Killah Priest is a tangential associate of the Wu-Tang Clan. The Brooklyn n… Read Full Bio ↴Killah Priest is a tangential associate of the Wu-Tang Clan. The Brooklyn native made his first recorded appearances on records by such Wu side projects and solo albums as the Gravediggaz, Ol' Dirty Bastard's Return to the 36 Chambers, and, most importantly, Genius/GZA's seminal Liquid Swords. His contributions became legendary and paved the way for the release of his acclaimed debut album, Heavy Mental, in the spring of 1998.
Born in Brooklyn, New York and raised in Bedford-Stuyvesant and Brownsville, Killah Priest became infatuated with hip-hop as a child, listening to old-school and new school acts like Eric B. & Rakim alike. He also was influenced by local rappers, like GZA and Onyx's Suave, who would often play local parties. Killah Priest began working on his rhyming and eventually earned a considerable reputation in Brooklyn , but instead of pursuing his musical career further, he took a sabbatical in order to educate himself, primarily about religion and history.
Killah Priest returned to rapping in 1995, appearing on several Wu projects. All of his cameos were noteworthy, but his role on Liquid Swords earned special attention. By the end of 1996, he formed his own side project, the Sunz of Man. In 1997, GZA suggested to Geffen that they sign Killah Priest, and the label took his advice.
Killah worked on the album with True Master and 4th Disciple, two producers associated with the Clan. The resulting album, Heavy Mental, was dense with religious imagery and filled with evocative sounds. It received excellent reviews upon its March 1998 release and was a respectable commercial success, debuting at number 24 on the pop charts.
Killah Priest issued his second album, View from Masada, in the spring of 2000, further bolstering his status as one of the most compelling solo artists in the Wu-Tang stable. After that he has released more projects such as Priesthood and Black August.
Born in Brooklyn, New York and raised in Bedford-Stuyvesant and Brownsville, Killah Priest became infatuated with hip-hop as a child, listening to old-school and new school acts like Eric B. & Rakim alike. He also was influenced by local rappers, like GZA and Onyx's Suave, who would often play local parties. Killah Priest began working on his rhyming and eventually earned a considerable reputation in Brooklyn , but instead of pursuing his musical career further, he took a sabbatical in order to educate himself, primarily about religion and history.
Killah Priest returned to rapping in 1995, appearing on several Wu projects. All of his cameos were noteworthy, but his role on Liquid Swords earned special attention. By the end of 1996, he formed his own side project, the Sunz of Man. In 1997, GZA suggested to Geffen that they sign Killah Priest, and the label took his advice.
Killah worked on the album with True Master and 4th Disciple, two producers associated with the Clan. The resulting album, Heavy Mental, was dense with religious imagery and filled with evocative sounds. It received excellent reviews upon its March 1998 release and was a respectable commercial success, debuting at number 24 on the pop charts.
Killah Priest issued his second album, View from Masada, in the spring of 2000, further bolstering his status as one of the most compelling solo artists in the Wu-Tang stable. After that he has released more projects such as Priesthood and Black August.
Moanin'
Killah Priest Lyrics
[killah priest]
This goes out, to all the brothers that lost somebody
And all the brothers who got brothers that's locked down
Sisters too...
[unknown singers]
We'll be moanin' for my peeps, who've got shot down in the street
We'll be moanin' for my brothers who've got locked down in jail
We'll moanin' for my sisters who be constantly abused
Moanin' for the children who resisted our fail
Moanin' for my peoplez who are dying all
We trying to be strong, but we know that life goes on
[killa sin]
Yo, melodic war chamber, bang ya, 36 styles of danger
Murderous, floating in the myst of perfect strangers
Killarm saddam we're built with golden arms
Prophesies about the black bomb, we drop, bodily harm
The shot graze ya, who snitched the cops neighbors
Thick crack rocks invade your block major
Spots been taking his time for move making
Mood thugs breaking and leave your styles faking
Cream is the theme of this wicked world we breathing
Schemeing whilst dreaming I fantasize a squeezing
Zoneing, thinkin' about case I grab the foam in
Blaze off, one to your dome, your left moanin...
[killah priest]
I take a walk through the park at night, living a black life
And while I'm stepping over crack pipes, everybody wants to get high
But nobody really wants to die, they only have fun for a season
But for what reason, plus who do you believe in?
They drink forties with they shorties, telling war stories
Some rebel, and some give a glory,
And fame is like a game in the streets
(wassup g) players kicking game to the freaks, crack buildings
Packed with black children, entrepreneurs producing stacks by the millions
The young kids they want rings and things
The buildings is flooded up with fiends,
But I stand strong like a black pope
Gazeing through the crack smoke,
Repent from the pagan ways
I know your mind strays, but just listen to the phrase...
[unknown singers]
I'm moanin' for my peoplez sleeping out in the cold
Moanin' for the youthz who try to make it on their own
Moanin' for my peoplez starving all over the world
Moanin' for my people those they light fire-war
Moanin' for my peoplez who are dying all
We're trying to be strong, but we know that life goes on..
But they'll be moanin', weeping, and crying out for pain,
Long to not afraid to you, oh when will it end.. they'll be moanin'
(the whole world, the whole damn world will be moaning..)
They'll be moanin'...
(the whole world, the whole damn world will be moaning..)
They'll be moanin'...
(the whole world, the whole damn world will be moaning..)
They'll be moanin'...
(the whole world, the whole damn world will be moaning..)
[killah priest]
The great massacre, we fled to africa,
The 7 year d babylon 10 buck 2 page 83,
And all the lies about africanas, and nostradamus, promise,
Atomic, bomb, saddam, hussein, who's names not written in the book of life,
This be the exodus out of flesh and lust, common minded,
Abominal and declined? , blast framers, adulterers and drug schemers..
They'll be moanin'...
(the whole world, the whole damn world will be moaning..)
They'll be moanin'...
(the whole world, the whole damn world will be moaning..)
They'll be moanin'...
(the whole world, the whole damn world will be moaning..)
They'll be moanin'...
(the whole world, the whole damn world will be moaning..)
They'll be moanin'
(they'll be moanin' and weeping and crying out for more)
They'll be moanin'
(long to not afraid to you oh when will it end..)
They'll be moanin'
(they'll be moanin')
(the whole damn world)
They'll be moanin'
This goes out, to all the brothers that lost somebody
And all the brothers who got brothers that's locked down
Sisters too...
[unknown singers]
We'll be moanin' for my peeps, who've got shot down in the street
We'll be moanin' for my brothers who've got locked down in jail
We'll moanin' for my sisters who be constantly abused
Moanin' for the children who resisted our fail
We trying to be strong, but we know that life goes on
[killa sin]
Yo, melodic war chamber, bang ya, 36 styles of danger
Murderous, floating in the myst of perfect strangers
Killarm saddam we're built with golden arms
Prophesies about the black bomb, we drop, bodily harm
The shot graze ya, who snitched the cops neighbors
Thick crack rocks invade your block major
Spots been taking his time for move making
Mood thugs breaking and leave your styles faking
Cream is the theme of this wicked world we breathing
Schemeing whilst dreaming I fantasize a squeezing
Zoneing, thinkin' about case I grab the foam in
Blaze off, one to your dome, your left moanin...
[killah priest]
I take a walk through the park at night, living a black life
And while I'm stepping over crack pipes, everybody wants to get high
But nobody really wants to die, they only have fun for a season
But for what reason, plus who do you believe in?
They drink forties with they shorties, telling war stories
Some rebel, and some give a glory,
And fame is like a game in the streets
(wassup g) players kicking game to the freaks, crack buildings
Packed with black children, entrepreneurs producing stacks by the millions
The young kids they want rings and things
The buildings is flooded up with fiends,
But I stand strong like a black pope
Gazeing through the crack smoke,
Repent from the pagan ways
I know your mind strays, but just listen to the phrase...
[unknown singers]
I'm moanin' for my peoplez sleeping out in the cold
Moanin' for the youthz who try to make it on their own
Moanin' for my peoplez starving all over the world
Moanin' for my people those they light fire-war
Moanin' for my peoplez who are dying all
We're trying to be strong, but we know that life goes on..
But they'll be moanin', weeping, and crying out for pain,
Long to not afraid to you, oh when will it end.. they'll be moanin'
(the whole world, the whole damn world will be moaning..)
They'll be moanin'...
(the whole world, the whole damn world will be moaning..)
They'll be moanin'...
(the whole world, the whole damn world will be moaning..)
They'll be moanin'...
(the whole world, the whole damn world will be moaning..)
[killah priest]
The great massacre, we fled to africa,
The 7 year d babylon 10 buck 2 page 83,
And all the lies about africanas, and nostradamus, promise,
Atomic, bomb, saddam, hussein, who's names not written in the book of life,
This be the exodus out of flesh and lust, common minded,
Abominal and declined? , blast framers, adulterers and drug schemers..
They'll be moanin'...
(the whole world, the whole damn world will be moaning..)
They'll be moanin'...
(the whole world, the whole damn world will be moaning..)
They'll be moanin'...
(the whole world, the whole damn world will be moaning..)
They'll be moanin'...
(the whole world, the whole damn world will be moaning..)
They'll be moanin'
(they'll be moanin' and weeping and crying out for more)
They'll be moanin'
(long to not afraid to you oh when will it end..)
They'll be moanin'
(they'll be moanin')
(the whole damn world)
They'll be moanin'
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@kincamell2
Much Appreciation.
Killa Sin + Killah Priest = 2 of the best, ever.
@mrxcitement272
even in 2023 this aged well god!
top 5 unfukwitable killah priest and mad underrated pen of killa sin
@miahmakhon
Loved this tune back in the day
@HookToTheHead
Free Killa Sin
@charlesdb7001
2 of my favorite mc's
@Sadfuzz
Man...I wish Killa Sin would could come out with a solo project.
@arianjohnson355
Yh same here especially when he was in his prime mid 90s- early 2000s
@impyramental
killa sin slices dis track in half
@abizzle100
Killa sin is too nice to not of put an album out
@jemimallah
would he not be (or would have been...) like deck's solo stuff, in that he's untouchable when he has one verse to rip shit apart and elevate everyone else, but when he has to put together a whole album of actual songs it all falls apart. i dont see sin putting out a no said date, let alone a supreme clientele