This is the bass loop that appears throughout the song. --------9----------| ------------7--6---| --7----------------| -------------------| --------9----------| ------------7--6---| --7----------------| -------------------| it is a very similar pattern to the Raekwon song "Guillotine" which makes me think that RZA probably makes most of his own beats from scratch with a sampler or something of the like. guillotine (slightly different timing, not a bass line) : ------9---8--------| -------------7--6---| --7-----------------| --------------------|