Rest In Peace
One of the more underrated rappers of the last dozen years is - well, was - Ol' Dirty Bastard. In memory of his passing, I'd like to share a few lyrical snippets from some of his songs with you.
"Yeah, gotta come back to attack / Killin niggaz who said they got stacks, cause I don't give a fuck / I wanna see blood, whether it's period blood / or bustin your fuckin face, some blood!! / I'm goin out my fucking mind / Everytime I get around devils / Let me calm down, you niggaz better start runnin / Cause I'm comin, I'm dope like fuckin heroin / Wu-Tang Bloodkin, a goblin, who come tough like lambskin / Imagine, gettin shot up with Ol Dirty insulin / You bound to catch AIDS or somethin / Not sayin I got it, but nigga if I got it you got it!!" "Damage" off Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version
"You give me your number, I call you up / you act like your pussy don't interrupt / I don't have no problem with you fucking me / But I have a little problem with you not fucking me / Baby you know i'm a take care of you / Cause you say you got my baby, and I know it ain't true / Is it a good thing? no it's bad bitch / For good or worse, makes you switch / So I walk on over with my crystal / Bitches, niggaz put away your pistols / Dirty wont be having it in this house / Cause bitch I'll cripple your style / Now that you heard my calming voice / You couldn't get another nigga, coochie wont get moist / If you wana look good and not be bummy, girl you better give me that money!" "Baby I Got Your Money" off Nigga Please
"I'm just sittin' right, in my class at a quarter to ten right? / Waiting patiently for the class to begin right? / Teacher says "open up your texts, you! read the first paragraph on oral sex!" / I said "Oral sex!, what kind of class is this?!" / Girl next to me said "whats wrong with you miss? This is a lesson that makes you feel fine, try to ease your nerves and relax your mind!" / I said "Don't try to use no hypnotic spell!" / She said "Be my assistant, I'd show rather tell!" / My knees buckled heart started to drop / my dick grew to a size that my nerve couldnt stop / I tried to run! She yelled out "freeze!" / Pulled down my drawers, dropped to her knees / Ripped of my drawers as if she had claws / broke the rules that defined sex laws / She responded quick, with a slick, welcoming kiss and a ice cream lick / Oooh I begged, I begged, "Easy on my balls, they're fragile as eggs." "Don't U Know" off Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version
"First things first man you're fuckin with the worst / I'll be stickin pins in your head like a fuckin nurse / I'll attack any nigga who's slack in his mack / Come fully packed with a fat rugged stack / Shame on you when you stepped through to / The Ol Dirty Bastard straight from the Brooklyn Zoo / And I'll be damned if I let any man / Come to my center, you enter, the winter / Straight up and down that shit packed jam / You can't slam, don't let me get fool on him man / The Ol Dirty Bastard is dirty and stinkin / Ason Unique rollin with the night of the creeps / Niggaz be rollin with a stash / ain't sayin cash, bite my style I'll bite your motherfuckin ass!" "Protect Your Neck" off Wu-Tang Clan Enter the 36 Chambers
"You're the type of bitch don't appreciate sheeeit / Never had sheeeit, so you won't be sheeeeit / That pussy there, couldn't satisfy a hair / on my body, treat me like a lolli and slob me down / *SLURP, SLURP* I'm Doo Doo Brown! Hehahahaha / Tossed salad, oh you in some shit now / Callin me a dog, well leave a dog alone / Cause nothin can stop me from buryin my bones / in the backyard, of someone else's house / Ol Dirt Dog, but I'm not dog out / Here comes Rover, sniffin at your ass / But pardon me bitch, as I shit on your grass / That means hoe, you been shit-ted on! / I'm not the first dog that's shitted on your lawn" "Dog Shit" off Wu-Tang Forever
I'm really not trying to be funny.
Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version is a genius album. No shit. One of the most amazingly interesting albums of the last ten years.
Rest in peace Big Baby Jesus.