Raekwon and Ghostface Killah share song from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles video game soundtrack
“We Ain’t Came To Lose” brings the slums of Shaolin to the sewers of New York City.
Wu-Tang Clan and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are two brands so aesthetically aligned it’s a true marvel they’ve never collaborated. That all changed Monday morning when — in a move so obvious no one saw it coming — Ghostface Killah and Raekwon the Chef released a track titled “We Ain’t Came To Lose” that will appear on the soundtrack to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge, a side-scrolling beat-’em-up video game arriving June 16 via Tribute Games and Dotemu. The game — an homage to the TMNT arcade games of the late ’80s and early ’90s — will be playable on Microsoft Windows, Linux, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.
“Nice to meet ya / Now I’m here to beat ya / With full force / Mess up ya facial features,” Ghostface begins as Tee Lopes’ beat kicks into gear on the new track. “Hasta la vista / I’m sonnin’ all y’all Little Caesars / All y’all stuff ya face with is pizza, pizza.” Pizza references abound throughout the track, a shoutout to the crime-fighting reptiles’ favorite food.
Raekwon enters after a beat switch to deliver the second verse. “Got the city under siege and they holdin’ the fort / Got extra-large pizza boxes all on the floor,” he raps early on, and later: “Breaking news, the front line’s sprayed with ooze / No sunshine, only dangerous rules / We fly with nunchucks that’ll tame ya crews / Then lace the enemies / We ain’t came to lose.”
Listen to the track’s first two minutes and twenty seconds below.