Knowledge Quotes

[Ironman Starks]

GZA - 4th Chamber

The banks of G, all CREAM downs a vet
Money feed good, opposites off the set
It ain't hard to see, my seeds need God-degree
I got mouths to feed, unnecessary beef is more cows to breed
I'm on some tax free shit by any means
Whether bound to hit scheme or some counterfeit CREAM
I learned much from such with cons who run scams
Veterans got the game spiced like hams
And from that, sons are born and guns are drawn
Clips are fully loaded, and then blood floods the lawn
Disciplinary action was a fraction of strength
that made me truncate the limp on temp
with the stump, treat his hips like air pumps
RZA shave the track, niggaz caught razor bumps
Scarred tryin to figure who invented
this unprecented, opium-scented, dark-tinted
Now watch me blow him out his shoes without clues
Cuz I won't hesitate to detonate, I'm short fuse

"I got mouths to feed, unnecessary beef is more cows to breed"
gza overdoes it sometime god dayumm

"Veterans got they game spiced like ham"
^^^yo if im not mistake he talkin about like as in seasoned veterans like in the game like veterans of war and shit...gza is fire

[Frank Drebin]

nah, it's all good. I get mad cuz ya all know I dont get down like that (disrespecting). That shit aint me. PEACE.

sweet peace

[LordReveal]

RZA on "Impossible"

Exageratted authorization
Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
testin poison in prison popultion
my occupation is to stop the enaguration of Satan
some claim it was raeggan
So I came to slay men
like Bartholemule
cuz every particle is physical article
was diabolical to the last visible molecule
A space knight like Rom
consume planets like Unicron
blastin photon bombs from the arm
like galvatron

[Imperial1]

Born master with the faster blade, track slasher, manufacture poems to microphones, bones fracture

Inspectah Deck on "For Heaven's Sake"

Imperial1

[Imperial1]

RZA on "4th Chamber"

Chamoufloge chameloeon
ninjas scaling your building
no time to grab the guns, they already got your wife & children
a hit was sent from the president, to raid your residense
because u got secret evidence and documents on how they rape the continents
and its the prominent, dominant, Islamic, Asiatic black hebrew
the year 2002, the battle's still with the Wu
6 million devils just died from the bubonic flew
and the Ebola virus, under the reing of King Cyrus
you can see the weakness of a man right thru his Iris
un-loyal snakes get thrown in boiling lakes of hot oil
then boils your skin, chickenheads gettin slim like Olive Oyl
only plant your seed deep in fertile soil
fotified with essential vitamins & minerals
use the sky as a blanket, stuffin clouds inside my pillow
rollin with the lambs, 12 tribes
144,000 chosen
Proton Electrons Always Cause Explosions

For some reason, the bolded line takes me back to the movie "V for Vendetta" when they raided that guy's house looking for the girl and then killed him after they found the Holy Quran in his house.

Imperial1

[the silencer]

this thread is awesome....and where the fuck has LordReveal been????

Deck spits ridiculous knowledge on this shit..

Show N Prove off of Uncontrolled Substance:

[Inspectah Deck]
I once asked God to forgive for my sins
Bent on my knees pleadin to be heavenly cleansed
Said the Holy Ghost changed the ways and actions of men
When I stood, I felt the same as if I just walked in
I was twelve at the time, held nines, held mines
A frail mind, criminal thoughts well-designed
Then the Older Gods put me on, on how to rock this
Maintain, 360, lord and live prosperous
His jewel was priceless, keep the cypher righteous
Bare in mind, God, some of your own won't like this
I'm mentally scarred, recooperatin from abrasure
Fooled by interpretations made from a traitor
It's in my nature, I was taught, that's the first law
Obtain the food, clothin and the shelter that I search for
The fire in my eyes is hot as Earth's core
What hurts more, the fact that we still dirt poor
In hard times force crimes out of honest man
And most fiend to see the so-called promised land
Sun of Man, knowledge, wisdom and understand
that it's time to take matters in our own hands

[Chorus]

[Inspectah Deck]
The wicked ways of the world can't escape sin
I'm facin masses gun on the plantation
Seen source from home yet I'm still caved in
Cuz 9000 miles is such a long way to swim
and many die tryin to survive the next mile
Famillies was raised as slaves and exiled
I learned it as a child, knowledge be the key
to unlock your brain and set your mindstate free
It's true, the times come through, chose the few
Show and prove, the power of God's in you
or remain a savage in pursuit of happiness
Who lacks jewels, love and peace completes the package
The fact is five out a hundred know the truth
The wisdom might blow the roof when shown and proved

[Chorus]

[Inspectah Deck]
Through the course of time, we was dumb, deaf and blind
Now we on the incline, build with one mind
Came a long way, but, yo, we still far behind
So, uplift the mind, God, rise and shine
I speak to the black-bellied yellow seeds
My fellow breed all races, colors and creeds
Search for the knowledge, use science and math
and be queens and kings like the centuries past
The devil tried to fool my people, said we was equal
But I believe him when my culture sees freedom
You beat 'em with the positive thoughts, you don't need em
Leave him in the dirt, let the blood suckers see him

[Battle 1]

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[Battle 1]

I concur....mos def the whole heavy mental album is a fucking classic or the lyrics are full of knowledge

Hell Yeah, that's no under-statement. Absolutely correct. knowlegde in it's purest form. Never have I heard such wise wisdom or words on an album before. The 'Heavy Mental' album is mostly based on cultural knowlegde in various forms, mostly religious facts (they don't call him the Priest for nothing), but also scientifical facts, historical facts, as well as modern day facts and so forth. You getting the whole raw deal with that album.

I played that album so much cause not only does it have so much knowledge, but Priest is a poet with his choice of words.

And last but certainly not least is that Priest is very good at expressing his emotions on the mic as well. Priest gets ferocious on the mic at times that's what I love too.

[RagnaroK]

i agree with the silencer Show N Prove he really do drop some knowledege there and that is he's best track solo when he says:
I once asked God to forgive for my sins
Bent on my knees pleadin to be heavenly cleansed
Said the Holy Ghost changed the ways and actions of men
When I stood, I felt the same as if I just walked in

i felt like he was talking about me cuz that same thing happen to me my fam try to raise me as a catholic but i never felt like thats the way for me, even thou he ment another thing i took it like that cuz thats was what heppening to me at the time

12 Jewelz when RZA say:
The first thing a man must obtain is Twelve Jewelz
Knowledge Wisdom Understanding to help you achieve
Freedom, Justice Equality Food Clothing and Shelter
After this, Love Peace and Happiness
He had the nappiest head, I told him total satisfaction
is to achieve one goal in the scheme of things
He who works like a slave, eats like a king

i heard that i couldn't believe what i was hearing, at the time i didnt know it was 5% teaching but it does not matters cuz thats the true right there thats what all man most optain this applay to everybody even if we are not 5%

The Birth the part where he says:
We the people, supposed to be equal
But the men who wrote that, they was evil
Slave owners, who did not include us
They just used us, and abused us
First they trick you, then mentally kill you
And use technologies, to rebuild you
This whole plan was a perfect scam
See that's why they called it, the Six Million Dollar Man
Six is the limitation of the Devil
In the Million square miles of land that he settles

when i heard that i was on my way home i hear that part and i just stop and look at my cd player(may he Rest In Peasce) i was like damn! with a little tear of joy (i confuse he part of limitation of the devil i thought he say levitation of the devil- as in every evil deed"6" will give raise"levitation" to a devil)



those are the ones that left me on the WTF THATS DEEP SHIT moment

[lmdiggi]

Remedy "Never again"

[davedigital360]

"America" was real. everyone killed that shit. Just the way Masta sounds on "the Table" sounds crazy, like he is telling some epic tale or some shit:

I make knowledge born to save self, you know?
Who gon' live it, gon' live it
Be is to be a born, knawmean?

Soaked in degrees of knowledge, polished by sun rays
Carving by nine swordsmen to a needle point of perfection
It's a blessing to deliver this lesson
While travellin the planet, extending development
And vote for the mind, never ended
We now send it long winded, descended
Infital, Bobby Digital, Abbot of the Shaolin now
Wit knowledge and wisdom
The original sword style begin, birth of the Wu-Tang Clan

My favorite track though is "marvel" Rza's last verse:

....Headliner or marquee is the prime time rhyme crime family
That shines Godly light
Upon this hip-hop artform, yo Dunn
We can't be measured by no chart,
the God Born
Never bust premature for sure
You want it raw, let me plant my dynamite bitch
deep inside your core, the explosion stops the menstration
Causes stomach inflation
Patiently waiting nine months for deportation
Of the Earth from the Moon, black woman stay in tune
Yo God, let me pour y'all the science about the womb
It's a black hole for those who lose control
Fertile soil before you are wise
And spoiled many men and took many lives
And all you brothers changed sides
Only worth a decimal compared to those who died inside

GZA aleways on some shit as well like I can sit here and quote him for days so i wont get into that. but his lines kill it. last one, Nas on "let my niggas live" drops some real shit.

[deadlymelody]

Too many songs, weak rhymes is mad long, make it brief son, half short and twice strong

I rewind that every time I hear it. Flowed perfect and his message is too damn true.