It is written, manifest   That all men are brothers, prophecy   We come like blood brothers, word is bond   'Cause blood is thicker than water, ain't alike      From the misty grounds, from the unknown   The shadows, the deep   The darkness, the triple darkness   Gravediggaz, my blood brother, the RZA      I grew up in the violent island of Shaolin   Fifty-five home an' cease thoughts implore   When jackpot rot was hot, I was not   A rusty-ass child with tears an' snots      Acquired the knowledge, how to master my thoughts   My skinny frail body couldn't fuck with the sports   Six feet two still whack on the court   So I stalked New York with a black pitchfork      My style date back to ninety, what?   Cuttin' the box while I be clocks with no socks   Remember the days before your pants would sag   Puerto Ricans on the block just throwin' up tags      Yo, I was born with a rusty spoon as a mouthpiece   Life was hard, got the graves as my company   Hang with my problems just as trouble predicted   To cross the path as I laugh at the vic-ted      No warmth for sure, the vents would spit average   Watchin' devils, fiend like a savage   Blood brothers need me, call, ?Ooh, ooh?   In a minute, a minute, Ghostface an' all, check it      With the Grym an' the Undertake   Devil's get baked, I'll stiff your ass like an eighth   Tortures an' screams buildin' up my steam   Death to whoever bumrushes through the bloodstream      Yo, somethin' ain't right, I don't get it   I feel a vibe, blood brothers, are you with it?   If I have to choose one or the other   Back the fuck up, spook, yo, that's my blood brother      All, all, all an' together   Blood brothers rollin' together   All, all, all an' together   Blood brothers rollin' together      All, all, all an' together   Blood brothers rollin' together   All, all, all an' together   Blood brothers      Back in the days of Lee's an' BVD's   I grew up deceived by wicked enemies   My lifespan began to dim in the error   When you can't even trust the man in the mirror      Now Gravedigga niggaz receive my trust   An' like Christ, we walk among the thieves an' the sluts   I bring stress like skins on PMS   The street's a bloody mess, there ain't no EMF in sight      My thoughts are to leave the slums   I hustle with beats an' drums, not keys an' guns   My feet are numb, as I walk my dogs   I cut off the fogs with the Gravedigga swords      Life parole as me an' my man is violated   Hookers are neutered an' spay-ted   Snakes are decapitated an' castrated   Niggaz is lost, your whole ark is bein' raided      Shows today are hectic, niggaz'll wreck shit   Lift off rounds an' jet quick   This piece is gettin' heated, fools erupt, a stampedin'   Devils are all defeated by the blood brothers      All, all, all an' together   Blood brothers rollin' together   All, all, all an' together   Blood brothers rollin' together      All, all, all an' together   Blood brothers rollin' together   All, all, all an' together   Blood brothers, blood brothers      Yeah, as the earth erupts   I conduct to destruct your flux when I big up   Catastrophes are blasphemy   Pour a container of brains on your grave through a strainer      I capsize your coffin, I wreck your morphin'   Breakin' devils down like Steve Austin   I gotta rip on a peel for a minute   Let's get some God degree 'cause a blood brother's hard to be   Power equality, Allah sees equality, follow me      Law an' order but I stick it in water   Many heads got slaughtered back in Latin Quarters   Like this brother named Rick was thick but got bit   By the same motherfucker that he ran with      Band of the hand, the Clan's my fam   Somethin' Mom Duke could never understand   From the grave to the gutter, death to another   Who tries to fuck with my blood brothers      All, all, all an' together   Blood brothers rollin' together   All, all, all an' together   Blood brothers rollin' together      All, all, all an' together   Blood brothers rollin' together   All, all, all an' together   Gravediggaz      Blood brothers, my man   Yo, blood brothers