The Morning
Raekwon Lyrics

Did he have hands?
The singer is questioning if a person they encountered had hands.

Did he have a face?
The singer is questioning if a person they encountered had a face.

Yes, than it wasn't us
The singer confirms that the person they encountered had both hands and a face, but it wasn't them.

Bernard Goetz Gazelle's on
The artist is referencing Bernard Goetz, who shot and wounded four black men in a New York City subway in 1984, calling him a gazelle.

.45 In the bag, mask for murder
The artist is carrying a .45 handgun in a bag and wearing a mask for murder.

Sacks Willy jury is all really
The singer is stating that Willy's jury is really all in sacks.

Rich nigga's paying for the team
The singer is saying that a wealthy black person is paying for their team.

Sniff the eighth and feed Lily
The artist is snorting an eighth of cocaine and feeding it to Lily, who may be a person or a metaphor for the cocaine.

Lily is a cocaine Willy
The artist is saying that Lily is addicted to cocaine, like Willy from a previous line.

Who got mad connects in a small town in Philly
The artist is referencing someone in Philadelphia who has many connections in the town.

Octopus soul sister rock a puss
The singer is referencing a woman who is a soul sister and potentially has sex with multiple partners.

Ghost outside parked vertical
The artist is saying that there is a ghost parked vertically outside.

Yeah, the Jakes'll murder you
The singer is saying that the police (Jakes) could kill someone.

Four to five hundred bricks, dicks come in with no tie on
The singer has 400-500 bricks of drugs and is wary of undercover cops who may not be wearing ties.

That symbolizes the wire on
The singer is referring to the lack of a wire on an undercover cop as a symbol that they are law enforcement.

All Krylon heat my lings bling 500 feet away
The artist's airways are affected by the fumes from spray paint Krylon and they can be recognized from 500 feet away.

Hit the church steeples in the D
The artist is damaging church steeples in Detroit, possibly with graffiti or bullets.

Brand new shells on
The singer has new shotgun shells.

A python, a Fisker
The singer has a python gun and a Fisker car.

Twist from the Astons, made for the listener
The artist is twisting their moves from Aston Martin cars and it's meant for the listener to appreciate.

Or rather yeah, the driver, suicide rider
The driver of the car/movement may go down in flames, but they continue anyway.

B bums and Wally's me she lost colleagues
The artist doesn't care about bums or Wal-Mart and has lost people they once cared about.

Blow hands, the stove is a roaster
The singer is cooking drugs on the stove and blowing on their hands to cool them off.

Where bottles whip in motion
There are bottles moving quickly nearby.

May cause 'drop him in the ocean'
The situation could lead to someone being killed and their body dumped in the ocean.

Irish blood gangsters, the roulettes
The singer is referencing Irish blood gangsters and the Russian roulette game.

Cooler moving through Texas
Drugs are being transported through Texas in a cooler.

Grandmother she Mex-ish, yup
The artist's grandmother is Mexican-ish.

Tablets, krills, bath salts, last call, get it
The artist is selling drugs such as tablets, krills, and bath salts and telling buyers this is their last chance to get them.

Drugs flying minutes like a fastball
Drugs are being sold quickly and efficiently like a fastball pitch in baseball.

Smash all I will remain clean, the status calm
The singer will get rid of all drugs and remain clean, keeping a calm status.

I do it for niggas who last long, last Don's
The artist is selling drugs to people who have survived in the game for a long time and may be seen as last dons or bosses.

Chill Kings in the chair, cigars in the air
The artist and their accomplices are relaxing in chairs and smoking cigars.

This the last part with snakes that'll break any mans arm
This is the final stage of the plan with dangerous and powerful people who can easily destroy anyone.

Which way the grass growin'
The singer is asking which direction things are headed (as in, which way is the grass growing).

We've sown enough and now we're farmers
The group has created enough illegal activities and now they don't need to plant any more seeds as they are the farmers.

Who come through with lawn mowers and armor
The group is well-protected and ready to take care of any threats, compared to people who mow lawns and must protect themselves from the sun.

Yeah, I used to move cracks
The singer used to sell drugs.

Sort diesel and gats
The singer was involved in selling a large quantity of drugs and guns.

Runnin' trains on them hood rat bitches up in his trap
The artist and others were having sex with multiple women in their drug operation.

We used to blow 'em out
The artist and others used to get rid of people or goods.

Fiends comin' in hike with they seized bite
Drug addicts are coming to buy drugs with their last bit of money.

With residue stuck all on they pipe
The drug addicts' pipes are left with leftover drug residue.

4 In the mornin' when the gates start jumpin'
At 4am, people start coming in for drugs.

Dustheads lurkin' and the fiends start thumpin'
Drug users and addicts are lurking around and panhandling for drugs.

And it seems like the fiends, he own Cream so they jumpin'
The artist is so successful at selling drugs that it appears the addicts work for him because they always come to him to buy drugs.

Bean told Cream he stole green so he cut 'em
Someone told the singer (Cream) that someone else (Bean) stole their valuable product (green) and the singer killed that person as a result.

Ditch him Star, souflee'd one half of his cheekbone
The artist hurt someone named Star by punching them in the face so hard that it broke their cheekbone.

Now he talkin' out the side of his mouth
Star's face is now disfigured so he has to talk out the side of his mouth to be understood.

But yo, peep homes, stuck
The singer is telling the listener to pay attention (peep) and that Star is now in a bad situation (stuck).

Fly dust, that's four finger nuggets
The singer has high-quality cocaine that they are calling fly dust, packaged in a four-finger bag.

With plastic stuffed in the Kangol buckets
The cocaine is stored in Kangol hat buckets.

Dirty burners on, gloves and scanners
The artist has guns fitted with silencers and bulletproof gloves, as well as scanning equipment to detect any possible listening devices.

Smart mouth, Teymor bitches in the back gettin' sandwiched
The singer has some arrogant people with them and some women in the back are having sex with two men and are referred to by the singer using a derogatory term.

After a dick suck accountant
The group is discussing their finances and profits after oral sex performed by someone who is good at accounting.

In the wee hours, backing up mountains 4 in the morning
The group is doing something potentially illegal in the early morning hours in the mountains at 4am.