Ghostface Killah

Dennis Coles (born May 9, 1970), better known by his stage name Ghostface Killah, is an American rapper and prominent member of the Wu-Tang Clan. After the group achieved breakthrough success in the aftermath of Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), the members went on to pursue solo careers to varying levels of success. Ghostface Killah debuted his solo-career with Ironman in 1996, which was well received by music critics. He has continued his success over the following years with critically acclaimed albums such as Supreme Clientele (2000) and FishScale (2006). His stage name was taken from one of the characters in the 1979 kung fu film Mystery of Chessboxing. He is the founder of his own label Starks Enterprises.

Ghostface Killah is critically acclaimed for his loud, fast-paced flow, and his emotional stream-of-consciousness narratives containing cryptic slang and non-sequiturs. In 2006, MTV included him on their honorable mention list of The Greatest MCs of All Time, while the editors of About.com placed him on their list of the Top 50 MCs of Our Time (1987–2007), calling him "one of the most imaginative storytellers of our time."Q magazine called him "rap's finest storyteller."Pitchfork Media stated that, "Ghostface has unparalleled storytelling instincts; he might be the best, most colorful storyteller rap has ever seen."NPR called him "a compulsive storyteller", and asserted, "His fiction is painterly."

Ghost Showers

"Ghost Showers" is the second single from the album Bulletproof Wallets by Ghostface Killah.

The song was later added to his greatest hits album Shaolin's Finest.

The song is largely an interpolation of Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band's single "Sunshower".

Lyrical content

Despite an obvious attempt at a club hit, Ghost was praised for his strong lyrical content.

Charts

References

External links

  • Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

  • Podcasts:

    Ghostface Killah

    ALBUMS

    PLAYLIST TIME:

    All I Got Is You

    by: Ghostface Killah

    Intro One: [some movie]
    What dey gives you blood
    Three months man
    Whatchu doin in here anyway You oughta be home with your momma
    How old are you boy
    Thirteen
    Thirteen Damn, the bastards must be runnin outta niggaz to arrest
    Intro: Ghostface
    Yeah, ohh yeah, this goes out
    to all the families that went through the struggle
    Yeah, from the heart
    It was from the heart, everything was real
    [Mary J.] All that I got is you
    And I'm so thankful I made it through
    [Ghostface Killah]
    Yo, dwellin in the past, flashbacks when I was young
    Whoever thought that I'd have a baby girl and three sons
    I'm goin through this difficult stage I find it hard to believe
    Why my old Earth had so many seeds
    But she's an old woman, and due to me I respect that
    I saw life for what it's really worth and took a step back
    Family ain't family no more, we used to play ball
    Eggs after school, eat grits cause we was poor
    Grab the pliers for the channel, fix the hanger on the TV
    Rockin each others pants to school wasn't easy
    We survived winters, snotty nosed with no coats
    We kept it real, but the older brother still had jokes
    Sadly, daddy left me at the age of six
    I didn't know nuttin but mommy neatly packed his shit
    She cried, and grandma held the family down
    I guess mommy wasn't strong enough, she just went down
    Check it, fifteen of us in a three bedroom apartment
    Roaches everywhere, cousins and aunts was there
    Four in the bed, two at the foot, two at the head
    I didn't like to sleep with Jon-Jon he peed the bed
    Seven o'clock, pluckin roaches out the cereal box
    Some shared the same spoon, watchin saturday cartoons
    Sugar water was our thing, every meal was no thrill
    In the summer, free lunch held us down like steel
    And there was days I had to go to Tex house with a note
    Stating Gloria can I borrow some food I'm dead broke
    So embarrasin I couldn't stand to knock on they door
    My friends might be laughin, I spent stamps in stores
    Mommy where's the toilet paper, use the newspaper
    Look Ms. Rose gave us a couch, she's the neighbor
    Things was deep, my whole youth was sharper than cleats
    Two brothers with muscular dystrophy, it killed me
    But I remember this, mom's would lick her finger tips
    To wipe the cold out my eye before school wit her spit
    Case worker had her runnin back to face to face
    I caught a case, housin tried to throw us out of our place
    Sometimes I look up at the stars and analyze the sky
    And ask myself was I meant to be here... why
    Yeah, yo
    [Chorus: Mary J. Blige]
    All that I got is you
    And I'm so thankful I made it through
    (repeat 4X)
    Word up mommy, I love you
    Word up
    It was all you, word, you brought me in like this
    [Mary J. Blige]
    I sit and think about
    All the times we did without, yeah
    I always said I woudn't cry
    When I saw tears in your eyes
    I understand that daddy's not here now
    But some way or somehow, I will always be around, yeah
    All things that I did from this to them
    Oh from drugs to being there
    Being down and out and I love you always
    [Poppa Wu]
    Yeah, you say
    You see the universe, which consists of the sun moon and star
    And them planets, that exist in my space
    Like man woman and child
    You understand
    We got to keep it real, and what reality
    and reality will keep it real with us
    I remember them good ol days
    Because see, that's the child I was
    What made me the man I am today
    See cause if you forget where you come from, heheh
    You're never gonna make it where you're goin, aheh
    Because you lost the reality of yourself
    So take one stroll through your mind
    And see what you will find
    And you'll see a whole universe all over again
    and again and again and again and again
    Heheheh, yeah heheheheh ahaheheheh




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