[RZA]
Yo, yo one two one two, yo live in effect
We got the king Ruler Zig-Zag-Zag Allah

Commonly known to y'all as the RZA
Yo before we go into side two or side B of this double CD
Knahmsayin I want to give y'all a little announcement man

For the last year there's been a lot of music comin out
the %#@! been weak, knowhatI'msayin?
A lot of ^!$$%z trying to take hip-hop

and make that %#@! R&B, rap and bull%#@! yaknowhatI'msayin?
Or make that %#@! funk
$#&@ that, this is MCin right here, this is hip-hop

Wu-Tang, Wu-Tang gonna bring it to you in the purest form
I got the GZA on my side, Killah Priest
Sunz of Man, Royal Fam, Killarmy, Gravediggaz, 12 O'Clock

Yo, we want to let y'all ^!$$%z know somethin man
To my people all across the world; Japan, Europe -- knowhatI'msayin?
Canada, knowmean -- Austria, Germany, Sweden

Yo, this is true hip-hop you listenin to right here
In the pure form, this ain't no R&B with a wack ^!$$% takin the loop
Be loopin that %#@! thinkin it's gonna be the sound of the culture

YaknowhatI'msayin? (That player bull%#@!)
YaknowhatI'msayin? All that player dressin up
on this %#@!, actin like this some kind of fashion show man

YaknowhatI'msayin? This is hip-hop right here
YaknowhatI'msayin? This is lyrics, MCin
And yo, to y'all ^!$$%z who think you going to become an MC overnight

YaknowhatI'msayin? Better snap out that $#&@in dream
Man it takes years for this you Cat in the Hat $$# rappers
You Dr. Seuss, Mother Goose, simple minded

(Stop runnin up on ^!$$%z with all that wack %#@!)
Word up man (I'm talking about you MC's)
You ain't no MC; ^!$$%z ain't made for this yaknowhatI'msayin?

This %#@! was Only Built 4 Cuban Linx -- we told y'all ^!$$%z back then
And then everybody wanted to change their mother$#&@in name
YaknowhatI'msayin? We come out with a style

Now everybody wanna imitate our style and all you producers out there
YaknowhatI'msayin? It's all good to show love to a ^!$$%
But stop bitin my %#@!, yaknowhatI'msayin?

Come from your own heart with this %#@!
And all y'all MC's, stop biting from my ^!$$%z
We told ya'll ^!$$%z on the $#&@ing Cuban Linx album

Don't bite our %#@!, y'all ^!$$%z keep biting
Yo, I'm going to tell y'all something man
It's time for the Wu revolution right here

To all my ^!$$%z across the world
Raise your mother$#&@ing fist in the air
And get ready for the Triumph

Cause the Gods is here to take over this %#@!
Word up, peace