like a funnel
So deep, it's picked up on radios in tunnels
Niggas are fascinated how the shit begin
Get vaccinated, my logo is branded in your skin
When the MCs came to live out the name
And to perform, some had
To snort cocaine, to act insane
Before Pete Rocked it on
Now on with the mental plane, to spark the brain
With the building to be born
Yo, RZA flip the track with the what to cut

Paroles (Traduction)

[Skit : Gibran Evans]
Quand j'étais petit, mon père était célèbre
Il était le plus grand samouraï de l'empire
Et il était le décapiteur du Shogun
Il a coupé les têtes de 131 seigneurs
C'était une période sombre pour l'empire
Le Shogun restait juste à l'intérieur de son château et ne sortait jamais
Les gens disaient que son cerveau était infecté par des démons
Mon père rentrait à la maison, il oubliait les meurtres
Il n'avait pas peur du Shogun, mais le Shogun avait peur de lui
Peut-être que c'était le problème
Puis, une nuit, le Shogun a envoyé ses espions ninjas chez nous
Ils étaient censés tuer mon père mais ils ne l'ont pas fait
Cette nuit-là, tout a changé
[RZA]
Voyez-vous, parfois
Vous devez les ramener en arrière
Vous savez, les gens ne savent pas d'où tout cela a commencé
Vous savez d'où ça vient
Je veux dire, on va vous ramener à la source
Faites le savoir, yo
[RZA + GZA]
Quand les MCs sont venus pour vivre le nom
Et pour performer, certains devaient
Se droguer à la cocaïne, agir de manière insensée
Avant que Pete Rock ne le fasse
Maintenant, avec le plan mental, pour stimuler le cerveau
Avec le bâtiment à naître
Yo, RZA, retourne la piste avec quoi couper
[GZA]
Les faux mecs se font retourner dans les combats de micro
Je balance des épées et coupe les clowns
C'est trop rapide pour être copié, tu enregistres et écris
Je coule comme le sang sur une scène de meurtre
Comme une seringue, sur une folie pour insérer un drogué
Mais c'était ton op. pour acheter de l'art volé
Attrape un cœur gonflé en ne roulant pas intellig

Thématique La vie dans les rues

Style Rap

Keywords Arts martiaux, New York

Entités normées GZA, New York