[00:00:00] Living In The World Today - Genius/GZA [00:00:00] Written by:GZA/Genius/Robert F. "Prince Rakeem" Diggs/GZA/Genius [00:00:00] Yo check it out son [00:00:03] Yo live in the place to be [00:00:06] You got the capital G [00:00:07] G to the A M C [00:00:10] Givin' a mad shout out to the Ranch Crew from the old school [00:00:13] And we gonna take y'all back knowhat I'msayin [00:00:15] Lyrical sorcerers right here the fathers the cream of the crop son [00:00:20] Well if you livin' in the world today [00:00:23] You be hearin' the slang that the Wu Tang say [00:00:25] Niggaz that front we don't handle 'em [00:00:27] So we blast 'em alright well okay [00:00:30] Well if you like the way it sound then clap man [00:00:33] And if the women love it too well then raise your hands [00:00:35] But only raise your hands [00:00:36] If you're sure [00:00:37] Punk niggaz shatter [00:00:38] Like a glass jaw break it [00:00:40] My rhyme gross weight vehicle combination [00:00:42] Was too heavy for the [00:00:44] Chevy's is chased out the station [00:00:45] Double edged was the guillotine that beheaded it [00:00:48] Gassed up fkin' with some regular unleaded sh*t [00:00:50] Heads roll on hillsides behind ropes that [00:00:53] Bind in X marks the spot on the scope [00:00:55] Heavily armed military is necessary [00:00:58] It's a gamble [00:00:59] MC's bet they best at every [00:01:00] Powerful parable ditties might harm [00:01:03] If tampered with [00:01:04] Set off and strike like pipe bombs [00:01:05] Flashbacks to the Duel of the Iron Mic [00:01:08] Look out for these fatal flying spikes [00:01:10] Of massive [00:01:10] Sleep holds [00:01:12] Put strangle on commercial angle [00:01:13] Microphone cords tangled from being Star Spangled [00:01:16] Now who could ever say they heard of this [00:01:18] My motherfkin' style is mad murderous [00:01:21] Well if you like the way [00:01:21] It sound then clap man [00:01:23] And if the women love it too [00:01:26] But only raise your hands if you're sure [00:01:28] Punk niggaz shatter like a glass jaw [00:01:30] Break it [00:01:30] Well if you livin' in the world today [00:01:33] You be hearin' the slang that the Wu Tang say [00:01:36] Niggaz that front we don't handle 'em [00:01:39] So we blast 'em alright well okay [00:01:40] Well what you know about MCin' [00:01:42] Yo I know a lot [00:01:43] Well can you demonstrate somethin' ni**a [00:01:45] Huh I'd rather not [00:01:46] I'm talkin' 'bout stacks cousin [00:01:47] Ni**a that's what I got [00:01:48] Cash Rules the world [00:01:50] Well Cash Rules the spot [00:01:51] My preliminary attack keep [00:01:52] Cemeteries packed [00:01:53] Of niggaz who think it ain't like that [00:01:56] MC's are gunned down [00:01:57] Like being run down with mad trucks [00:01:58] Them God struck religious niggaz call it bad luck [00:02:01] Rap celeb you got caught up in the web [00:02:03] Now bees are stingin' [00:02:04] Yo that niggaz 'em singin' [00:02:06] I'm just swingin' swords [00:02:07] Strictly based on keyboards [00:02:08] Unbalanced like elephants and ants on see saws [00:02:11] I throw raps that attack like the Japs on Pearl Harbor [00:02:14] MC's be out like bank robbers [00:02:16] Fleeing the scene to be a sole survivor [00:02:19] DJ the getaway driver [00:02:20] Tried to dip but he dive I socialize on vocal vibes [00:02:24] On tracks stabbed up with razor sharp knives [00:02:26] Criminal subliminal minded rappers find it [00:02:29] Hard to define it when narrow is the gate [00:02:31] For fat tapes and then played out and out of date [00:02:34] Then I construct my thoughts on site to renovate [00:02:36] And from that point the God made a statement [00:02:39] Draftin' tracements [00:02:40] Replacements in basements [00:02:41] Materials in sheet rock [00:02:43] To sound proof the beat box [00:02:44] And microscopic optics received [00:02:46] Through the boxes [00:02:47] Obnoxious topic major labels flavor tropical [00:02:50] Punchlines that's unstoppable [00:02:52] Ring like shots from glocks that attract cops [00:02:54] Around the clubs and try to shut down the hip hop