RZA - Making Moves lyrics

Making Moves

Peace for this exploration
I wanna stray from what we
Have done in the past i want
To take you outside and literally
Explore be mindful
You don't have to be still your eyes don't
Have to be closed meditation just means you
Are aware of your inner and outer self so put
On some kicks and let's go outside to a
Place where you can stretch
Your legs, move around, you
Know if you need to, just hit pause
And I'll wait for you

Are you ready? Let's do this

I want you to start walking a
Little slower than normal try
To keep yourself in a straight
Line as you walk
Focus on your breath in through
Your mouth feel your chest
Rise up and fall flow in
Flow out keep breathing

Before Wu Tang was Wu Tang
I walked all over Staten Island i
Mean I walked the Park
Hill Projects to Stapleton to New
Brighton i took the long route to up Targee
Street, down Van Duzer, and then up the big
Hill on Ceber Avenue those walks in
Shaolin built wisdom in me, and
They revealed to me what I wanted to do
And what I could do, and most importantly
What I should do how to take on the obstacle
Or avoid a trap? How to build Wu
Tang? How to launch a label?
How to create music not only for
The children of my generation
But even the children of future
Generations i want you
To find wisdom in your walk slowly let
Your focus drift to your legs be mindful
Of every step, lifting each foot up
Moving your
Leg forward, placing it down again feel every
Part of every step as you do
Look around you slowly take in the sights are
They new? Or have you been looking
At these things your whole life? Look closer
Is there something there
You've never realized?
And let your mind become
More focused think about
The goal that lies ahead analyze it
Then start to form a plan continue this
Think about the obstacles
And the opportunities
On your path to that goal now assess them
Turn these ideas over in your mind
As many times as you like again and
Again and again multiplying
Adding, subtracting
Divide them don't stop walking
Until you feel settled
It could take hours and that's cool

The great Indian monk who
Helped found the Shaolin
He walked from India to China that's a
Lot of miles when I was stuck trying to
Figure out my screenplay for my movie
I walked through the streets
Of Pittsburgh it was
The steel heritage of that city that gave
Me the inspiration to think about making our
Character have iron fists strong as steel

When your mind feels clear
Turn around and head back take the same path
This time look at your conclusions from a
Different perspective what is the flip
Side of each obstacle each
Opportunity pressure test your plan when
We change our surroundings
We open up new perspective
And higher levels of thought that's why
I take walks to this very
Day what can you use from
This walk to move forward
In your life? Maybe it's a tangible
Plan maybe it's just the
Awareness you've created my walks lead
Me to the Wu Tang
And remain a vital part of my process
Where will your walks take you?

We're approaching the end of our exploration
And as you press stop
On this, just remember that you
Can return whenever you want
And the RZA will be here waiting to
Explore with you peace bong Bong