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Intro that sets the mood for the album. Rae and Ghostface politic over the opening score from The Killer. Rae and Ghost are also conversing on the topic of life and that they don’t want to live a criminal life forever.
[Intro]
Okay (This is it), on three
[Skit: Ghostface Killah & Raekwon]
Yeah, word up, I'm tired of doing this shit (Aight, word)
Let's get it, fuck it (Aight, I'ma set it)
Let's get it, tell me how you feel, man
Yo, son, check the fly shit, son ('Sup cousin, how you doin'?)
Yo, baby, check it, man, I got a new connect son, for real, man
Fuck all this twenty for a brick shit, man (No doubt)
My man got it out of state for fifteen (Yeah)
You know what I'm saying? And, yo—
You know my man's and them is in VA, they politicking to death, so (Right, right)
It's all good, what's up? What you wanna do? (God, God)
We gotta move, God, we gotta move, God, we gotta migrate
Get the fir— Get the fuck outta New York, you know what I'm sayin'?
Bounce, man, start fucking with bigger and better shit, man
So you telling me no more big eights, strictly bricks
No more, no more, no more, man (Man, I'm with you, I've been waiting, man)
No more, God (What's up!)
It's the pot of gold right here, man, this is it
Man, this is glory (So, yo—), you know what I'm sayin'?
The first thing we gotta do, man
Is just know what we gonna do with this cream when we get it, man (Right)
'Cause I'm not tryna just be (Right), sitting on, motherfuckin', 200 thou'
And acting like I'ma just be a— a drug dealer all my life, son (Nah, nah)
I got bigger and better plans, son (No doubt, and we gon' move on, man)
And you know I don't be fuckin' with anybody, man
Son, long as the love and the trust is there, son, we gon' grow, God (Yo, yo, Tony)
We gon' grow like a plant, son
Yo, you coming at me like that, son? (For real, son)
Come on you know me man (You know my style, son)
You know how my heart feels though, God (No doubt)
But, yo, God, for real, this is my last time, God
I'm hanging this shit up man if this shit don't work right here, God (Word up)
You know what I'm sayin'? (I feel the same way, I feel the same way kid) Yo, God, you know what I'm sayin'?
When I got shot at, man, my mom's windows got shot the fuck up, man (Yeah)
Yo, God, my baby's in here, God, see, I gotta take the time, man
And raise my family, man (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
You know what I'm sayin'? Sit around, man, my grandkids, man
But yo, son, it's like this, man
We all livin', man, we here now, man (Word, man), you know what I'm sayin'?
Let's not think like we gon' be stagnating, man
Let's keep moving ahead, man, keep our head up, man
Take care of our families, man
God, word is bond, I'm your eyes that's in back of you, kid
Let's do it then
Striving For Perfection was written by Ghostface Killah & Raekwon.
Striving For Perfection was produced by RZA.
Raekwon released Striving For Perfection on Tue Aug 01 1995.
Raekwon: When we sat down and did “Striving for Perfection,” we knew how important the intro to an album is. We were coming in as young, scrambling niggas. We had visions—goals and dreams. And when we was saying certain things, shit was relating to niggas’ lives for real. But at the end of the day,...