[Tupac all the way through]
One love, one love, one thug
One nation, twenty - one gun salute
I'm hopin my true m************ know
This be the realest s*** I ever wrote
Against all odds, up in the studio, gettin blowed
To the truest s*** I ever spoke
Twenty - one gun salute, dressed in fatigue, black jeans and boots
Disappeared in the crowd, all you seen was troops
This little n**** named Nas thinks he live like me
Talkin bout he left the hospital took five like me
You living fantasies, n**** I reject your deposit
We shook Dre punk a**, now we out of the closet
Mobb Deep wonder why n**** blowed them out
Next time grown folks talk, n**** close your mouth
Peep me, I take this war s*** deeply
Done seen too many real players fall to let these b**** n***** beat me
Puffy lets be honest you a punk or you will see me with gloves
Remember that s*** you said to Vibe about me bein a thug
You can tell the people you roll with whatever you want
But you and I know what's going on
Payback, I knew you b**** n***** from way back
Witness me strapped with Macs, knew I wouldn't play that
All you old rappers trying to advance
It's all over now, take it like a man
n***** lookin like Larry Holmes, flabby and sick
Tryin to player hate on my s***, you eat a fat d***
Let it be known this is how you made me
Lovin how I got you n***** crazy
Against all odds
Hopin my thug m************ know
This be the realest s*** I ever wrote
Against all odds, up in the studio, gettin blowed
To the truest s*** I ever spoke, against all odds
Hopin my true m************ know
This be the realest s*** I ever wrote
I heard he was light skinned, stocky with a Haitian accent
Jewelery, fast cars and he's known for flashing (What's his name???)
Listen while I take you back (n**** SAY HIS NAME!) and lace this rap
A real live tale about a snitch named Haitian Jack
Knew he was workin for the feds, same crime, different
trials
n****, picture what he said, and did I mention
Promised a payback, Jimmy Henchman, in due time
I know you b**** n***** is listenin, The World Is Mine
Set me up, wet me up, n***** stuck me up
Heard the guns bust but you tricks never shut me up
Touch one of mine on everything I own
I'll destroy everything you touch, play the game n****
All out warfare, eye for eye
Last words to a b**** n****, "WHY YOU LIE?!?"
Now you gotta watch your back, now watch your front
Here we come, gunshots too tight, now you stuck
f*** the rap game, n**** this M-O-B
So believe me we enemies, I go against all odds
I'm hopin my true m************ know
This be the realest s*** I ever wrote
Against all odds, up in the studio, gettin blowed
To the truest s*** I ever spoke
I'm hopin my true m************ know
This be the realest s*** I ever wrote
Against all odds
Puffy gettin robbed like a b****, to hide the fact
he did some s*** he shouldn't have did, so we ride em for that
And that n**** that was down for me, restin dead
Switch sides, guess his new friends wanted him dead
Probably be murdered for the s*** that I said
I bring the real, be a legend, breathin the dead
Lord listen to me
God don't like ugly, It Was Written
Hey Nad, your whole d*** style is bitten
You heard my melody, read about my life in the papers
All my run-ins with authorities, felonious capers
Now you wanna live my life, so what's the answer Nas?
n***** that don't rhyme right, you've seen too many movies
Load em up against the wall, close his eyes
Since you lie you die, GOODBYE
Let the real live n***** hear the truth from me
What would you do if you was me n****
Against all odds
I'm hopin my true m************ know
This be the realest s*** I ever wrote
Against all odds, up in the studio, gettin blowed
To the truest s*** I ever spoke
[Repeat]
Against all odds
[Twenty - one gun salute]
One love to my true thug n***** (Outlaw! Outlaw! Outlaw!)
Twenty-one gun salute to my n***** that die in the line of duty
Representin to the fullest bein soldiers with military
minds that play the rules of the game, twenty-one gun salute
I salute you my n*****, stay strong
I ride for you, I rhyme for you, I roll for you, it's all for you
To all you b**** made n*****, I'm comin for you
Against all odds, I don't care who the f*** you is, n****
You touch me I'm at you
I know you m************ think that I forgot
Hell no I ain't forgot n****
I just remember what you told me
You said don't go to war unless I got my money behind me
Aight, I got my money right here, now I want war
One love, one love, one thug
One nation, twenty - one gun salute
I'm hopin my true m************ know
This be the realest s*** I ever wrote
Against all odds, up in the studio, gettin blowed
To the truest s*** I ever spoke
Twenty - one gun salute, dressed in fatigue, black jeans and boots
Disappeared in the crowd, all you seen was troops
This little n**** named Nas thinks he live like me
Talkin bout he left the hospital took five like me
You living fantasies, n**** I reject your deposit
We shook Dre punk a**, now we out of the closet
Mobb Deep wonder why n**** blowed them out
Next time grown folks talk, n**** close your mouth
Peep me, I take this war s*** deeply
Done seen too many real players fall to let these b**** n***** beat me
Puffy lets be honest you a punk or you will see me with gloves
Remember that s*** you said to Vibe about me bein a thug
You can tell the people you roll with whatever you want
But you and I know what's going on
Payback, I knew you b**** n***** from way back
Witness me strapped with Macs, knew I wouldn't play that
All you old rappers trying to advance
It's all over now, take it like a man
n***** lookin like Larry Holmes, flabby and sick
Tryin to player hate on my s***, you eat a fat d***
Let it be known this is how you made me
Lovin how I got you n***** crazy
Against all odds
Hopin my thug m************ know
This be the realest s*** I ever wrote
Against all odds, up in the studio, gettin blowed
To the truest s*** I ever spoke, against all odds
Hopin my true m************ know
This be the realest s*** I ever wrote
I heard he was light skinned, stocky with a Haitian accent
Jewelery, fast cars and he's known for flashing (What's his name???)
Listen while I take you back (n**** SAY HIS NAME!) and lace this rap
A real live tale about a snitch named Haitian Jack
Knew he was workin for the feds, same crime, different
trials
n****, picture what he said, and did I mention
Promised a payback, Jimmy Henchman, in due time
I know you b**** n***** is listenin, The World Is Mine
Set me up, wet me up, n***** stuck me up
Heard the guns bust but you tricks never shut me up
Touch one of mine on everything I own
I'll destroy everything you touch, play the game n****
All out warfare, eye for eye
Last words to a b**** n****, "WHY YOU LIE?!?"
Now you gotta watch your back, now watch your front
Here we come, gunshots too tight, now you stuck
f*** the rap game, n**** this M-O-B
So believe me we enemies, I go against all odds
I'm hopin my true m************ know
This be the realest s*** I ever wrote
Against all odds, up in the studio, gettin blowed
To the truest s*** I ever spoke
I'm hopin my true m************ know
This be the realest s*** I ever wrote
Against all odds
Puffy gettin robbed like a b****, to hide the fact
he did some s*** he shouldn't have did, so we ride em for that
And that n**** that was down for me, restin dead
Switch sides, guess his new friends wanted him dead
Probably be murdered for the s*** that I said
I bring the real, be a legend, breathin the dead
Lord listen to me
God don't like ugly, It Was Written
Hey Nad, your whole d*** style is bitten
You heard my melody, read about my life in the papers
All my run-ins with authorities, felonious capers
Now you wanna live my life, so what's the answer Nas?
n***** that don't rhyme right, you've seen too many movies
Load em up against the wall, close his eyes
Since you lie you die, GOODBYE
Let the real live n***** hear the truth from me
What would you do if you was me n****
Against all odds
I'm hopin my true m************ know
This be the realest s*** I ever wrote
Against all odds, up in the studio, gettin blowed
To the truest s*** I ever spoke
[Repeat]
Against all odds
[Twenty - one gun salute]
One love to my true thug n***** (Outlaw! Outlaw! Outlaw!)
Twenty-one gun salute to my n***** that die in the line of duty
Representin to the fullest bein soldiers with military
minds that play the rules of the game, twenty-one gun salute
I salute you my n*****, stay strong
I ride for you, I rhyme for you, I roll for you, it's all for you
To all you b**** made n*****, I'm comin for you
Against all odds, I don't care who the f*** you is, n****
You touch me I'm at you
I know you m************ think that I forgot
Hell no I ain't forgot n****
I just remember what you told me
You said don't go to war unless I got my money behind me
Aight, I got my money right here, now I want war