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The Manual

from What's The Story? by Cyrus Da Zine

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The Manual is another track where Cyrus felt is was absolutely necessary to pay homage to his other biggest influence in Hip Hop music, The Wu-Tang Clan. Cyrus first heard the Wu-Tang when he was in middle school skateboarding with older kids that he would hang around with. Cyrus struggled to make friends in Middle School but skateboarding was a gateway into culture and music.

You could also say he was mentored by an older crowd that respected how he would skateboard around town alone as a young kid just waiting to be exposed to "the real shit." Cyrus was always older in his mentality than his peers. He would hang out with 20 year-olds when he was only in his early teens. They exposed him to so much music and culture. Once he heard Wu-Tang Clan is was a wrap though.

Cyrus was always into martial arts and later even trained for years in Filipino Eskrima and Jeet Kune Do. The Wu-Tang encompasses everything Cyrus is about; creativity, being different, thinking outside the box, creating one's own origin story, comic books, as well as eastern philosophies and spiritual esotericism.

Cyrus bought the Wu-Tang Manual in college and has always looked up to The RZA and the knowledge that The Clan imparted in their rhymes without compromise. He can only hope that this song reflects the genuine appreciation he has for The Clan.

Cyrus even painted a custom hand painted hat for Method Man once when he was on the Still High tour with Redman and Method Man for months with his friend and Legendary Massachusetts rapper Termanology.

lyrics

Voiceover:
You must find yourself along the way
This is life's most important lesson
I cannot help you find yourself

Verse 1:
It was middle school it was tough makin friends
In my own world with a paper and a pen
Drawing comic book characters I’d pretend
To be a super hero save the world in the end
Skateboarding after school downtown alone
Started hearing sounds that were new and unknown
From the older kids that respected how I rolled
Said this that real shit, instantly I was sold

Chorus:
This the kind of beat that makes you feel like part of Wu-Tang
Tiger claw flow with the Buddha monk style
Got the Wu Manual in my library
Ghost dog demeanor when the beats buck wild
This the type of beat that makes you feel like part of Wu-Tang
Tiger claw flow with the Buddha monk style
Got the Wu Manual in my library
Ghost dog demeanor when the beats buck wild

Verse 2:
Verbal Kung fu
I’m Jet Li Crane kickin
Wushu with the flow
Like water stay drippin
Slang different, when embodying a mantis
Prayin for y’all
Iron monkey with my antics
Doing damage to the kingdom like a ninja
Entering in silence to execute and end ya
Enterin Shaolin welcome to the 90’s
Created a whole style intelligent and grimy
A fellowship with rhyming
Strong when together like a fist made of iron
Monk in the chamber whose
Mind is aligned like a bullet with a laser
For peace not war
But be ready like a saber
Tooth tiger, when he’s exiting his lair
Trained in weaponry so the odds aren’t fair
They know the crew behind em
So they would never dare
Everything in the temple
Is sacred and it’s rare
Protect the art form
This generation don’t care
But 5% do with mathematics for your ear
I’m just a humble fan who’s met Method Man
Wu-Tang is for the children forever in demand

Voiceover:
Your style is impeccable
You are now ready to compete at the highest level
You have earned the title of Master

Chorus:
This the kind of beat that makes you feel like part of Wu-Tang
Tiger claw flow with the Buddha monk style
Got the Wu Manual in my library
Ghost dog demeanor when the beats buck wild
This the type of beat that makes you feel like part of Wu-Tang
Tiger claw flow with the Buddha monk style
Got the Wu Manual in my library
Ghost dog demeanor when the beats buck wild

Verse 3:
Shout to Czarface that’s two of our greats, North Shore on the map like a movie car chase
Change direction zig zag zig
Knowledge, wisdom, understandin
When I spit that’s it
Had to pay respects while y’all protect your necks
The legend it continues through the venues gettin blessed
Hut one, hut two, hut three hut
Wu tang is the illest the raw uncut

Voiceover:
You have reached the 36th chamber
You have completed your training
You must guard these secrets with your life

credits

from What's The Story?, released July 6, 2023
Lyrics written and performed by Cyrus Da Zine. Musical composition by DC The MIDI Alien. Cuts by DJ Slipwax. Engineering, mixing, and mastering by Bob Nash at Wonka Sound Recording Studio. Executive Production by Cyrus Da Zine.

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Cyrus Da Zine is an emcee from the North Shore of Massachusetts. His style is heavily influenced by 90s Hip Hop as well as his background in graffiti, fine art, and design. Cyrus leans into the conceptual and likes to play in left field creatively.

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