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“Sess” and “method” are both slang for weed. Method Man is quite fond of smoking weed, as he has made clear in just about every song he has ever rapped on.
Since Method is also his name, this line can be heard in two ways:
- “I smell sess, pass the method”
- “I smell sess, pass to Method”
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He misses ODB, whose nickname is Ason Unique and real name is Russell Tyrone Jones, which explains the song’s title.
“God” is a Five-percenter term for black man.
Like they ain't supposed to be separate like D&D Royce Da 5'9" – Hip Hop
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This song is produced by DJ Premier (Prem') who was a producer at D&D Studios. In 2003, Premier bought D&D Studios and renamed it HeadQCourterz in honor of a friend who passed earlier that year.
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Rae is rolling through the streets in his car and lets you know not to walk up and put your hands on his window; he don’t want you leaving your dirty finger prints on it.
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Several ways to interpret this:
- GZA doesn’t do zingy one-line punchlines; he writes full, coherent verses.
- A punch-in is a technique used in studios to fix performance mistakes – GZA doesn’t make mistakes when recording.
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While other rappers have to settle for local success, the Wu are known all over the world.
Back in 2003, RZA released a compilation album called The World According to RZA, for which he travelled to countries all over Europe to find European artists to feature on his beats.
Get the fuck away from my door! Wu-Tang Clan (Ft. Polite) – Uzi (Pinky Ring)
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Wherever Ghost is, he is doing some very illegal things.
What’s up with him never wanting visitors, though?
And again on GZA’s Knock, Knock…
They need wreck like a drug dealer need a addict Wu-Tang Clan (Ft. Polite) – Uzi (Pinky Ring)
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Killing people is to Masta Killa’s friends what a drug addict is to a drug dealer – essential. If there were no addicts, drug dealers wouldn’t have any customers or business.
The Wu-Tang shogun, killer to my eardrum Wu-Tang Clan – Wu-Tang Clan Ain't Nuthing ta Fuck Wit
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Still imitating Jamaican patois as in the previous “Supercat” line, RZA mocks listeners who who front and act like they aren’t scared of the Wu, until they come face-to-face with the Rebel INS and the Wu-Tang shogun Inspectah Deck shows up to deliver the next verse and threaten their hearing.
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Several ways to see this:
He’s so good and know himself so well, he has no stress and he’s secure about any eventualities. Because he takes care of what he eats, he prefers fruits and peanuts versus any brand selling fruits or peanuts, he is aware of what he takes, he is confident on how he reacts, feels and functions, he spares us but he went through his digestive process. He is letting you know just before he lets everything go, to be ready to lit what he’s about to blow.