GZA, KA - Firehouse lyrics

My life rest in a 45, aim for the head
Chest fortified
Sons look for revenge, out of stress
Daughters cry
Gotta do it here, can't afford to try
Thought the gutter ended in the 'Ville
Then I saw the 'Stuy they get wet daily
It's a live nigga water ride
Slow and steady win the race, step aside
Let the tortoise by it's the hunted man
Street value hundred grand
Instinct, nothing planned
Been through shit you couldn't understand
Cain, Hec
And Dawuan - I'm repping the lifeless
Weapon of crisis, guns run out
I'm steppin' in
Checkin' for secondary devices
Live in the real world
Fuck bitches, get love from a real girl
Raised my sister


Amongst the slime and the crime
Now she a ill pearl
You never seen nothing like me
I'm for those who get it on nightly
You need a boost of strength, put it on
Recite me
I tour with toast, cuz drama's always close
Feeling the waves, kill the praise
Applaud my folks
From the core, the most raw
Absorb the quotes for sure I'm the cure
And there's more of the dose
Yeah, I'm from the bottom but
I look forward to gross

In the gutter, some ride, some chill
(some chill)
I'm from the gutter, some 'Stuy, some 'Ville
(some 'Ville)
Know many brothers, some cry, some build
Word to the mother, some lie, some steal
(steal) some get popped, some die, some heal
(some heal)
Some get knocked, some hide and some real
(Some even bust shots, some live, some kill)
(But that's gutter where Ka and them chill)

Slim nigga with the fat pound, back down
Most brolic dude, try to move
Hit him in the face
Never again taste solid food same nigga
If I'm in solitude, or with the wildest crew
Bulletproof down my coats
Like Ghost's wallets, too
I run wit a crook or two
Look who escaped out Brooklyn Zoo
Fuck that queen, I show you what a knight
And a rook'll do new York City Bronson
Heat up quicker than Vinnie Johnson
The block got Bloods now
It's like a mini Compton
To have honey smiling, need money piling
Bundles, bundles, bundles, a hundred thousand
That's why with my gun I'm browsing
On the hottest strip to see who I
Gotta hit to start running housing
I listen to my id, respect my ego
If I need council, bounce through
Check my people
The first on Earth with the same
Thirst I accept is equal
Never move with crews, you'll lose
They steps beneath you
I rep it lethal in beef
Might elect to mesquite you
From where the beast greet you, do
As much as dirt as us
But they preach lethal the block is class
The blast from the heat teach you
Get one lesson, fail, oh well
The streets keep you
Pat his jeans, one magazine, sheet sleep you

In the gutter, some ride, some chill
(some chill)
I'm from the gutter, some 'Stuy, some 'Ville
(some 'Ville)
Know many brothers, some cry, some build
Word to the mother, some lie, some steal
(steal) some get popped, some die, some heal
(some heal)
Some get knocked, some hide and some real
(Some even bust shots, some live, some kill)
(But that's gutter where Ka and them chill)

I embody, every nigga who carried a shotty
Forced to grow up quick
Never sat on the potty
Went from crawl to run, we want all or none
Being fatherless bothered us
Everybody we called 'em son
Block scholastic
Sellin chips from the rock jurassic
For heavy glory
Mark territory 'fore I rot in casket
Thought our young committee was
Gon' run the city
One fears being unprepared
So I brung the Smitty
If you dare come and get me, I'm from royalty
I represent myself, don't need no lawyer fee
People call on me
Cuz I'm ready when it's urgent
Too much grace to tremble
Hand steady as a surgeon