"W.A.R. Welcome" lyrics
Joell Ortiz & The Heatmakerz Lyrics
(feat. I Born & Phil Collen)
[I Born:]
Uh
Yeah
Welcome to W.A.R.
With All Respect
Open your mind and prepare yourself for artillery displayed on canvas
Where you have two masterminds of musical genius combining thought
Mental mastery over wordplay
With All Respect
Arsonist (Heatmakerz)
Joell Ortiz (Crack Music)
Do you have any idea what you are preparing your mind for?
To receive sound that travels at one thousand, one hundred and twenty feet per second?
Which is audible to the ear
But when this fine tune hits your ear
And it immerses into greatness
You have walked yourself into W.A.R.
Are you prepared for tactical verbal assault?
Musically to a whole 'nother level
This is what you call top-tier production
God-like words
W.A.R.
With All Respect
[Joell Ortiz:]
I'll off your neck with this sword I kept beside me
Takin' cautious steps forward, what's behind me suffered awful deaths
This is warrior dialect without a loss of breath
I survived the kind of depths you would've saw and wept
Crawled through the heights of Fahrenheit as I was pourin' sweat
Rhymin' to every drop hittin' the floor while my thoughts collect
Pardon me if rappers look all inept
I'm the universal law of cause and effect in the rawest flesh
Life knocked me down, hope picked me up
Life knocked me back down and faith picked me up
Next time I got knocked down, I wasn't down
'Cause I looked around and saw that my down is somebody else's up
I'm still fly, but nowadays, I just move stealth
Energy's everything and time is the real wealth
Don't wanna sound like the preacher, but monitor your health
Every now and then, throw on some Nikes and go check on yourself
Find a good partner, build a foundation
Live an abundant life absent of clout chasing
The other night, I was in Aruba stargazing
I couldn't spot the moon, but the water was still waving
Not too bad for the boy from the projects
Duckin' objects on the way to his lobby with rocks all in his pocket
I've come a long way, so much more to go
Just know your journey to peace requires war for sure
So off we go
Uh
Yeah
Welcome to W.A.R.
With All Respect
Open your mind and prepare yourself for artillery displayed on canvas
Where you have two masterminds of musical genius combining thought
Mental mastery over wordplay
With All Respect
Arsonist (Heatmakerz)
Joell Ortiz (Crack Music)
Do you have any idea what you are preparing your mind for?
To receive sound that travels at one thousand, one hundred and twenty feet per second?
Which is audible to the ear
But when this fine tune hits your ear
And it immerses into greatness
You have walked yourself into W.A.R.
Are you prepared for tactical verbal assault?
Musically to a whole 'nother level
This is what you call top-tier production
God-like words
W.A.R.
With All Respect
[Joell Ortiz:]
I'll off your neck with this sword I kept beside me
Takin' cautious steps forward, what's behind me suffered awful deaths
This is warrior dialect without a loss of breath
I survived the kind of depths you would've saw and wept
Crawled through the heights of Fahrenheit as I was pourin' sweat
Rhymin' to every drop hittin' the floor while my thoughts collect
Pardon me if rappers look all inept
I'm the universal law of cause and effect in the rawest flesh
Life knocked me down, hope picked me up
Life knocked me back down and faith picked me up
Next time I got knocked down, I wasn't down
'Cause I looked around and saw that my down is somebody else's up
I'm still fly, but nowadays, I just move stealth
Energy's everything and time is the real wealth
Don't wanna sound like the preacher, but monitor your health
Every now and then, throw on some Nikes and go check on yourself
Find a good partner, build a foundation
Live an abundant life absent of clout chasing
The other night, I was in Aruba stargazing
I couldn't spot the moon, but the water was still waving
Not too bad for the boy from the projects
Duckin' objects on the way to his lobby with rocks all in his pocket
I've come a long way, so much more to go
Just know your journey to peace requires war for sure
So off we go
