– NasNas’s verse was used for the first time on the track Another one of my favorites right there. And I was like, “That’s it, son.” He was like, “That’s it?” I was like, “Nigga, that’s it!” But he had already went through three or four rhymes, and he couldn’t really see which one he wanted it to be.
But I heard it. We’d just ride and hang out all night. And I always told him I want him on the album.So one day I brought him out to Staten Island. Eye for a Eye (Your Beef Is Mines) Verbal Intercourse
And I was there, being like his little coach.
I would go to Staten Island. It featured Nas and Raekwon. He was starting to get his buzz up now as far as being a Queensbridge representative.
Somehow we wound up in the studio. Gimme like ten minutes.’ So a lot of my rhymes are wrote quick. We would sit there, and he’d say some of his shit. We was in there for like four hours and knocked that whole song out… The song happened and that’s when Rae did "Verbal Intercourse” with Nas. It featured Nas and Raekwon. They’re building up their Queensbridge medals and shining ‘em up, and they called me in to get on that record. Knowledge Drop: How Nas Broke Down His Beefs With The Notorious B.I.G. I’d come see him up in Queens. It was payback for the friendship and the love that Queensbridge and Shaolin had together. At that time me and Nas were real close. This was a rare track due to the features. But that beat, everybody’s head just kept knockin’.So that beat was just freshly made once we all got into the studio together. Raekwon lyrics - 241 song lyrics sorted by album, including "Ice Cream", "Knowledge God", "Verbal Intercourse".
Anybody that’s just feeling to me like they on some young G shit. I was honored to be asked to be on the album. We was gettin’ bent and all that.
This is the first song by a Wu-Tang member to feature someone outside the Clan.
So it was definitely one that people was like, ‘Yo, I love this shit because this little nigga over in Queens is nice.
Everybody looked at me. But he didn’t really know which rhyme he wanted to say. So you know I’m always for the young thoroughbred.
Nas realizes the honor, and doesn’t disappoint, with arguably the best verse on the song.We got in the studio. Honestly, I wasn’t even writing that hard, I wrote something just to participate and it wound up being a classic.Nas Breaks Down “Nas Album Done” And Hip-Hop’s Obsession With Pablo Escobar The other one never came out.
I knew Rae was a classic artist and the album was going to be a music classic. I’m like, ‘Fuck it, go in the booth.’ So now, I’m in the back on some A&R shit. I like Queens rappers. I’m like, ‘That’s it!’ I stopped him and said, ‘Yo, that’s the verse. I like how they rhyme. At that time in the early 90’s Wu-Tang didn’t feature on anyone’s tracks and less so other artists on Wu-Tang’s albums.“We actually made that beat and everything right there in the studio. Like, I was always the type of nigga like, ‘Aight, you go. Now mind you, I didn’t even write my rhyme yet. I got on both of them. Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… is the solo debut album of Raekwon, released August 1, 1995. & JAY-Z On “Last Real N***a Alive” Nas Says The Notorious B.I.G. Raekwon was ahead of his time. We all just chillin’. He played them for me. RZA played the beat. And me and Nas was over there in the corner writing.
I just knew, this beat is going on the album.So Nas is automatically like, ‘Yeah this is it, but I don’t know what rhyme to fucking come with.’ I’m like, ‘Fuck it. At that time in … RZA was just dominating where he wanted to take this record, and I was just right there with him all the time co-signing the beats.
[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? Once it came out his mouth, I was like, That’s it.
I don’t know. That was probably like a week after “Eye For A Eye” they did that".It was payback time.