Shadowboxin'

English translation

(Special technique) fuck that

(Spe-special technique of shadowboxing) God damn

(The GZA, God damn)

(The GZA, God damn) pledge allegiance to the hip-hop

(Method, god damn) I pledge allegiance to the hip-hop

(Maximilli-on, Maximilli-on)

(Uh, yeah, ahh, uh) Johnny Blaze

I pledge allegiance to the hip-hop

(Johnny Blaze) Maximilli-on

Maximilli-on Maximilli-on

I breaks it down to the bone gristle

Ill speakin' Scud missile heat seekin'

Johnny Blazing

Nightmares like Wes Craven, niggas gunnin'

My third eye seen it comin' before it happen

You know about them fuckin' Staten Kids they smashin'

Everything huh, in any shape form or fashion

Now everybody talkin' 'bout they blastin' (hmm)

Is you bustin' steel or is you flashin'? (Hmm)

Talkin' out your asshole

You shoulda learnt 'bout the flow and peasy afro

Ticallion stallion, chinky eye and snot-nosed

From my naps to the bunion on my big toe

I keeps it movin'

Know just what the fuck I'm doin', rap insomniac

Fiend to catch a nigga snoozing, slip the cardiac

Arrest me, exorcist Hip Hop posses me

Crunch a nigga like a Nestle, you know my Steez

Burnin' to the third degree, sneaky ass

Allley cat top pedigree, the head toucher

Industry party bum rusher

You don't like a dick up in ya, fuck ya

(Allow me to demonstrate) that's right, you corny-ass

(The skill of Shaolin) rap motherfuckers

(The special technique) better go back and check

(Of shadowboxing) your fuckin' stacks

(Shadowboxing) 'cause your naps ain't nappy enough

And your reefs ain't rugged enough

Bitch

I slayed MC's back in the rec room era

My style broke motherfucking backs like Ken Patera

Most rap niggas came loud but unheard

Once I pulled out, round 'em off to the nearest third

Check these non-visual niggas, with tapes and a portrait

Flood the seminar, trying to orbit this corporate

Industry, but what them niggas can't see

Must break through like the Wu, unexpectedly

Protect Ya Neck, my sword still remain imperial

Before I blast the mic, RZA scratch off the serial

We reign all year round from June to June

While niggas bite immediately if not soon

Set the lynchin' and form the execution date

As this two thousand beyond slang suffocate

Amplify sample through vacuum tubes compressions

'Cause RZA, to charge niggas 20G's a session

When my mind start to clickin', and the strategy

Is mastered the plot thickens, this be that Wu shit

I don't give a cotten pickin' fuck

About a brother tryin' to size a nigga up, I hold my own

Hard-hat protect your dome

Look at mama baby boy actin' like he grown

No time for sleep, I gets deep as a baritone

Killa Bee, that be holdin' down his honeycomb, loungin' son

Wu brother number one, protect ya neck

Flying guillotines here they come, bloody bastards

Hard times and killer tactics, spittin' words plus

Semi-automatic slurs, peep the graphic

Novel from the genie bottle, hit the clutch

Shift the gear now, full throttle, time to bungee

To the next episode, I keeps it grungy

Hand on my nutsac, and spittin' lung-ghies

At a wack nigga that, don't understand the fact

When it come to RZA tracks, I don't know how to act

Real rap from the Stat, Killa Hill projects

How to be exact, break it down

All and Together Now

Things are gettin' good lookin' better now

(Allow me to demonstrate the skill of Shaolin)

(Sha-shadowboxing, the special technique of shadowboxing)

(Shadowboxing)

Oh mayne, oh mayne

Oh mayne, oh mayne

(Allow me to demonstrate)