Yes, I got you started, yes, I got you started      Uh, yeah, this is on some 'Can It Be, C.R.E.A.M.' shit   Right here, too, yeah, word up, take it there for these niggas   You know? Word up, yo, uh, huh, reminisce, nigga   Word up, nice sunny day, rainy day   Preferable for you and yours, let's blow, yo      Who would've thought I would of made it, y'all?   Ten years later, still in the gid game   The Clan, we was one the greatest   We did platinum back in '93, we painted pictures you could see   We was living who y'all trying to be      RZA had a vision, instead of cooking coke in the kitchen   He told the God, hit the booth and start spitting   At first it was a dream to me, Ol' Earth bugging   Put your gun down, screaming that the streets is gon' be needing me      I did the 'Knowledge to the Wisdom' that you spoke to me   The Wu become us, the world embraced us   A new day, a new life for the God   Got a hood thing, watching 'Ice Water' evolve      Destined to build a mountain, niggaz is doubting my work   Black millionaire, check what I'm worth   I gotta thank y'all for taking in Lex, I appreciate it   I apologize for keeping y'all waiting      Yes, I got you started all over again   Yes, I got you started all over again   (Word up, let's go back, finish up)      Growing up, we've been through hard times   Life on the streets, just trying to survive   Plus my niggas got mouths to feed   We sold to crack fiends, coke, ice and money machines      Shooting at cops, them maggots tried to stop our C.R.E.A.M   But it won't stop, can't stop, my niggas locked down in a box   I feel your pain, I know you're trying to come home   All that weak bullshit, I had to leave it alone      Heard my mom's crying at night, we rap on the phone, I love you   Never meant to stress you out, do you wrong, yo, I'm working   Then move you from a block to a home   We came from nothing, seeing how the world is so cold      Some niggas coming out of churches selling Devil their soul, yo   My neighborhood is Crime Central, sort of like prisons and cops   One on lock, instead of trying to defend you   All that bullshit we've been through   Time to draw the line right here,   Got to stop now, time is the issue      Yes, I got you started all over again   Yes, I got you started all over again   (One more jewel, one more, move, let's go, let's go)      It's time to rebuild, teach our seeds that guns don't kill   It's the nigga behind the trigger that will   Society's ill, blacks support seeds for their mills   Mentally brainwashed, time moves on, we stand still      I seen life through the birth of my son, I seen it all again   A soldier stuck in these streets, hoping it's war within   Too late to fall now, I'm on now   Niggas is born now, we doing good, we on tour now      Elevate your prosperity, I'm seeing shit with clarity   No longer on the low, pa, I couldn't handle thieves   Too much to live for, I just wanna poly and grow   Stack ones and watch my little dun's blow      Yes, I got you started all over again   Yes, I got you started all over again   Yes, I got you started all over again   Yes, I got you started all over again