Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
[Rae] No tricks, no tricks baby
[Nas] Yeah, aiyyo Rae
[Ghf] Check it out y’all
[Nas] It’s the science
[Ghf] Fly wonderful
[Rae] Yeah y’all
[Nas] Tony Starks and umm Lex Diamonds
[Ghf] Tony Starks, my nigga Nas
[Rae] Strength my whole team is eatin off this type of shit
[Nas] For all the fake niggaz out there, yaknahmean
[Ghf] Word up
[Rae] Good shit, nigga next time, no more whatever shit
[Nas] Fakes be celebratin but they be mistaken
[Ghf] Word to the wise
[Rae] Keep your eyes open and your wallet in your front pocket
[Ghf] All types of shit, yo son
[Rae] Rock it, RZA Chef Ghost and Nas niggaz is the prophet
[Nas] Tell em it’s on right?
[Ghf] Show those crabs how to rhyme
[Rae] RZA Chef Ghost and Nas niggaz is the prophet
[Ghf] It’s only like five percent out of a hundred
[Rae] RZA Chef Ghost and Nas niggaz is the prophet
[Ghf] Do it to em baby
Verse One: Nas
Through the lights cameras and action, glamour glitters and gold
I unfold the scroll, plant seeds to stampede the globe
When I’m deceased, by then the beast arise like yeast
to conquer peace leaving savages to roam in the streets
Live on the run, police paying me to give in my gun
Trick my Wisdom, with the system that imprisoned my son
Smoke a gold leaf I hold heat, nonchalantly
I’m grungy, but things I do is real it never haunts me
while, funny style niggaz roll in the pile
Rooster heads profile on a bus to Riker’s Isle
Holdin weed inside they with they minds on the
pretty things in life, props is a true thug’s wife
It’s like a cycle, niggaz come home, some’ll go in
Do a bullet, come back, do the same again
From the womb to the tomb, presume the unpredictable
Guns salute life, rapidly, that’s the ritual
Verse Two: Raekwon the Chef
Perhaps bullets bust niggaz discuss mad money
True lies and white guys, we can see it through the eyes
Catch the most on tape, kilos disintegrate
Pyrex pots, we break, fiends lickin plates
In the building niggaz building, like little children starin
Them older niggaz aint carin
Sirens circlin fiends are lurkin in your baggage
oh, one’s gone now, what, smack him in his cabbage
In the woodwork, crack cells bubble like Woolworth’s
in the projects, richest niggaz rockin all the real worth
Police questioning, rooftop cats invested in
Tradin in they Lexus’ GS’s sendin messages
Two and two makes four, Cristal’s crazily pour
Gun wars my crew phantom like swords
Verse Three: Ghostface Killer
With the green leathers, hunded pound snakes and cakes
Fiends found in lakes, jeolously Jakes we shake
What I strive for is what I live for
Infatuated by material things, and it’s wild like for war
like somewhere over the rainbow, I see a big pot of gold
Future stacks yo I hold
Thousands of cracks bagged up inside the shoebox
Don’t keep jack in my lap, don’t wanna see Tupac
Got two spots, a new lot, flooded with rocks
Shoot-outs making me hot, crooked cops Bad Tony and the ball drop
In the Now, I’m bangin niggaz for slide time
Hurry up Duke I’m next, show em mine
And what the is you looking at?
By the way young blood, hit me off with that Green Bay hat
Watch your back inside the hall, new niggaz slide through
like doors yo, you’re starin in the mess hall
Your adrenaline runs, cigarette niggas be swindlin
New jacks surrenderin, come home not rememberin
Made bail with different size kicks on, a white dress shirt
Lookin gay in the yard, and you got hurt
Flashbacks, of the day room, mop ringer style
Your got bashed tryin to turn the dial
You told your boo you was whylin
Once you heard Wu, out of the blue, your family’s from Shaolin
High class cooks, throw on vestes out of phone books
Infirmary niggas are screaming, “I got drugs!”
Sharpen toothbrushes 190 mixed with baby oil and shit
Your man’s in the kitchen stashing ice picks
Well I’ma end this with a big red cherry on top
Me, Nas and Rae got the best product on the block
[Rae] Strength my whole team is eatin off this type of shit
[Ghf] Word up, throw your hands up
[Rae] Good shit, nigga next time, no more whatever shit
[Ghf] back the Mac an say whatever
[Rae] Keep your eyes open and your wallet in your front pocket
[Ghf] Your Hawaiian’s stale, exoticness, fly shit
[Rae] RZA Chef Ghost and Nas niggaz is the prophet
[Ghf] Floatin on in nine-five in the basement
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@Forty1Second Umm …
@Forty1Second Umm dude im only 17 and like this is my enitre ipod collection
i respect these …
i respect these artist i was born in the 90’s and being from new york this is all i heard growing up i enjoy this track im actually doing a lyrical analysis project so pretty much everyone in class did gucci wayne and when my teacher asked me what song am i doing i Said Verbal Intercourse By Raekwon and everyone face was like what lol!!! good look on this post though
un chef d’oeuvre.du …
un chef d’oeuvre.du courage!!!
idont get along …
idont get along with hardly no one bececause most people i know are fake cats who listen to new hip pop music..lil wayne and his colony of fake that follow him…so while i sit here left out of their bullshiit…i reminice on old hip hop, crusing through lil wayne infested neighbor hoods, blastin ONLY BUILT FOR CUBAN LINKS PT 1 AND 2….gettin people mad, that THERE IS STILL REALL HIP HOP OUT HERE….AMEN!!!!!!!!!
Was there a harder …
Was there a harder concentration of raw hip-hop talent in any other song ever? Maybe Triumph, but Nas, Ghost, and Rae would TEAR UP anybody in those days. Add RZA on the boards, and you have this utterly amazing song.
the start when …
the start when they’re all talking at once is pure genius! i used to always figure out what they were saying…
Verbal Intercourse? …
Verbal Intercourse? I just got an erection XD just kidding, Fckn ill song
definatly on of the …
definatly on of the best hip-hop songs ever.
this song is …
this song is sick.the whole only built 4 cuban links is.real hip hop not like lil wayne and everybody else all the kids at my school listen to
@Forty1Second your …
@Forty1Second your right, like 90% of my friends listen to that Wayne garbage.
I miss high school …
I miss high school when I hear this
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@6sillyrabbit9
“I wanna love him, but what if he hurts me”
kids today cant …
kids today cant read….so there is no way they could FATHOM what the NAS was speaking….and its so sad that you cant play classics like this for them…their heads will explode..
This album was …
This album was crazy….. Still 1 of the best album’s in Hip Hop. Rae, Nas ,Ghost were all on top of their game. 3 crazy spitter’s, no gimmick’s. peace
nas is always the …
nas is always the illest on whatever track hes on
wat is that voice …
wat is that voice saying in the background?
The don’s of hip …
The don’s of hip hop.
this is …
this is straight timeless and gets better with every listen
Yeah. He drop that …
Yeah. He drop that verse on his demo and he was only 16 at the time. “Half man half amazing.”
Nas also used this …
Nas also used this verse on deja vu… his best track ever in my opinion.
one of nas’ dopest …
one of nas’ dopest verses hes ever laid
Nas’s verse on this …
Nas’s verse on this track is the best verse hes ever dropped in his life just too real.
whats the intro …
whats the intro part is there a beat for that i love the intro anyone know?
Raekwon is …
Raekwon is lyrically gifted and nas verse pure classic i feel Raekwon should get more credit especially for the rap music today he has out i would put my money on him waaaaaay before lil wayne nas and gfktoo